From owner-freebsd-current Mon Nov 8 7:41:21 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from majordomo2.umd.edu (majordomo2.umd.edu [128.8.10.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A5DC1521D for ; Mon, 8 Nov 1999 07:41:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from culverk@wam.umd.edu) Received: from rac5.wam.umd.edu (root@rac5.wam.umd.edu [128.8.10.145]) by majordomo2.umd.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA26327 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 1999 10:09:16 -0500 (EST) Received: from rac5.wam.umd.edu (sendmail@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rac5.wam.umd.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id KAA02038 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 1999 10:09:24 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (culverk@localhost) by rac5.wam.umd.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA02034 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 1999 10:09:24 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: rac5.wam.umd.edu: culverk owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 10:09:24 -0500 (EST) From: Kenneth Wayne Culver To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: syncing disks giving up Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Alright I did what PHK told me to, and updated, but now for some reason when I reboot, I can't get the root directory to keep the new kernel. this is what happens before I reboot: culverk:~> ls -l /kernel* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1551621 Nov 8 08:18 /kernel* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1551621 Nov 8 10:05 /kernel.old* and this is what happens after I reboot (with kernel.old): culverk:~> ls -l /kernel* -rw------- 1 root wheel 0 Nov 8 08:18 /kernel* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1551621 Nov 8 10:05 /kernel.old* Any suggestions? I can't get a new kernel to boot so I'd appreciate anything anyone can suggest... ================================================================= | Kenneth Culver | FreeBSD: The best OS around. | | Unix Systems Administrator | ICQ #: 24767726 | | and student at The | AIM: AgRSkaterq | | The University of Maryland, | Website: (Under Construction) | | College Park. | http://www.wam.umd.edu/~culverk/| ================================================================= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message