load kernel from different media

2009-07-01 Thread Chris Whitehouse
Hi all, I cannot boot my motherboard with the default kernel on 7.2-RELEASE (or any other iso's I have tried). It panics if device sbp is in the kernel. So far I've got things working by putting the hard disk in another machine, installed the OS and rebuilt a kernel without sbp, then returned

Re: load kernel from different media

2009-07-01 Thread Sergio de Almeida Lenzi
Em Qua, 2009-07-01 às 22:40 +0100, Chris Whitehouse escreveu: Yes you can. put your kernel (the one that works) on a DVD/CD assume that your rootfs on the HD is on ad0s1a, /usr is on /dev/ad0s1e with all the /boot directory. than boot from dvd/CD with the HD on the machine too. on the startup, h

Re: load kernel from different media

2009-07-04 Thread Chris Whitehouse
Sergio de Almeida Lenzi wrote: Em Qua, 2009-07-01 às 22:40 +0100, Chris Whitehouse escreveu: Yes you can. put your kernel (the one that works) on a DVD/CD assume that your rootfs on the HD is on ad0s1a, /usr is on /dev/ad0s1e with all the /boot directory. than boot from dvd/CD with the HD on th