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Date:      Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:11:42 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Red Neck <kcender07@yahoo.co.uk>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Loader broken in Head?
Message-ID:  <11078.80910.qm@web27808.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

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The output of the loader is as follows:=0A=0ABTX loader 1.00    BTX version=
 is 1.01=0AConsoles: internal    video/keyboard=0ABIOS drive C: is disk0=0A=
BIOS drive D: is disk1=0ABIOS drive E: is disk2=0ABIOS 639kB/2090660kB avai=
lable memory=0A=0AFreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1=0A(root@jerry=
, Thu Oct 25 23:37:25 BST 2007)=0A\  ( <- spins forever)=0A=0A=0AThe output=
 of 'gpt show ad8' is as follows:=0A=0A      start       size  index  conte=
nts=0A          0          1         PMBR=0A          1          1         =
Pri GPT header=0A          2         32         Pri GPT table=0A         34=
          6         =0A         40     409600      1  GPT part - EFI System=
=0A     409640  487463200      2  GPT part - Apple HFS=0A  487872840     52=
4295         =0A  488397135         32         Sec GPT table=0A  488397167 =
         1         Sec GPT header=0A=0A=0A----- Original Message ----=0AFro=
m: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>=0ATo: Red Neck <kcender07@yahoo.co.uk>=0A=
Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org=0ASent: Wednesday, 31 October, 2007 5:21:42=
 PM=0ASubject: Re: Loader broken in Head?=0A=0AOn Wednesday 31 October 2007=
 12:10:24 pm Red Neck wrote:=0A> cd devices:=0A> disk devices:=0A>     disk=
0:    BIOS drive C:=0A>         disk0s1a: FFS=0A>         disk0s1b: swap=0A=
>         disk0s1d: FFS=0A>         disk0s1e: FFS=0A>         disk0s1f:  FF=
S=0A>     disk1:    BIOS drive D:=0A>         disk1s1: Unknown fs: 0x7=0A> =
        disk1s2: FAT-32=0A>     disk2:    BIOS drive E:=0A>         disk2s1=
: Unknown fs: 0xee=0A> pxe devices:=0A> =0A> Where disk1s1 is an NTFS files=
ystem and disk2s1 is the Mac GPT, don't=0A touch, =0Apartition.=0A=0AOk, so=
 disk2 has a GPT.  Can you capture the output to show exactly=0A where it =
=0Ais spinning?  Also, can you get the output from 'gpt show ad3' (or=0A wh=
atever =0Adrive disk2 is)?=0A=0A> ----- Original Message ----=0A> From: Joh=
n Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>=0A> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org=0A> Cc: Red=
 Neck <kcender07@yahoo.co.uk>=0A> Sent: Tuesday, 30 October, 2007 1:57:35 P=
M=0A> Subject: Re: Loader broken in Head?=0A> =0A> On Friday 26 October 200=
7 08:03:21 pm Red Neck wrote:=0A> > Hi,=0A> > =0A> > Within the last day (2=
6/10/07) I've built and installed the sources=0A>  from CVS=0A> > Head only=
 to find the stage 3 boot loader, /boot/loader, not=0A working.=0A>   I'm=
=0A> > using a Mac Pro with 3 internal hard drives.  On one hard disk I=0A =
have=0A> > FreeBSD amd64 installed, occupying the entire disk (MBR).  Using=
=0A the=0A>  sources=0A> > from Head, loader just freezes after displaying =
its initial=0A messages=0A>  with a=0A> > constantly spinning cursor.  To a=
ccess the system I have to revert=0A to=0A>  using=0A> > an older loader su=
ch as 6.2 release's.  I have attached my make and=0A>  kernel=0A> > config.=
=0A> =0A> What does 'lsdev' from the old loader output on the box?=0A> =0A>=
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