Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 13:42:50 -0700 From: Cy Schubert <cschuber@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca> To: Studded <Studded@gorean.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, Stable <FreeBSD-Stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: URGENT HELP NEEDED: un-DEVFS'ing -Stable Message-ID: <199810092043.NAA18751@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 09 Oct 1998 10:32:09 PDT." <361E4899.965A3B0D@gorean.org>
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> I have a customer (not me, honest :) who thought they'd "save me time"
> and hacked their own kernel, enabling DEVFS on a -Stable system. Now a
> kernel not using DEVFS won't boot, so I need to know how to undo their
> damage. I'm guessing that it's just a matter of doing a MAKEDEV in
> single user mode with the new kernel but I have NO experience with DEVFS
> so any help would be very well appreciated.
You've got three options, probably more:
1. When the boot prompt is displayed (assuming you have a generic
kernel),
enter kernel.GENERIC -s, or if your old kernel is still around,
enter
kernel.old at the boot prompt. Then build a new kernel.
2. Boot from floppy, choose the fixit option and insert either CDROM 2
or
a fixit floppy in the appropriate drive; then build a new kernel.
3, Boot from floppy, mount your filesystems under /mnt, chroot /mnt,
then
build a new kernel.
Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437
Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766
Open Systems Group Internet: cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca
ITSD Cy.Schubert@gems8.gov.bc.ca
Government of BC
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