Re: Console commands for a MicroVAX II

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From: Barry Kort
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 23:54

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The kernel is /vmunix

You can copy the current one to another filename, then put your new
kernel into /vmunix and reboot.  If the new kernel is bad, you can
restore the old one.... But if the new is so bad you can't even boot
up with it, then you have to boot up off the TK50 boot tape and
fix it that way.  (It's the equivalent of booting a PC off a floppy
when the hard drive is bad.)  So I would practice booting off a
TK50 tape to be sure you are able to do so and get into a single-user
shell.

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