From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Feb 2 21:50:20 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91E5637B401 for ; Fri, 2 Feb 2001 21:50:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f135o2g90926; Fri, 2 Feb 2001 21:50:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 21:50:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200102030550.f135o2g90926@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: From: John Baldwin Subject: RE: docs/24823: [PATCH] New FAQ entry about top(1) not working ( Reply-To: John Baldwin Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR docs/24823; it has been noted by GNATS. From: John Baldwin To: dima@unixfreak.org Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: docs/24823: [PATCH] New FAQ entry about top(1) not working ( Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 21:43:34 -0800 (PST) On 03-Feb-01 dima@unixfreak.org wrote: > >>Number: 24823 >>Category: docs >>Synopsis: [PATCH] New FAQ entry about top(1) not working (``nlist'' >>errors) >>Confidential: no >>Severity: non-critical >>Priority: low >>Responsible: freebsd-doc >>State: open >>Quarter: >>Keywords: >>Date-Required: >>Class: change-request >>Submitter-Id: current-users >>Arrival-Date: Fri Feb 02 21:10:01 PST 2001 >>Closed-Date: >>Last-Modified: >>Originator: Dima Dorfman >>Release: FreeBSD 4.2-20010102-STABLE i386 >>Organization: > Private >>Environment: > > Not relevant. > >>Description: > > If one loads the kernel directly from boot0 (not using /boot/loader), > or if one screws up an upgrade and the kernel is out of synch with the > userland, one can get weird errors from top(1) and some other programs > about certain kernel symbols not being found. This seems to come up > on -questions every few weeks; this FAQ entry should explain the cause > and solution. s/boot0/boot2/g please. boot0 is what you hit Fx at to choose slices, boot1 is a small assembly stub you never see anything from, and boot2 is what you can interrupt to load a kernel w/o loading the loader. -- John Baldwin -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message