Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 19:19:49 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: "Michael R. Wayne" <freebsd@wayne47.com> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Failure on today's CVS (stable, AMD) Message-ID: <20050119191813.H78340@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <20050119214229.GE1168@manor.msen.com> References: <20050119214229.GE1168@manor.msen.com>
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On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Michael R. Wayne wrote: > CVS today. Dual Opteron running > 5.3-STABLE #3: Tue Nov 30 01:44:05 EST 2004 > > Following the instructions in UPDATING, I get the following, > indicating a bad kernel. 2 questions: > > 1) Is this a known, corrected issue as of today? I ran another > CVSUP and did not see any changed to src. Looks like your SCSi controller stopped probing. You'll need to look at the dmesg more closely to identify why. > 2) More importantly, I recovered by loading /boot/kernel.old/kernel > and the box is up BUT I am concerned that the NEXT time that I > do "make installkernel" I'll stomp on kernel.old losing this fallback > procedure. I can certainly copy /boot/kernel.old to /boot/kernel.save > but is there something else I should save? Or is there another > suggested procedure? You can use "make reinstallkernel", which will just spam over the current one without rotating it. I'd make the backup anyway in case you screw up; its also nice to keep a known working kenrel around Just In Case. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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