From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 11 08:33:03 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5DA51065670; Sun, 11 Jan 2009 08:33:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail18.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail18.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.199]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 483EE8FC12; Sun, 11 Jan 2009 08:33:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c122-106-215-175.belrs3.nsw.optusnet.com.au [122.106.215.175]) by mail18.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n0B8X1HO027655 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:33:01 +1100 X-Bogosity: Ham, spamicity=0.000000 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n0B8X0nW007399; Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:33:00 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n0B8X0mE007395; Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:33:00 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:33:00 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy To: Kamlesh Patel Message-ID: <20090111083300.GC7054@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <468090.72533.qm@web45413.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="yVhtmJPUSI46BTXb" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <468090.72533.qm@web45413.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel panic X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 08:33:04 -0000 --yVhtmJPUSI46BTXb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2009-Jan-09 00:05:47 -0800, Kamlesh Patel wrote: >How do i recover the system from this error. I can't reload the loader.old If you press any key during the first spinner, you should get a prompt similar to the following: >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:ad(0,a)/boot/loader boot: You can then enter the name of the program you wish to run - eg /boot/loader.old (or directly load /boot/kernel/kernel) See the following for a more complete description: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Dboot&apropos=3D0&sektion=3D0&man= path=3DFreeBSD+7.1-RELEASE&format=3Dhtml --=20 Peter Jeremy Please excuse any delays as the result of my ISP's inability to implement an MTA that is either RFC2821-compliant or matches their claimed behaviour. --yVhtmJPUSI46BTXb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAklprrwACgkQ/opHv/APuIfTrACgvDIfkZzzdTJkznYWKfqeVj4R JzgAn1B05lz+K8r+NtxrA/3bXfHHt3/V =HVuo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --yVhtmJPUSI46BTXb--