From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 1 16:51:36 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 D2830106566B for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2010 16:51:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnubie@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 806A98FC1A for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2010 16:51:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws6 with SMTP id 6so1795662vws.13 for ; Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:51:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=fciUtlCsJHxTuFv6tVU8xfhOlJ8ki0WuZNXj78M8ssA=; b=EXeXSP0kz3PmmKTjoWgyM/2j7WyXIcweCl7jfJKGYegwYegZxFHUTWDoI+4xI7+16z Qsg/AsrDQFcaeBhw2u2vHZhklq+a4wSaHz7/buQEUn40o5kejqAlbx95vMk4sJTgsGg5 HMSupk/PM6+ohyVmY6L68Y4ZrV0GmadQENhDU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=uOjAlETJUpibqrNyGJPCZg9GiPAtjboRjqJV+ezpoRVcn7TJL1uf/aZgbtz5AnpKoz sFtwDiY4MBqLtF2xR5nwEmNcJ20/AQmpDvXdVOWohve18YzRHOwAiaRk+tH5ZkEn9Fdz swBl80siD8ZJvO6otJHa32OOVAvpzvTvsGRAU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.127.79 with SMTP id f15mr5820034vcs.131.1278003093597; Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:51:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.90.212 with HTTP; Thu, 1 Jul 2010 09:51:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4C2CC405.5000300@exonetric.com> References: <4C280435.4060603@halplant.com> <20100701160622.GA98823@icarus.home.lan> <4C2CC0B2.4030100@exonetric.com> <4C2CC405.5000300@exonetric.com> Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 00:51:33 +0800 Message-ID: From: GNUbie To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: maurovale@gmail.com, freebsd@jdc.parodius.com, mark@exonetric.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 16:51:36 -0000 Hello Mark, On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 12:36 AM, Mark Blackman wrote: > > 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 =A0some kernel working on this machine at > some point. Ok then. I will try it here. I will update you for whatever will be the res= ult. Regards, GNUbie