Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 05:16:36 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Anton Karpov <Toxa@cterra.ru> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't boot new kernel Message-ID: <20040301131636.GA52938@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <000701c3ff09$b5a20a70$0202a8c0@karputer> References: <000701c3ff09$b5a20a70$0202a8c0@karputer>
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--PNTmBPCT7hxwcZjr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 12:19:24AM +0300, Anton Karpov wrote: > This is a common question, maybe not suitable for this maillist, but I would > like to hear any ideas how to work it out. > Let suppose I build new world and kernel, reboot my current box, and new > kernel fails to boot (actually it hangs while detecting ata). So I should to > go into load prompt and type 'boot /boot/kernel.bak/kernel', whouldn't I? > Ok, I try to boot and old kernel but now it fails too (maybe because of new > world?). So now I'm without any working kernel. The only way I see to solve > this trouble is to compile a sutable kernel on another machine, boot with > installation/recovery cd, escape to recovery shell, mount root partition and > replace /boot/kernel/ with another one? Or does load prompt can offer me any > builtin feature to avoid using recovery live cd (cuz i haven't neither such > cd, nor another bsd box actually :) You need to get a working kernel onto that machine somehow. This is the same question as "What are the different ways of booting a FreeBSD kernel?". There are lots of possibilities, including floopies, CDs, tftp booting, NFS booting, PXE booting, and probably others I have forgotten. See the handbook for more information. Kris --PNTmBPCT7hxwcZjr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAQzezWry0BWjoQKURAtvdAJ9BgVYxdRfWfD5sUSgr8/aPRs51KQCg78oT 1R7iv8Xca8/pQz30Rsi4fX0= =ndGd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --PNTmBPCT7hxwcZjr--
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