Re: safe mode for kernel.old

2004-08-03 Thread Jason Barnes
Then what's the safe mode in the boot screen in 5.2.1, and how is it different than single user mode? Thanks for your patience with me on this issue. AFAIK, among others doesn't set DMA disk access. syctl: hw.ata.ata_dma=0 hw.ata.atapi_dma=0 This seems to have fixed the

RE: safe mode for kernel.old

2004-07-31 Thread JJB
the old kernel rename process added back into FreeBSD. Submit Bug report. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jason Barnes Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 7:31 PM To: Jonathan Chen Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: safe mode for kernel.old On Sat, 31

Re: safe mode for kernel.old

2004-07-31 Thread Bill Moran
:31 PM To: Jonathan Chen Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: safe mode for kernel.old On Sat, 31 Jul 2004, Jonathan Chen wrote: On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 03:50:40PM -0700, Jason Barnes wrote: Wow -- this is weird, but when I try that the machine locks up right after loading

RE: safe mode for kernel.old

2004-07-31 Thread JJB
]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: safe mode for kernel.old JJB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think you have missed some very important details. In 4.x releases when you do a kernel compile the system automatically renames the current kernel to kernel.old for you. There is also a kernel.generic

Re: safe mode for kernel.old

2004-07-31 Thread Peter Risdon
JJB wrote: -Original Message- From: Bill Moran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] JJB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In 5.x versions the whole kernel boot process was replaced with new method and the auto rename of the kernel no longer happens on a recompile and there is no kernel.generic module

Re: safe mode for kernel.old

2004-07-30 Thread Bill Moran
Jason Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I managed to build a kernel that won't mount root. Furthermore, I have a separate issue whereby the system hangs when I boot normally, but works fine when in safe mode. My question is: how do I load kernel.old and then run it in safe

Re: safe mode for kernel.old

2004-07-30 Thread Jason Barnes
Wow -- this is weird, but when I try that the machine locks up right after loading the old kernel, after the little -/|\ series finishes. Additionally, safe mode and single-user mode are distinct. Is there a boot -safe that will boot into SAFE mode? Thanks for your help,

Re: safe mode for kernel.old

2004-07-30 Thread Jonathan Chen
On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 03:50:40PM -0700, Jason Barnes wrote: Wow -- this is weird, but when I try that the machine locks up right after loading the old kernel, after the little -/|\ series finishes. Additionally, safe mode and single-user mode are distinct. Is there a boot -safe that

Re: safe mode for kernel.old

2004-07-30 Thread Jason Barnes
On Sat, 31 Jul 2004, Jonathan Chen wrote: On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 03:50:40PM -0700, Jason Barnes wrote: Wow -- this is weird, but when I try that the machine locks up right after loading the old kernel, after the little -/|\ series finishes. Additionally, safe mode and single-user

Re: safe mode for kernel.old

2004-07-30 Thread Ion-Mihai Tetcu
On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 16:30:33 -0700 (MST) Jason Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [..] Then what's the safe mode in the boot screen in 5.2.1, and how is it different than single user mode? Thanks for your patience with me on this issue. AFAIK, among others doesn't set DMA disk access.