From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 17 11:45:58 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDFD41512A for ; Mon, 17 May 1999 11:45:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA04305; Mon, 17 May 1999 11:45:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 11:45:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Mike Heffner Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: loading a new kernel In-Reply-To: <01BE9CA6.14F5A660.aheffner@lakefield.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 12 May 1999, Mike Heffner wrote: > Just the other day i remade my GENERIC kernel, as it was still in 2.2 land > and wouldn't boot with 3.1. i also remade my custom kernel. now when i boot > up i get this: > elf_loadexec: > /kernel text=0x159eca > archsw.readin failed Reinstall your boot blocks. cd /sys/boot make all install disklabel -B -b da0 > I've read other responses to this problem, but my kernel.GENERIC and > kernel.old also give the same error. can i reinstall a new kernel from the > boot disks, and how? or can i rebuild the boot loader to work with the new > kernel? 1. Make the MFS floppy. 2. Boot it. 3. At the Boot: prompt type xx(0,a) where xx is your disk type (wd or da). Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message