From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 21 19:01:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA08800 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 19:01:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA08795 for ; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 19:01:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.8) with SMTP id TAA15498; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 19:01:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 19:01:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: "Julian C. Dunn" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dmesg: magic number incorrect In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980721161706.0082f570@unix.aecinfo.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message