From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 14 06:19:59 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01830106566B for ; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:19:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from fallbackmx09.syd.optusnet.com.au (fallbackmx09.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.242]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 834B78FC0C for ; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:19:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail34.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail34.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.133.218]) by fallbackmx09.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n5E4GULi023376 for ; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:16:30 +1000 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c122-106-216-167.belrs3.nsw.optusnet.com.au [122.106.216.167]) by mail34.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n5E4GFtP014490 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:16:17 +1000 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 n5E4GF12028343; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:16:15 +1000 (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 n5E4GF3X028342; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:16:15 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:16:15 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: Dan Allen Message-ID: <20090614041615.GA26443@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <3a142e750906131642n4d00469dh779e54da231bf6d3@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="9amGYk9869ThD9tj" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) Cc: FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List Subject: Re: Let's back out LOADER_ZFS_SUPPORT from STABLE X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:19:59 -0000 --9amGYk9869ThD9tj Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2009-Jun-13 17:56:49 -0600, Dan Allen wrote: >How do I get to the old loader when the machine boots and immediately =20 >stops? There is no ability at this point in the boot process to try =20 >and get to the old loader that I know of. Is there a hidden magic key =20 >combination that allows this? See boot(8): There should be a -\|/ spinner for a second at the start of the boot. Hit the "Any" key and you will get a prompt that lets you specify a loader(8) replacement. Assuming you are booting off ad0s1, the magic incantation is 0:ad(0,a)/boot/loader.old --=20 Peter Jeremy --9amGYk9869ThD9tj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAko0eY8ACgkQ/opHv/APuIfpEACgw2xSNgXcJ0U03CF09K2fJOtY LHIAn02Fzzw1lJ2Ww8XGHHm32ttCSs/t =8W8J -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --9amGYk9869ThD9tj--