Help with build world - Can't mount root after bootin from /k ernel

[Jason Dictos]

I find that if right after the "F1" prompt I press enter then ctrl-c fast, I
get send to this boot prompt:

Default: 0:ad(0,a)/boot/loader
boot:

If at this prompt I then type /boot/kernel/kernel

The system appears to start loading a kernel, then crashes silently in the
background hanging the computer...

Time to use the second boot cd i guess.

-Jason 


-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Dictos 
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 6:21 PM
To: 'Kevin Oberman'; Jason Dictos
Cc: 'freebsd-stable at freebsd.org'

Well, when I try that I get:

ok unload
ok /boot /boot/kernel/kernel
/boot not foud


Ideas?
-Jason 


-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Oberman [mailto:oberman at es.net]
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 9:21 AM
To: Jason Dictos
Cc: 'freebsd-stable at freebsd.org'

> From: Jason Dictos <jason.dictos at tapeware.com>
> Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 09:05:18 -0700
> 
> Oh Boy, woops, so doing a get from stable is actual a downgrade if 
> you're running 5.1??

Guess you missed the section on release naming. At this time V5 is still not
stable. So stable is now V4.9RC. It's hoped that 5.3 will be ready to call
stable.

If you are running V5.1 and want to update, the only place to go is CURRENT
(or "." in your supfile).

You should be able to recover the old 5.1 system by entering a space (or any
character other than <Enter>) after hitting F1. This will drop you into the
loader prompt and you should still be able to load /boot/kernel, your old
V5.1 kernel.

ok unload
ok /boot /boot/kernel/kernel

If you have done an installworld on the new system (and you should not have
if you were carefully following the instructions in the handbook), things
should be back to "normal" after a cvsup to current (or 5.1), "make
buildworld" and "make kernel".
--
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman at es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634

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