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Date:      Tue, 17 May 2005 16:11:20 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To:        David Kleiner <david.kleiner@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: current: unable to boot (bt_strategy X not multiple of block size)
Message-ID:  <20050517161046.G76536@carver.gumbysoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <f135cf2d0505162351541011a4@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <f135cf2d0505162351541011a4@mail.gmail.com>

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On Mon, 16 May 2005, David Kleiner wrote:

> Hi,
>
> As the subject says, -current as of this evening (US/Pacific),  booted
> with an older i386 slice.
>
> Is there a way to recover?

Hit a key when the spinny initially appears to get boot2 to come up, then
try loading loader.old:

boot: ad(0,a)/boot/loader.old

switch ad for da if needed.

-- 
Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@gumbysoft.com          |  www.FreeBSD.org



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