> Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:12:04 -0600 > From: Scot Hetzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 16:42:29 -0500, Michael R. Wayne > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2) More importantly, I recovered by loading /boot/kernel.old/kernel > > and the box is up BUT I am concerned that the NEXT time that I > > do "make installkernel" I'll stomp on kernel.old losing this fallback > > procedure. I can certainly copy /boot/kernel.old to /boot/kernel.save > > but is there something else I should save? Or is there another > > suggested procedure? > > > When I have a bad kernel I do the following after booting the good kernel. > > cd /boot > rm -rf kernel > cp -rp kernel.old kernel > cp -rp kernel.old kernel.good > > This way I can reboot the box without going into the loader to load > kernel.old.
While this works (I've done it), "make reinstallkernel" and "make -DMODULES_WITH_WORLD" reinstallkernel" can also be good friends. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +1 510 486-8634 _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
