From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 29 15:58:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA22001 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 29 Jul 1998 15:58:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA21953 for ; Wed, 29 Jul 1998 15:58:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA16869; Wed, 29 Jul 1998 15:58:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 15:58:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Derrick cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: updating userland In-Reply-To: <000d01bdba75$8f538f80$89b422cf@dcaravan.intergate.bc.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Derrick wrote: > I just finished installing 2.2.7 - the wrong way. Instead of creating a new > boot floppy, I just chose Upgrade from stand/sysinstall under 2.2.6. Um, no. > I have rebuilt a custom kernel. But my -auto ppp connection is toast. > During bootup, there is a dmsg response: Magic number invalid. Have you rebooted it yet? This indicates that your userland and your kernel are out of sync. > Should I do a complete download from a boot floppy, or is there > a way to update ppp? Doing live upgrades is Fraught With Danger. In the future use the boot floppy. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message