From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 16 1:48:12 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 3C22B37B400 for ; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 01:48:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.thundernet.cz (mail.thundernet.cz [62.77.87.114]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 15EDB43E42 for ; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 01:48:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from neuhauser@bellavista.cz) Received: (qmail 7047 invoked from network); 16 Aug 2002 08:48:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO freepuppy.bellavista.cz) (62.168.44.50) by mail.thundernet.cz with SMTP; 16 Aug 2002 08:48:08 -0000 Received: by freepuppy.bellavista.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id B8D2070; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 10:48:07 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 10:48:07 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser To: G Norm Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mountroot prompt Message-ID: <20020816084807.GV389@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mail-Followup-To: G Norm , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <775F01FF-B054-11D6-A131-003065A51656@mac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <775F01FF-B054-11D6-A131-003065A51656@mac.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i 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 > Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 09:39:47 -0400 > Subject: mountroot prompt > From: G Norm > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > 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. > > I have not been able to boot into my old kernel. looks like the book that you're reading assumes you have more than one os installed (and choose which one to boot with booteasy). if you only have freebsd installed, chances are you have just the "standard MBR"; you don't have the F1..n prompt then. to get to the boot prompt that will allow you to specify various options including which device to boot from just follow the instructions that appear on the screen as the machine boots. iow, press any key *but enter* during the (by default) 10 sec delay, and follow the instructions from the other followup you got. but this is iirc well described in the handbook. -- FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE 10:43AM up 6 days, 22:38, 17 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message