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To: Jim Bayers <bayers@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Switching Back to kernel.old
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From: Mark Evenson <evenson@panix.com>
Date: 29 May 2001 17:06:35 -0400
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Jim Bayers <bayers@yahoo.com> writes:

> How do I get the boot loader to load kernel.old
> instead of kernel.
> 
> I followed the instructions in UPDATE, so I did an
> 'install kernel' before I did a 'install world'.
> 
> Is there a way to get boot loader to load kernel.old
> automatically.

What works for me:

1)  Select the BSD partition from the boot loader (hit the F[1-4] key)

2)  when you see the "booting in 9 secs . . ." message, hit SPACE

3)  type:

ok unload
ok load /kernel.orig
ok boot

and that should do it.  I really haven't seen this well documented, but I
figured this out on my own one day so it is the recipe I use.

-- 
Mark Evenson <evenson@panix.com>

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