Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 22:06:30 +0000 From: Martin Smith <martin@rakupottery.org.uk> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install bug - 4.9 stable - post install circular reboot Message-ID: <20040113220630.GA831@rakupottery.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20040113200055.CDB8D16A5D8@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20040113200055.CDB8D16A5D8@hub.freebsd.org>
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> On Tuesday 17 April 2018 2:10 pm, Kevin Berrien wrote: > > Please don't cross post, it's confusing. > > > I can confirm an issue posted Dec 3rd, freebsd-stable maillist, titled > > "4.9 install buglet". > > > > I experience this bug running the install (various configurations) 100% > > of the time. After install, after system reboot, the boot loader comes > > up with F1: FreeBSD, and reboots continually forever. To test, I made 3 > > installs without issue using 4.8. So first, I'd like to confirm the bug > > report, and ask the following. > > > > In his "buglet" post, Ian noted the following work around. > > > > > Work around. Force write in label screen (or rewrite MBR > > > and label post reboot) > > > > Looking at fdisk, and the label utility I see nothing option along these > > lines. Could someone explain to me what/how to do this? > > > > Has anyone else seen this apparently prevalent issue? > > Clearly this is not prevalent. If the majority of installs showed this problem > there would be more than one previous post, or at least a reply. Or to put it > another way. If it's prevalent, why ask if anyone else has seen it? Perhaps > you meant something else. > > There must be something specific to the hardware and/or the installation > method that causes this to happen to us (only). This is why I called it a > buglet rather than a bug. What a coincidence I might say as yesterday I installed 4.9-R on QDI P61440BX/BIS(Intel BX chipset) mobo and got exactly the same thing, except I had chosen the second install a standard bootsector? which is what I normally choose, machine passed through bios just fine after installation, then immediate reboot after "updated ESCD successfully...", round and round in circles, I thought I had a hardware problem, the machine was gift and is destined to be a small samba server for one of the NGO's that I support. This is incidentally the 4th machine I have put 4.9 on in as many weeks, and is the first install I have ever had any problem with since 2.2.6. I followed the advice to reinsert the boot cd and go back to fdisk and press w, it worked perfectly when rebooted the next time. -- Martin Smith
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