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Date:      Tue, 21 Jul 1998 19:01:27 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Julian C. Dunn" <jdunn@aecinfo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: dmesg: magic number incorrect
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.9807211900010.8776-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980721161706.0082f570@unix.aecinfo.com>

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On Tue, 21 Jul 1998, Julian C. Dunn wrote:

> Today I built a new kernel to accommodate the new CD-ROM drive and now when
> I do "dmesg", dmesg complains about "magic number incorrect". I have no
> idea which file's magic number is incorrect: /dev/kmem, /kernel, what?

The memory image.  Did you upgrade your kernel and not userland?  

The kernel is an improper executable so `file /kernel' may not tell you
much.

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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