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Subject: [Q] Specifying kernel from boot console
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Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 22:33:36 -0500 (EST)
From: David Petrou <dpetrou@kinclaith.pdl.cs.cmu.edu>
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Hi.  I am doing some kernel hacking on a remote freebsd machine.  This
machine has a serial console hooked up to another machine connected to
the net.  I use the serial console to debug with DDB.  This setup
works fine, but there are situations where my new kernel will crash
before it's finished booting.  If I 'panic' or otherwise reboot the
machine from DDB, the same bad kernel will boot up.  Is there a way to
specify the kernel to use when booting from the serial console as you
can with a boot option from the "real" console?

Thanks,
David

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