Or, should I just start over?
Curtis
On 21 Aug, 2004, at 17:06, Curtis Vaughan wrote:
So, it is my understanding that I did in fact do things right (or that is
to say that The Complete FreeBSD had the right directions. But that
something else went wrong.
BTW, I installed 4.8 from scratch. Then spent a couple of days preparing
to do a cvsup making sure that I set everything up right (sources:
Complete FreeBSD, freebsd.org, and this list.
Then I did the cvsup. Everything else I've already written about in a previous letter.
Unfortunately, it doesn't seem that booting into an old kernel is an
option. I have looked at the files on my system and there is no
kernel.old or anything like it. There is only a kernel directory under the
/boot/ directory.
What information do I need to provide to perhaps salvage this system? And what steps did I possibly miss?
Curtis
"Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Yup. Go back to the top --- I missed where in your list of steps you actually *installed* the new kernel...
That would be where he said:
make kernel
which is equivalent to "make buildkernel installkernel".
It doesn't explain quite what's happening here, though -- and he didn't even *hint* at such basic clues as what version he was updating from or to (there may be extra steps for large updating jumps).
Booting the old kernel is certainly worth a try before starting over, though; the system is quite likely to be salvageable. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
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