From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 15 22:46:19 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BD8437B400 for ; Thu, 15 Aug 2002 22:46:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from digger1.defence.gov.au (digger1.defence.gov.au [203.5.217.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8CB543E70 for ; Thu, 15 Aug 2002 22:46:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Alex.Wilkinson@dsto.defence.gov.au) Received: from dsto-ms2.dsto.defence.gov.au (dsto-ms2.dsto.defence.gov.au [131.185.2.150]) by digger1.defence.gov.au (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g7G5ife12115 for ; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:14:41 +0930 (CST) Received: from muttley.dsto.defence.gov.au (unverified) by dsto-ms2.dsto.defence.gov.au (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.1.5) with ESMTP id ; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:16:07 +0930 Received: from salex001.dsto.defence.gov.au (salex001.dsto.defence.gov.au [131.185.2.9]) by muttley.dsto.defence.gov.au (8.9.3/8.9.3/8.9.3.LMD.990513) with ESMTP id PAA16636; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:05:20 +0930 (CST) Received: from squirm.dsto.defence.gov.au ([131.185.75.211]) by salex001.dsto.defence.gov.au with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2653.13) id PMGCXSKD; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:05:20 +0930 Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 14:54:23 +0930 (CST) From: "Wilkinson,Alex" X-X-Sender: wilkinsa@squirm.dsto.defence.gov.au Reply-To: Alex.Wilkinson@dsto.defence.gov.au To: G Norm Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mountroot prompt In-Reply-To: <775F01FF-B054-11D6-A131-003065A51656@mac.com> Message-ID: <20020816145045.T93576-100000@squirm.dsto.defence.gov.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Just hit the space bar. Then: > unload > boot /kernel.old - Alex According to the book that I am reading I should boot into the old kernel by pressing the appropriate F-key to get past the bootloader to try to fix this problem. I have no idea which F-key is the appropriate F-Key so I have not been able to get past the boot loader to try the recommended command, boot /boot/kernel.old. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message