From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 16 14:49:05 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82FC216A4CE for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 14:49:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp2.server.rpi.edu (smtp2.server.rpi.edu [128.113.2.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 423C443D1D for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 14:49:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from drosih@rpi.edu) Received: from [128.113.24.47] (gilead.netel.rpi.edu [128.113.24.47]) by smtp2.server.rpi.edu (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i1GMn4nI012164; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 17:49:04 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: drosih@mail.rpi.edu Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <000601c3f028$16c0d480$2100000a@o8p3f6> References: <000601c3f028$16c0d480$2100000a@o8p3f6> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 17:49:03 -0500 To: "Didier" , From: Garance A Drosihn Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . canit . ca) Subject: Re: /bin/sh terminated abnormally X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 22:49:05 -0000 At 5:49 PM -0500 2/10/04, Didier wrote: >I upgraded 4.8 to FreeBSD4.9 Release > >ran >- make buildworld >- make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL >- installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL I assume you mean 'make installkernel' there. >rebooted to single mode ...now I am getting the following >error messages: > >Terminated abnormally. going to single user mode, enter full >pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh: > >I hit enter and kept getting this line, tried /bin/tcsh ... >I still can't get the prompt ... can you help please At this point, I think you first have to reboot to your previous kernel. To do that, reboot again. Press the space bar (or something other than enter) so you get into the boot-loader. If you have the newer boot-screen, there is a menu option which will get you into the boot loader. Once you are in the boot-loader, type: unload load /boot/kernel.old/kernel boot That should get you up on the old kernel. Assuming that works, the first thing you should do is: cd /boot mv kernel kernel-BAD mv kernel.old kernel -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu