Re: booting question

2007-01-10 Thread Torfinn Ingolfsen
On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:26:00 -0800 Kevin Oberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This may or may not work depending on modules loaded (note that unload > will unload all modules already loaded by the loader, not just the > kernel) and whether any modules are loaded later in the boot > process. While

Re: booting question

2007-01-10 Thread Kevin Oberman
> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:54:09 -0500 > From: "Chen Xu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Don't unload. Assuming that you use loader, let the system proceed to > > the count-down and press any key except . Then enter the command: > > boot kernel.old > > > > If you want to boot with options, place them a

Re: booting question

2007-01-10 Thread Chen Xu
Don't unload. Assuming that you use loader, let the system proceed to the count-down and press any key except . Then enter the command: boot kernel.old If you want to boot with options, place them at the end. (E.g. "boot kernel.old -s" that is very nice to know. I ran into the very same problem

Re: booting question

2007-01-10 Thread Kevin Oberman
> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:53:36 -0500 > From: "J. W. Ballantine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Hi > > I got hit with the fatal trap problem in the prerelease kernel. > > Li Xin suggested that I unload, load kernel.old and re-boot. When I did that > it hung during the

booting question

2007-01-10 Thread J. W. Ballantine
Hi I got hit with the fatal trap problem in the prerelease kernel. Li Xin suggested that I unload, load kernel.old and re-boot. When I did that it hung during the boot process, just after the pci message. I did get the system to re-boot using kernel.GENERIC, but was wondering why kernel.old hu