Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 16:33:03 -0800 (PST) From: Hiten Pandya <hitmaster2k@yahoo.com> To: doc@freebsd.org Cc: nik@FreeBSD.org Subject: [PATCH] - fix for the custom kernel chapter in the handbook Message-ID: <20011119003303.62870.qmail@web21103.mail.yahoo.com>
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--0-716216444-1006129983=:61716 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline hi all, there was a message posted to the doc mailing list a couple of weeks ago, stating that the custom kernel chapter in the handbook... ...that it did not show how to unload the kernel before reloading the backup kernel (in the troubleshooting section).... ...I am therefore submitting a patch which will fix this problem by showing the user how to unload the kernel.... file is located at: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml Patch starts here... ------------------------------------------------------ *** chapter.sgml Tue Oct 23 23:12:36 2001 --- patch.sgml Sun Nov 18 22:48:14 2001 *************** *** 1272,1280 **** kernels. Simply choose the kernel you want to boot from at the FreeBSD boot loader. You can access this when the system counts down from 10. Hit any key except for the enter key, ! and type <command>boot ! <replaceable>kernel.old</replaceable></command>, or the ! filename of any other kernel that will boot properly. When reconfiguring a kernel, it is always a good idea to keep a kernel that is known to work on hand.</para> --- 1272,1281 ---- kernels. Simply choose the kernel you want to boot from at the FreeBSD boot loader. You can access this when the system counts down from 10. Hit any key except for the enter key, ! and type <command>unload ! <replaceable>kernel</replaceable></command>, and then type ! <command>boot <replaceable>kernel.old</replaceable></command> ! or the filename of any other kernel that will boot properly. When reconfiguring a kernel, it is always a good idea to keep a kernel that is known to work on hand.</para> ------------------------------------------------------- ...i am also submitting a tarred and gzipped version of the patch in case this patch gets messed up on the way... thanks... ===== regards, Hiten Pandya <hitmaster2k@yahoo.com> <http://geocities.com/hitmaster2k>; ---------------------------------------------------- Guys!... stay away from Einstein Junior! ---------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals http://personals.yahoo.com --0-716216444-1006129983=:61716 Content-Type: application/x-gzip-compressed; name="patchdoc.tar.gz" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Description: patchdoc.tar.gz Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="patchdoc.tar.gz" H4sICPc6+DsCA3BhdGNoZG9jLnRhcgDtk01r20AQhnVNfsXbq7FlSf7EGB9K KT21BxdKjhtpZAuvdsVqVVf/viMpgjilgUIptJ0Hg7yaj52Zd3QhZ0in1uTF KcyKPA9+P3EUrZdLBOiIXjyBJFktgM1is44Wq0XM/+Nktd4EiII/QFN75YDA Wetf87ueiXTwzzGZTJCeVeXJhfWp1HefG8Kn1CNZ8G8XJ7vFGkkUxfez2QyV 8ul58Ds2Bh/tV8RbFnC33O7i5eA3uaU7s6CbZBon2wj9K+CuE/7S714dAsei rHTLhVhbE/yZnmxobYOrMh7e4pEVQu5sCeXHFJ3re0f09vhusGurMm4FDxyY KgOVplTX7FfUYAlNH1G3tadyzJHaxvgamb2aIX0ccUkfCg9lWi6kBX1LqeK7 revDyfC0OsP0/s2QQpkMvq0I+9SWJZ8OXTGjde+o0iol9ajpMDQWWp3t58/f 7+dj6BTDPWN4XmgyqiTYvK/Iss2NA/Jn5XEttB7ar5ytyOk2xBduduzQ0fCB N64wJ6in2Cm4RR6L0lfV8gMnazMUGalu2heiCupWquE2DrmYbljsdbXuAmtw 5sLD/bxSTh04pl+WUfQYfJr9D6I3pqvkFdl/LnmfrC+VM3KG59ws1a9u04tc T938jTsVCIIgCIIgCIIgCIIgCIIgCIIgCIIgCIIgCD/yHfXoPXIAKAAA --0-716216444-1006129983=:61716-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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