On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 12:51:33AM +0800, GNUbie wrote: > Hello Mark, > > On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 12:36 AM, Mark Blackman <m...@exonetric.com> wrote: > > > > sorry, i'd have to dig out the 8.0 installer to give you precise > > instructions. > > > > The general idea is to boot from the kernel on the CD, then at > > the main menu there is a "fixit" option which should get you to > > repair mode. From there you should get a shell which uses binaries > > on the CD to permit you mount the existing filesystems and use > > the old kernel installation at least. > > > > I didn't pay close attention to the beginning of the thread, but > > I believe you have had some kernel working on this machine at > > some point. > > Ok then. I will try it here. I will update you for whatever will be the > result.
Mark's referring to the following choice in the FreeBSD installer (otherwise known as sysinstall(8)): Fixit Repair mode with CDROM/DVD/floppy or start shell Be aware that you'll need the "livefs" CD/DVD to use this. The "Shell" choice won't give you all the necessary utilities you might need. Otherwise, you'll need to use the FreeBSD "memstick" image (written to a USB pen/flash drive (not hard disk). Said image is bootable. You can use the memstick image for both a FreeBSD install *and* fixit; quite nice! -- | Jeremy Chadwick j...@parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
