Re: Can't boot new kernel build

--- On Sat, 5/16/09, Paul B. Mahol <onemda_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Paul B. Mahol <onemda_at_gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Can't boot new kernel build
> To: "Barney Cordoba" <barney_cordoba_at_yahoo.com>
> Cc: current_at_freebsd.org
> Date: Saturday, May 16, 2009, 8:18 AM
> On 5/16/09, Barney Cordoba <barney_cordoba_at_yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > I've built a new kernel and done a make install, and
> the system keeps
> 
> # make installkernel KERNCONF=the_kernel
> KODIR=/boot/here_is_the_kernel
> 
> > booting an old kernel. It "says" its booting
> /boot/kernel/kernel, but its
> > clearly not. No matter what I do, including deleting
> the old directory with
> > the old kernel, it boots the old kernel. Clearly its
> cached somewhere, but I
> > have no idea what's going on. What can cause this
> problem?
> > Barney
> 
> 
> -- 
> Paul
> 


As it turns out, I have a 4 disk system, and the system was booting the
kernel off of a secondary disk and mounting a different one. So the kernel
I was installing on the  mounted disk wasnt the one being booted.

Barney