Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 22:51:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: John Derk <johnderk@infomatch.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can't Boot BSD v2.2.1 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980523225013.9142K-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <35633CAB.2A5C5E8A@infomatch.com>
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On Wed, 20 May 1998, John Derk wrote: > Hi. I'm a unix and bsd newbie. My system had been working fine until > recently, when I tried viewing my kernel file with "ed." It looks like > I accidentally changed something. Now, when I boot up, everything goes > normally until the appearance of the boot prompt. Then the system > ceases to recognize the usual inputs (e.g., hitting enter). The Boot: prompt is actually stored in your hard drive's boot block, so you can't easily damage that unless you go editing /dev/rsd0 or something like that. Are you getting some kind of error? > Have also tried entering "kernel.old" at the boot prompt--but to no > avail. You may have to type `/kernel.old'. 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
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