From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 7 14:31:04 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCD2810656A7 for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 14:31:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from identry@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f218.google.com (mail-bw0-f218.google.com [209.85.218.218]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47E408FC1E for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 14:31:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz18 with SMTP id 18so1451553bwz.7 for ; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:31:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Z6tCwfaNFhatxQqbz/hw7o9Kr8BubXAUJPvDNNHBD2Y=; b=SlHhYjfVg0go8CEDBj8gEdo+Ufw6KrDOROfDjnQNmyTflp65iChsDcGeY3jkUZWEeB A1dZTWlt7dq7bB4qOYhuHcfH6Ob3yoyOPwRx5dEbjSxhmAQxWfape5t0MoK6cNzUxh9H 3UlFnBarsgiUebG8kvNMixmY83M15RSz/3K/8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=ShM+fKDYXwHW8LSWmR62psroG0U3Khxv01WGxYHMlCeiw/hOaDA9uff6CxoPUbUtgo KBoSONzNuwCehaSkSX8ljxVDJIIel+8cZvXl8pNfL11jljSJLPJNIHn6csi/aOLsQoRQ frr2aS5N2cF3vTBFZ0J2EzNTRRnRE3qefFodM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: identry@gmail.com Received: by 10.204.97.136 with SMTP id l8mr2098991bkn.181.1249655462956; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:31:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4A7C074C.9060303@unsane.co.uk> References: <4d4e09680908061012q6ea8aeacm875c556eaea7a54f@mail.gmail.com> <4A7B1B41.7090507@unsane.co.uk> <4d4e09680908061733v21602321x252a7111a7648ad6@mail.gmail.com> <4A7C074C.9060303@unsane.co.uk> Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 10:31:01 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 2797ad9e48f2c0c2 Message-ID: <4d4e09680908070731u546d6dfck6c9b9b1d66e1e6fa@mail.gmail.com> From: Identry To: Vincent Hoffman , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: Boot failure X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:31:05 -0000 >Are you using the GENERIC kernel After more research, I think the answer to this is no. There is a directory called /boot/kernel.old. From my reading, I believe this is the original generic kernel? > if not have you tried it? Not yet. Section "24.2.3 Major and Minor Upgrades" of the Handbook says I can load the generic kernel by renaming /boot/kernel.old to /boot/GENERIC. I think this is what I need to do to boot the generic kernel? ------------------ If the system was running with a custom kernel, use the nextboot(8) command to set the kernel for the next boot to /boot/GENERIC (which was updated): # nextboot -k GENERIC Warning: Before rebooting with the GENERIC kernel, make sure it contains all drivers required for your system to boot properly (and connect to the network, if the machine that is being updated is accessed remotely). In particular, if the previously running custom kernel contained built-in functionality usually provided by kernel modules, make sure to temporarily load these modules into the GENERIC kernel using the /boot/loader.conf facility. You may also wish to disable non-essential services, disk and network mounts, etc. until the upgrade process is complete. The machine should now be restarted with the updated kernel: # shutdown -r now ------------------- So, it sounds like the safe move is to try to get the Generic kernel up and running, and then think about doing an upgrade. Unfortunately, I need to drive back to the server... another 2 hr commute. Gotta find a closer data center :-) Thanks: John