Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 16:55:09 -0700 From: Micah <micahjon@ywave.com> To: Mark Cullen <mark.r.cullen@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: booting original kernel Message-ID: <4349ADDD.8060004@ywave.com> In-Reply-To: <4349A836.8010808@gmail.com> References: <HIEOJNPOIAMPHIFLGEECCEFPCCAA.siriphan@maipai.plus.com> <4349A5AD.4070903@ywave.com> <4349A836.8010808@gmail.com>
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Mark Cullen wrote: > Micah wrote: > >> Siriphan Brigder wrote: >> >>> This page from the handbook will hopefully help you: >>> >>> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-troub >>> >>> le.html >>> >>> Good luck! >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >>> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Sudheer Gupta >>> Sent: 09 October 2005 22:51 >>> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >>> Subject: booting original kernel >>> >>> >>> Hi >>> >>> I am using 4.1 BSD. >>> Made few changes to the kernel and compiled it. When trying to reboot >>> using >>> the modified kernel, it throwed some page faults. >>> So, i booted using the older config namely kernel.old. >>> I again made few changes and recompiled the kernel with a new config. >>> Now, trying to boot the kernel, it neither boots with the latest nor the >>> older one. >>> >>> How do I boot with original configuration ?? >>> >>> Regards >>> Sudheer >> >> >> >> From the sounds of it, when you compiled your second kernel your >> kernel.old (the original generic kernel) was overwritten by your >> broken kernel leaving you with two broken kernels and no working >> kernels to boot from. If that's what happened you either need to >> reinstall FreeBSD or boot the install/rescue cd and try to copy the >> generic kernel from it. >> >> That handbook page has a lot of good information, but most of it is >> preventative. The best suggestion is to always keep a working copy of >> the kernel seperate from the kernel.old that FreeBSD makes for you. >> >> HTH >> Micah > > Isn't there also /kernel.GENERIC that gets installed? > Not on any of the 5.x releases that I've installed, at least not by default. Maybe other releases? Micah
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