Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 19:54:20 +0300 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> To: Martin Simmons <martin@lispworks.com> Cc: freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/153804: boot from zfs kernel.old recovery undocumented/impossible Message-ID: <4DDE85BC.40407@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4DDE8191.6080503@FreeBSD.org> References: <201105261620.p4QGKC1j002084@freefall.freebsd.org> <4DDE8191.6080503@FreeBSD.org>
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on 26/05/2011 19:36 Andriy Gapon said the following: > on 26/05/2011 19:20 Martin Simmons said the following: >> I think it should be >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-trouble.html >> >> where it currently tells you to do unload and boot with arguments that don't >> work for zfs... > > Oh, yes, thanks for the pointer - we should fix that. I would change it like this: Index: kernelconfig/chapter.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/devel/fcvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.196 diff -u -r1.196 chapter.sgml --- kernelconfig/chapter.sgml 8 Mar 2011 17:46:12 -0000 1.196 +++ kernelconfig/chapter.sgml 26 May 2011 16:50:19 -0000 @@ -1494,10 +1494,8 @@ the &os; boot loader. You can access this when the system boot menu appears. Select the <quote>Escape to a loader prompt</quote> option, number six. At the prompt, type - <command>unload kernel</command> - and then type - <command>boot /boot/<replaceable>kernel.old</replaceable>/kernel</command>, - or the filename of any other kernel that will boot properly. + <command>boot <replaceable>kernel.old</replaceable></command>, + or the name of any other kernel that will boot properly. When reconfiguring a kernel, it is always a good idea to keep a kernel that is known to work on hand.</para> -- Andriy Gapon
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