Subject: Re: FW: Multia pcmcia NIC adapter... I can't get it up!
To: David Woyciesjes <DAW@yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu>
From: R. C. Dowdeswell <elric@mabelode.imrryr.org>
List: port-alpha
Date: 04/26/2000 11:22:03
On 956772858 seconds since the Beginning of the UNIX epoch
David Woyciesjes wrote:
>
>You should boot your 'netbsd.old' kernel in single user mode. The 
>procedure varies from port to port depending on the boot procedure, but 
>on i386 it would be: 
>1.	Press SPACE when the first NetBSD message appears
>2.	"boot -s netbsd.old"
>Then swap your kernel back: 
>1.	"fsck /"
>2.	"mount /"
>3.	"mv netbsd.old netbsd"
>4.	"exit"

Note that ps, top, w, and a few other utils that link against libkvm will
not work properly if the kernel and userland are out of sync.  The best
answer to this is to rebuild userland after you are happy with the new
kernel.

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