Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 12:09:45 -0500 (EST) From: Neil Ludban <n-ludban@onu.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: 2.2.5 upgrade not replacing kernel Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.96.971121110042.36094B-100000@austin.onu.edu>
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Somebody posted a question a couple days ago wondering why the new kernel's boot message said it was still the old version. After getting 2.2.5 installed and working on my SCSI drive, I decided to upgrade the 2.2.2 version on the old IDE drive. Here's what it did: # ls -l /IDE/kern* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1172726 Nov 21 09:40 /IDE/kernel -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1457189 Oct 21 10:33 /IDE/kernel.GENERIC -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1173041 Oct 20 12:21 /IDE/kernel.TIG1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 Nov 21 09:51 /IDE/kernel.config -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1173041 Oct 6 20:42 /IDE/kernel.old -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1172726 Nov 21 09:12 /IDE/kernel.prev kernel and kernel.prev are identical, kernel.GENERIC is 2.2.5. The first time I booted with -c, and it was using the old hardware configuration. Let it finish booting, figured out it was the old kernel, then rebooted using kernel.GENERIC. Then I tried to mount the root partition from the SCSI drive, and it hung. >From another vt, ps gave: PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND 177 v0 Is 0:01.90 -csh (csh) 195 v0 D+ 0:00.03 mount /dev/sd0a /mnt 196 v0 DV+ 0:00.01 mount /dev/sd0a /mnt 178 v1 Ss 0:02.14 -csh (csh) 205 v1 R+ 0:00.03 ps 179 v2 Is+ 0:00.32 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv2 After a minute or so, "ncr0: timeout ccb=50506000 (skip)" showed up on the console. Having had enough errors for one day, I tried to reboot and got "init: Some processes would not die; ps axl advised", then "Syncing disks... done" (later found out it did not set the clean flag). So, can anybody tell me what went wrong, or the correct way to fix it? If nobody has anything for me to try, I'll probably end up wiping it and doing a fresh install. Last question -- is it possible to do an install or upgrade from a SCSI zip drive? I was unable to find a way to mount it. Many thanks-- --Neil *=====================================================* || Neil Ludban | || || n-ludban@onu.edu | This Space || || Computer Science, | For Rent || || Ohio Northern University | || *=====================================================*
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