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Subject: Handbook doesn't properly document booting other kernels
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>Number:         15661
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       Handbook doesn't properly document booting other kernels
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    nbm
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Dec 23 17:40:00 PST 1999
>Closed-Date:    Mon May 1 11:25:52 PDT 2000
>Last-Modified:  Mon May  1 11:26:29 PDT 2000
>Originator:     William Richard
>Release:        3.4-STABLE
>Organization:
William Richard & Associates
>Environment:
FreeBSD wdr 3.4-STABLE FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE #21: Sat Dec 18 17:33:07 PST 1999
root@wdr:/usr/src/sys/compile/SAFFRON  i386
>Description:
The FreeBSD Handbook suggests that the proper way to boot to an old kernel
(after mis-configuring an kernel rebuild, etc.) is to specify the name of
the old kernel at the boot prompt.  This is not correct in 3.4-STABLE
(and probably hasn't been for some time before 3.4-STABLE).
>How-To-Repeat:
Bugger your kernel configuration into an unbootable state, then try to
load an old kernel using the instructions in the handbook.
>Fix:
The proper method to boot an old kernel is to press any other key where
asked to "Press Enter to boot [kernel], any other key for boot prompt", then
type:

unload

load kernel.old

boot

I'll volunteer to re-write this section of the Handbook, if no one else is
already in charge of this.

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org>
To: wdr@tdl.com
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/15661: Handbook doesn't properly document booting other kernels
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2000 19:50:56 +0000

 On Thu, Dec 23, 1999 at 05:39:54PM -0800, wdr@tdl.com wrote:
 > I'll volunteer to re-write this section of the Handbook, if no one else is
 > already in charge of this.
 
 No one else is already in charge of this... thanks for volunteering. . .
 
 N
 -- 
     If you want to imagine the future, imagine a tennis shoe stamping
     on a penguin's face forever.
         --- with apologies to George Orwell
 
State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback 
State-Changed-By: nbm 
State-Changed-When: Wed Apr 5 06:38:10 PDT 2000 
State-Changed-Why:  
Is the documentation still not sufficient?  I added to 
http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/boot-loader.html a while back, and I 
consider it sufficient. 


Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-doc->nbm 
Responsible-Changed-By: nbm 
Responsible-Changed-When: Wed Apr 5 06:38:10 PDT 2000 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
I'll deal with this. 
State-Changed-From-To: feedback->closed 
State-Changed-By: nbm 
State-Changed-When: Mon May 1 11:25:52 PDT 2000 
State-Changed-Why:  
No feedback, I'm happy it's ok now. 
>Unformatted:
