Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:49:32 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: "J. W. Ballantine" <jwb@homer.att.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: booting question Message-ID: <20070110184932.D5F4645053@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:53:36 EST." <200701101153.GAA11622@hera.homer.att.com>
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--==_Exmh_1168454972_1985P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline > Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:53:36 -0500 > From: "J. W. Ballantine" <jwb@homer.att.com> > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > > > Hi > > I got hit with the fatal trap problem in the prerelease kernel. > > Li Xin suggested that I unload, load kernel.old and re-boot. When I did that > it hung during the boot process, just after the pci message. I did > get the system to re-boot using kernel.GENERIC, but was wondering why > kernel.old hung since it was a bootable kernel. Don't unload. Assuming that you use loader, let the system proceed to the count-down and press any key except <ENTER>. Then enter the command: boot kernel.old If you want to boot with options, place them at the end. (E.g. "boot kernel.old -s" Otherwise you get into issues with module/kernel comparability. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751 -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751 --==_Exmh_1168454972_1985P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 06/03/2002 iD8DBQFFpTU8kn3rs5h7N1ERAqreAKCL9+ZcFYTKXKMg8PjU8SodxHgr0ACePC8s mTJLcnjNOIwmFuuSJx2M/uM= =Z8mk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1168454972_1985P--
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