Subject: Re: Kernel fault at startup
To: None <netbsd-users@NetBSD.org>
From: Roman Kennke <roman@ontographics.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 01/20/2004 20:39:45
Christian Biere wrote:

>Roman Kennke wrote:
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>>>what does 'tr' tell you at this point ?
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>>Can I dump the output to disk (fd)? I do not want to write _this_ 
>>manually ;-)
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>You could boot from the install CD and abort the boot countdown by
>hitting some key other than enter. If you then enter "boot -a",
>you'll be asked for the root (probably wd0a) and dump device (probably
>wd0b) and the path to init (/sbin/init). So, you can use a kernel on
>a CD or floppy to boot your system into normal multi-user mode (or
>single-user).
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cool. This should also help get the system running at all.