OK, so if I understand this correctly, in theory I should be able to go with both kernel and binaries from snapshot, and use installboot(8) to load primary and secondary bootstrap files from previous releases... right?
Regarding the mismatched kernel and binaries, thanks, now I understand - should be temporary, no problem. On Sun, 18 Oct 2020 at 2:33 PM Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org> wrote: > On 2020-10-17, Michel von Behr <michelb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > @stuart Thank for the suggestion - unfortunately after following the > steps > > in that link the same error occurred (entry point at: 0x1001000); I > > reverted to the obsd kernel (i.e., at boot time, “b obsd”), it’s booting > > and the system seems to be working OK, but without dmesg - when I try to > > run dmesg, I get: > > > > dmesg: sysctl: KERN_MSGBUF: Cannot allocate memory > > You have mismatched kernel and binaries. > > > $ uname -a > > OpenBSD chuwi.mabvb.pro 6.7 GENERIC.MP#6 amd64 > > You were trying to run snapshots, I think, so you'll need a snapshot > kernel. The only thing you want to hold back is the boot loader. > >
