Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 10:08:12 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Shawn Murphy <SMURPHY@auc.atlanticuc.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Support <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 1.1.5.1 Boot problem Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970206100655.813A-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <2B940C173F9@auc.atlanticuc.edu>
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On Wed, 5 Feb 1997, Shawn Murphy wrote: > On bootup, our 1.1.5.1 machine won't find its kernal. It has a custom > kernel installed. I was wondering... what would be the name of the backup > of the kernel from the original 1.1.5.1 install. Yipe, 1.1.5.1? This is before my entry into FreeBSD. Usually, you copy your old kernel to 'kernel.old', then copy the new one into /. In 2.x, 'make install' from the kernel directory does this for you. I don't know if the older boot blocks support this, but you can type '?' and get a ls of the root directory. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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