From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 28 16:27:46 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3238516A469 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:27:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zszalbot@gmail.com) Received: from mu-out-0910.google.com (mu-out-0910.google.com [209.85.134.184]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B12D513C448 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:27:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zszalbot@gmail.com) Received: by mu-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id w9so791173mue.6 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:27:44 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=roPweTOgxpZ8mWxPj24oqgoj6yyUoxglcucdT3Dh1xM=; b=CQTGwzOIStojzPKUiUAKciQVrvEn8ANZsP0Jqzjio9GR81KAsytk2+sRj4hdBywXFUerJ2tUAfGYERJAH19D5QJ9ZZGPnNF4uGN4vQR4z2FhloJOHtEJvpGdaueaDXyszUqFqk9im5LkMgyZMXk3lfCoKtI/tOf7umImDWGf9wI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=i8L6MY59r/4YKdv/tqqdSNNujoR49+JNPnAfgQ/eImzhZ1Ypf4vOKME0/oX6Et+MMJq1409BHkuiOqei6QGZeVi+LSUoxaODCzlJU1apu3XeJc+JmWvY4W0TrXjlZFilGH1cVyi2rTeXlemIL7qBxoJzUBFItW4coP1YqRpnafo= Received: by 10.78.190.10 with SMTP id n10mr7574679huf.37.1201537664369; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:27:44 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.151.2 with HTTP; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:27:44 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <94136a2c0801280827y64f78d1dpd83d19714f29d435@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:27:44 +0100 From: "Zbigniew Szalbot" To: "Manolis Kiagias" In-Reply-To: <479DFEF5.5080308@otenet.gr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <94136a2c0801280804h6050dd47nb6205e486183f72a@mail.gmail.com> <479DFEF5.5080308@otenet.gr> Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: old kernel's name X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:27:46 -0000 Thank you Manolis :) I am trying to learn FreeBSD the hard way :) Actually, everything is OK with my system now that I can boot it but I cannot get X11 to install. I tried pkg_add -r kde (x is allready installed as such) but the download fails. I even tried to install it from a CD but I get an error about some error while copying a library to HD and the installation process could not continue. It asked me to check some screen for debugging purposes (but it was not obvious which screen as I was in sysinstall). I will try to reproduce the problem and report back as soon as I finish compiling custom kernel. Thanks! Zbigniew Szalbot 2008/1/28, Manolis Kiagias : > Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > While updating FreeBSD, my custom kernel file was autoamtically saved > > (backed up) and system upgraded to 6.3. sysinstall showed me the name > > of the custom kernel (something like kernel.prev or the like) but I > > cannot remember now what it was. :( > > > > As there is no kernel in /boot I need to load the old one. But I don't > > remember its name so cannot load it... > > > > Can you help? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Zbigniew Szalbot > > > > > I don't know if I got this correctly, but are you trying to load your > previous kernel from the boot loader prompt? > > In this case: > > unload --> No need if you have no kernel :) > load /boot/kernel.old/kernel > boot > > or (assumming you got GENERIC in boot): > > load /boot/GENERIC/kernel > boot >