This is to any kernel exerts on-list. I'm more stumped right now than if I'd seen Elvis and had a DNA confirmation.. A few hours ago I was working away on another server while ssh'd into tao.thought.org. When I realized it wasn't responding, I buttoned over on my KVM to find the first fatal err in years. Maybe the first ever since FreeBSD 2.0.5. It read
"Fatal trap 18" blah**3 ... "panic: integer divide fault". I've lost several hundred gig, but nothing I can't replace. What gets me is that no matter how I Set the BIOS, it always boots --or tries to-- from the single hard drive. I have all three set to "CDROM"; no matter I run into the boot error. I have managed to get to the menu of misc choices. "boot /boot/kernel.old" works, but it says to hit return and then instead of booting to the older kernel, it hits the fatal trap. It's like there are bloody ghosts in the system:) So what's the bottom line? This 5-year-old box has no floppy; I only have one usable hand so can't unscrew another floppy drive and boot from that [[&c]]. Is there anything I can do to reboot from the menu-driven list? tia, folks, gary PS: I was building gimp when this happened. PPS: stats: 5.4, #5. ballpark 700Mhz, 3/4th G memory, 200G drive. -- Gary Kline Seattle BSD Users' Group (seabug) | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thought Unlimited Org's Alternate Email Site http://www.magnesium.net/~kline To live is not a necessity; but to live honorably...is a necessity. -Kant _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"