On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Michael R. Wayne wrote: > CVS today. Dual Opteron running > 5.3-STABLE #3: Tue Nov 30 01:44:05 EST 2004 > > Following the instructions in UPDATING, I get the following, > indicating a bad kernel. 2 questions: > > 1) Is this a known, corrected issue as of today? I ran another > CVSUP and did not see any changed to src.
Looks like your SCSi controller stopped probing. You'll need to look at the dmesg more closely to identify why. > 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? You can use "make reinstallkernel", which will just spam over the current one without rotating it. I'd make the backup anyway in case you screw up; its also nice to keep a known working kenrel around Just In Case. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.FreeBSD.org _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
