On Fri, 27 Sep 1996 19:36:47 -0400 
 Eric Sentner <sentner@noc.digex.net> wrote:

 > I did something stupid, and now need suggestions on how to undo
 > this.. I downloaded the latest kernel (the netbsd 1.2 version) for the
 > alpha.  I have a Multia 233 BTW.  Anyhow, I copied the original kernel
 > to netbsd.old, and then made the new one netbsd.  I went and rebooted,
 > and it didn't boot... (I get panic: no init!  and it halts) So, I
 > tried booting to  the old version with boot -file netbsd.old and it
 > still gives me the panic.. Is there anything I can do short of finding
 > another scsi disk, reloading and then fixing the current disk from

Loading the old kernel is going to give you the same problem...
Put simply, /sbin/init has vanished.  "ick."

You're probably going to have to re-install... or boot off of
another disk...

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