Re: Kernel Upgrade went wrong

[Kit Halsted <kit@kithalsted.com>]

At 10:02 AM +0800 3/1/02, Selvam wrote:
>HI there,
>
>I did a anoncvs on my machine to rebuild the kernel and source
>but after downloading updated sources, I recompile the new kernel
>with the steps given and when I reboot the machine
>it went into debug mode where it ask me to do either trace or ps .
>I couldn't copy the output to include it here.
>
>How can I revert back to the old kernel ?

Assuming you followed all the instructions, try this at the boot prompt:

boot> boot -a
boot> boot wd0a/bsd.old

That's off the top of my head & could be a little bit off, but that's 
the general idea. Obviously, use sd0a with a SCSI disk, etc.

>Or is there a way
>for me to still run the new kernel ?

Doesn't sound like it.

>Your help is much appreciated..

Hope it helps,
-Kit
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