Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 11:10:36 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com> To: Mark Blackman <mark@exonetric.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, GNUbie <gnubie@gmail.com>, maurovale@gmail.com, freebsd@jdc.parodius.com Subject: Re: Unable to boot FreeBSD 8.0-p3 Message-ID: <AANLkTinmUjf-tTxsIL---LxC5b_UH3ve80_fvl7eSHxZ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4C2CC0B2.4030100@exonetric.com> References: <AANLkTillIqfkqfR_onhuliReFPLQ9kIq45VCbjz65mxI@mail.gmail.com> <4C280435.4060603@halplant.com> <AANLkTikwdCrsU2VH0BRZWPiFb4qIEIa-xn5z4-qnrDIE@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTik311un3tpWYNLIFMg9g8n5M0SkWswpTxf3Sjgu@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTilZW4DVFChouPCpx0S661zzq3EtonpJIU341gBD@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTim8R-lZxCKqgXEIGqSG0FWewr2sxVQxZ1v1FwM5@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTikPpVhtRgoR-Hjf84hsmphySY4ta-es30nBv-Mo@mail.gmail.com> <20100701160622.GA98823@icarus.home.lan> <AANLkTimOaewFImAtg1TfGKuqtw0k6RK_bDTtx59et6Qe@mail.gmail.com> <4C2CC0B2.4030100@exonetric.com>
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On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Mark Blackman <mark@exonetric.com> 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. 1. Go into rescue shell. 2. Enter in: cd /mnt/boot; mv kernel kernel.old 3. Install kernel distribution from sysinstall :). -Garrett
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