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Date:      Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:47:21 +0200
From:      Florian Smeets <flo@smeets.im>
To:        Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk>,  freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Booting an alternative kernel from loader prompt fails the first time only
Message-ID:  <5172C699.8020708@smeets.im>
In-Reply-To: <625362A8116D4B43AF4912773F478CB9@multiplay.co.uk>
References:  <625362A8116D4B43AF4912773F478CB9@multiplay.co.uk>

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On 20.04.13 18:05, Steven Hartland wrote:
> When trying to boot an alternative kernel from the loader prompt
> it fails the first time the command is run but succeeds the second
> time.
>=20
> Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help.
> OK boot kernel.generic
> Booting...
> don't know how to load module '/boot/kernel.generic/kernel'
> OK boot kernel.generic
> Booting...
> /boot/kernel.generic/kernel text=3D0xd21288 data=3D......
>=20

Yes, I've been seeing the same thing for about 6-12 months maybe more.
None of the people I asked were able to confirm, so I'm happy that I'm
not imagining it :)

I see this on serial as well as on the normal console in front of a PC.

Florian


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