On May 19, 9:05pm, Johnny Billquist wrote:
} On 2010-12-27 13:32, Sad Clouds wrote:
}> Hi, I'm running NetBSD-5.1 on x86_64, I have the following kernels under /
}>
}> /netbsd
}> /netbsd.old
}>
}> I was supposed to delete /netbsd.old, but forgot about it. I recently
noticed that NetBSD bootloader would occasionally boot /netbsd.old kernel, even
though it has not been set up to do so.
}>
}> atom$ cat /boot.cfg
}> menu=Boot normally:boot netbsd
}> menu=Boot single user:boot netbsd -s
}> menu=Disable ACPI:boot netbsd -2
}> menu=Disable ACPI and SMP:boot netbsd -12
}> menu=Xen:load /netbsd-XEN3_DOM0 console=pc;multiboot /xen.gz dom0_mem=1024M
}> menu=Drop to boot prompt:prompt
}> default=1
}> timeout=5
}>
}> The reason why I know it boots /netbsd.old is by looking at logged kernel
messages, which tell you the date when the kernel was built
}>
}> This is /netbsd kernel:
}> NetBSD 5.1_STABLE (GENERIC) #0: Mon Nov 29 19:52:01 GMT 2010
}>
}> This is /netbsd.old kernel
}> NetBSD 5.1 (GENERIC) #2: Fri Nov 19 11:28:39 UTC 2010
}>
}> Can anyone explain why my bootloader does this??
}
} What bootloader are you using? The netbsd /boot do not use any .cfg
} file. (Or did something change recently?)
If by recent, you mean three years ago, then yes something changed
recently: