From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 20 22:58: 7 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from nfs1-1.bctel.ca (nfs1-1.bctel.ca [207.194.28.68]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF12C15179 for ; Sat, 20 Nov 1999 22:58:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from stainsby@telus.net) Received: from ws1 (vanc06m08-82.bctel.ca [209.53.102.82]) by nfs1-1.bctel.ca (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id WAA29984 for ; Sat, 20 Nov 1999 22:58:01 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <000701bf33ed$88d3a260$526635d1@ws1> From: "Erik Stainsby" To: "FreeBSD Questions" Subject: unable to boot kernel.old Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 22:56:27 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Attempting to build my first kernel on 3.3-RELEASE I got it wrong ... No problem, I'll just reboot and load the old kernel right? Hmmm.... Well, I can't find a place to enter the name of the old kernel I get the announcement that the kernel will be loaded in 9 seconds, and that I should hit Enter or any other key... At the prompt disks1a1:> all my attempts to invoke another kernel image fail. I have tried : (paraphrased) disks1a1:> boot kernel.old can't boot "boot" disks1a1:> kernel.old not found disks1a1:> /kernel.old cannot load -- kerenl module already loaded -------- Arrgh. So I have loaded the live-fs CD and overwritten the currently active kernel with the previous issue. The system is back in service. But...! Could someone explain to me how I could have used the commandline at boot time to load a previous image? It would be -so- much nicer to manage this situation. (Now to tweak that kernel config ...) Erik Stainsby stainsby@telus.net ======================================== There was no year zero. The next millenium begins January 1, 2001. ======================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message