From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 1 16:36:22 2010 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 D6BB4106564A for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2010 16:36:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mark@exonetric.com) Received: from relay0.exonetric.net (relay0.exonetric.net [82.138.248.161]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 969A88FC1D for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2010 16:36:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from markimac.fairfx.local (unknown [62.244.179.66]) by relay0.exonetric.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3BC057269; Thu, 1 Jul 2010 17:36:21 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <4C2CC405.5000300@exonetric.com> Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:36:21 +0100 From: Mark Blackman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.10) Gecko/20100504 SeaMonkey/2.0.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: GNUbie References: <4C280435.4060603@halplant.com> <20100701160622.GA98823@icarus.home.lan> <4C2CC0B2.4030100@exonetric.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: maurovale@gmail.com, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd@jdc.parodius.com Subject: Re: Unable to boot FreeBSD 8.0-p3 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: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:36:22 -0000 GNUbie wrote: > Hello Mark, > > On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 12:22 AM, Mark Blackman wrote: >> GNUbie wrote: >> >>> Moving forward, what are your recommendations in order for me to be >>> able to boot from my system? >> >> Boot from a "live" CD of some recent/reasonable vintage, mount the >> filesystems and try to reinstall the old kernel installation? probably >> as simple as a >> >> 1. "move installed kernel directory to another name" >> 2. "move kernel.old directory to kernel" >> >> Bear in mind, I've not done this kind of fiddling for a while, so >> I might have the precise details wrong. > > I have here the FreeBSD 8.0 installer. Choosing "upgrade" is different > in what are you trying to recommend, right? If that is the case, I > will chroot to the HDD's / once I'm able to mount it? sorry, i'd have to dig out the 8.0 installer to give you precise instructions. The general idea is to boot from the kernel on the CD, then at the main menu there is a "fixit" option which should get you to repair mode. From there you should get a shell which uses binaries on the CD to permit you mount the existing filesystems and use the old kernel installation at least. I didn't pay close attention to the beginning of the thread, but I believe you have had some kernel working on this machine at some point. - Mark