Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 09:31:29 -0600 From: "Alejandro Ramirez" <ales@megared.net.mx> To: "Mark J Tomko" <mtomko@prime.cs.ohiou.edu>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Boot manager Message-ID: <016d01bf7312$bc98cf80$020a0a0a@megared.net.mx> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002070236540.86435-100000@sasknow.com> <00020803392900.00302@Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain> <20000208205817.B329@marder-1> <20000209095215.A50372@prime.cs.ohiou.edu>
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Hi,
When booting you will see a message saying something like "Press any key
to stop booting or wait X seconds to boot", then you have to press any key,
an then just type:
unload kernel
load kernel.old
boot
Have Fun...
Ales
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark J Tomko <mtomko@prime.cs.ohiou.edu>
To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 8:52 AM
Subject: Re: Boot manager
> I've recently removed my Linux partition and installed FreeBSD 3.4 as my
> only operating system. I'm interested in compiling my own kernels, but
> I need to be able to boot back to a previous kernel if my compiled
> kernel doesn't work right. I installed the FreeBSD boot manager. Is
> this the one that I should be using? If so, how can I tell it to boot
> an old kernel? If not, what should I use and how should I install it?
>
> Mark
>
>
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