On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 07:04:55AM +0200, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > oscar Seo wrote: > > I'm a beginner in freebsd. > > my machine consists of freebsd-6.4 + i386 bootstrap loader,+ windowmaker > > after upgrade freebsd-6.4 using sysinstall then reboot the system, > > I got an error message as follows > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf > > Unable to load a kernel! > > / > > can't load 'kernel' > > > > Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help. > > OK _ > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > You could try loading your old kernel. When you build a new kernel, your > old kernel is preserved under /boot/kernel.old > > Type these commands in the loader prompt > > unload (probably not needed here) > load kernel.old > boot
Because kernel.old is overwritten with each attemt you might mv /boot/kernel.old to /boot/kernel.good. This prevents you from being stuck with a system you can't boot. -- Alex _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
