From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 21 19:01:09 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA07247 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 21 Mar 1996 19:01:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA07234 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 1996 19:01:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id NAA15400; Fri, 22 Mar 1996 13:41:36 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199603220311.NAA15400@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: New CPU, old /kernel won't boot To: mshuyler@zoom.com (Mike R. Shuyler) Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 13:41:36 +1030 (CST) Cc: questions@freefall.freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19960321221247.006bc3cc@zoom.com> from "Mike R. Shuyler" at Mar 21, 96 02:12:47 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Mike R. Shuyler stands accused of saying: > My question is this: Is there any way to build a new kernel after booting from > the installation boot floppy? I have tried to mount the hard disk from the > fixit floppy using 'mount /dev/sd0s2 /mnt' and I can access some of the > filesystem on my freebsd partition, but not the /usr files. ls reports that > the /usr directory exists but is completely empty. Why bother; boot the generic kernel on your disk. boot: kernel.GENERIC > Mike Shuyler -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[