From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 13 17:15:11 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6A968F5; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 17:15:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@delphij.net) Received: from anubis.delphij.net (anubis.delphij.net [64.62.153.212]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9E14B25B3; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 17:15:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from zeta.ixsystems.com (drawbridge.ixsystems.com [206.40.55.65]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by anubis.delphij.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 49712A63D; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 10:15:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=delphij.net; s=anubis; t=1376414104; bh=k6WFd5wOEyvzOaLmHRq1M0VUW2wLDfT/G6/63y4vVjc=; h=Date:From:Reply-To:To:CC:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=VMa6MsjU7dSfMDFdFQfcgreGVpZbj1F0aBGX7L3/W+fpczrQscP8gsTQyJvjXxFaY 47IaoH+1gjJBb1bmc8C+x8iIg3ZRHV22C5Re4ooLlXNYSs3FP3V2wkr2jY8TyeQhek z6WK++D66aPu0Wcf1S35eh7yWRS5pA+wX81Y6G4U= Message-ID: <520A6996.9050803@delphij.net> Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 10:15:02 -0700 From: Xin Li Organization: The FreeBSD Project MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Garrett Cooper Subject: Re: Positional arguments/load command broken in boot loader; cannot load old kernel References: <9739C69E-FA2B-43F1-BBB6-FB0018BF1DC5@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9739C69E-FA2B-43F1-BBB6-FB0018BF1DC5@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Devin Teske , freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: d@delphij.net List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 17:15:11 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 08/13/13 09:36, Garrett Cooper wrote: > I made the mistake of installing CURRENT on my file server at home > this morning and thought I could just boot the old kernel, do a > zfs rollback, then continue on my merry way. > > Turns out I was horribly wrong. > > In addition to colors added to the boot loader (ooooh shiny!!!), > it appears the loading kernels with the load sub command from zfs > pools does not work (load kernel.old, boot -s kernel.old, etc). > Period. It works just fine with my stable/9 kernel/userland, but > not the CURRENT one. Don't work -- how? I rebuild my laptop daily and does not see that and I don't see a way Devin's changes could possibility cause problems like this. BTW since this sounds like a ZFS related issue -- did you do a 'zpool upgrade' without updating loader or boot block and used some new features? Cheers, - -- Xin LI https://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! Live free or die -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJSCmmWAAoJEG80Jeu8UPuztf8H/3Ya4U7YVsPlNR6cnGMMFeTB LU3rXeQ0Eir+Tv2aQ1vh4/4HvA/iOI33/eRZEJo3tx0B+HgCNQbnECT5I1DfbO2I Oh0BTSVWWF9ovvkFGnqbOr+XITWbYJafI4M046DgS3HjfhhO1FmHvuyfdW457gKs UvHw3XEHyl3E4j/D5y1j7lJ0uQ/Jk5rjNKXylo/saFPrK4bb6NiRm+KH9NYm1qMD PTx90HoAL0fEfJDutQ99zyTSspoCq13zU/rYEkzxVhqp2Eb8NYvEs9yElYYfFY+O 0FqTPf9MqZpLmtqaVSCmg9sZ5Krfl0VyRyLQwPUbuiNIolEwojoYsQma+ex56N0= =jkdf -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----