From owner-freebsd-net Thu Mar 18 5: 0:45 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from rgate.ricochet.net (rgate1.ricochet.net [204.179.143.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D9C3153F1 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 1999 05:00:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from boshea@ricochet.net) Received: from beastie.localdomain (mg136-023.ricochet.net [204.179.136.23]) by rgate.ricochet.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA25305 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 1999 07:00:06 -0600 (CST) Received: (from brian@localhost) by beastie.localdomain (8.8.8/8.8.7) id FAA02674 for freebsd-net@freebsd.org; Thu, 18 Mar 1999 05:09:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian) Message-ID: <19990318050914.C1075@localdomain> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 05:09:14 -0800 From: "Brian O'Shea" To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help!!! How to recover the kernel ? References: <199903180948.LAA03221@ns10.nokia.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.1i In-Reply-To: <199903180948.LAA03221@ns10.nokia.com>; from Li ChunAn (Nokia/Beijing) on Thu, Mar 18, 1999 at 09:10:46AM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello Li. This is probably a more appropriate question for the freebsd-questions, but I realize the urgency. The make install will move your previous kernel to /kernel.old before installing the new kernel. At the boot prompt you can specify the old kernel like this: boot: kernel.old This will boot your previous kernel. The boot prompt may look a little different on FreeBSD 3.1. If I recall, it displays a countdown of the number of seconds that you have to interrupt the boot process. Just hit RETURN and at the prompt, type "kernel.old" like above. Good luck. -brian On Thu, Mar 18, 1999 at 09:10:46AM +0200, Li ChunAn (Nokia/Beijing) wrote: > Hello > For my carelessness, I overwrote the kernel file in root directory when I > compiled FreeBSD source codes by the command: make install. but I found this > new kernel don't work properly. Would you tell me how recover the original > kernel ? > > Thank you! > > Li ChunAn > > chunan.li@nokia.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message > -- Brian O'Shea boshea@ricochet.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message