From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 10 12:21:50 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BFBA16A505 for ; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:21:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jwb@hera.homer.att.com) Received: from mail121.messagelabs.com (mail121.messagelabs.com [216.82.241.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AB9A813C442 for ; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:21:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jwb@hera.homer.att.com) X-VirusChecked: Checked X-Env-Sender: jwb@hera.homer.att.com X-Msg-Ref: server-6.tower-121.messagelabs.com!1168430027!12381943!1 X-StarScan-Version: 5.5.10.7; banners=-,-,- X-Originating-IP: [134.24.146.4] Received: (qmail 3398 invoked from network); 10 Jan 2007 11:53:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO attrh9i.attrh.att.com) (134.24.146.4) by server-6.tower-121.messagelabs.com with SMTP; 10 Jan 2007 11:53:47 -0000 Received: from attrh.att.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by attrh9i.attrh.att.com (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id l0ABjtjr012316 for ; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:45:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from ulysses.homer.att.com (ulysses.homer.att.com [135.205.193.8]) by attrh9i.attrh.att.com (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id l0ABjiRM012282 for ; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:45:48 -0500 (EST) Received: from hera.homer.att.com (hera.homer.att.com [135.205.193.102]) by ulysses.homer.att.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id GAA14354 for ; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:53:36 -0500 (EST) Received: from hera.homer.att.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hera.homer.att.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id GAA11622 for ; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:53:36 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200701101153.GAA11622@hera.homer.att.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.0.4 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:53:36 -0500 From: "J. W. Ballantine" Subject: booting question X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:21:50 -0000 Hi I got hit with the fatal trap problem in the prerelease kernel. Li Xin suggested that I unload, load kernel.old and re-boot. When I did that it hung during the boot process, just after the pci message. I did get the system to re-boot using kernel.GENERIC, but was wondering why kernel.old hung since it was a bootable kernel. Is this just a "gee it would be nice to know" item, or something more critical? Thanks Jim Ballantine