From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 13 14:14:22 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 773EC106566B for ; Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:14:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frunzales@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.247]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D965B8FC15 for ; Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:14:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frunzales@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c14so336562anc.13 for ; Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:14:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=5Ttk0tql9KJ6CLTFgSHG1gCIjjZtmQcUE39nKqz/w1Y=; b=eyV3/z/Yvovy94k7+lMraTyTNXDTH/wg9oxziB+u2FFMJNjh/1ikzi8yKrAzMx0fpE/m43sxNKztvH4i9twKhMluUXfO2Oo0woEzDXjs3c8r/QWUm6hNuH6MLCs0LBvoxMqMdDDsw3aaAkt8K2+BFNbNMnMoGgZ59Rl62/1ZKAI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=CB9jzvlGpm7xWITvrvGY2Ut6xLxjvxUDZaj5B6+QJ1U2tnl56YD8/LY4U5ZOKvNUKSgOam1prSm9eq55Mx8rMGBgwlirNDfX8hy1/kiVacC1prPbdjfUMetLRSShgDWXHmkCKK5iyFO5k3ej467QcgkSXoYSyNkP5qaRzTYbFQM= Received: by 10.100.240.17 with SMTP id n17mr9945847anh.49.1208094430196; Sun, 13 Apr 2008 06:47:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.101.69.12 with HTTP; Sun, 13 Apr 2008 06:47:10 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:47:10 -0400 From: "Andrei Frunza" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <4801FC8B.90407@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <4801FC8B.90407@gmail.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0 bootloader error X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:14:22 -0000 Nevermind, my problem was related to my src.conf file - I've enabled the WITHOUT_FORTH option without really knowing what am I doing. Basically this option disables some bootloader features that are needed in order to actually show up the boot menu, kernel output blah blah. On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Andrei F. wrote: > Hello. I've installed FreeBSD 7.0 on one of my machines and I also went > through the buildworld/buildkernel/installkernel/installworld procedures. > Whenever my machine gets restarted the FreeBSD bootloader doesn't start > correctly, meaning that graphically the boot options don't show up screen > anymore. This happened only after I 'make installworld' and rebooted my > machine. As you can see, the kernel messages are not displayed either. From > the bootloader section I'm jumping directly to my login prompt. It seems > that some file(s) in the /boot directory has been modified and it's not > interpreted correctly anymore. One last thing that I have to mention: I did > not touch any file in /boot. > > BTX loader 1.0 BTX version is 1.01 > Consoles: internal video/keyboard > Bios drive C: is disk0 > Bios 639kB/1039104kB available memory > > FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1 > (andrei@fbsd.lan, Sun Apr 13 00:04:39 EDT 2008) > > \ > \: unknown command > - > /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x2d6c34 data=0x2e180+0x280dc > syms=[0x4+0x3a390+0x4+0x4bdcf] > Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. > Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel]... > \ > FreeBSD/i386 (fbsd.lan) (ttyv0) > > login: > >