From owner-freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 1 18:04:15 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C48D6106564A; Sun, 1 Jul 2012 18:04:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marcel@xcllnt.net) Received: from mail.xcllnt.net (mail.xcllnt.net [70.36.220.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A14088FC0A; Sun, 1 Jul 2012 18:04:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.2.58] (wifi.xcllnt.net [70.36.220.6] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.xcllnt.net (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q61I3n4h015219 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Sun, 1 Jul 2012 11:03:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcel@xcllnt.net) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1278) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Marcel Moolenaar In-Reply-To: <20120621154010.GA95280@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 11:03:49 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <56020E80-DBA0-4D54-BF0C-A5716B657839@xcllnt.net> References: <20120621154010.GA95280@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> To: Anton Shterenlikht X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1278) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: init: fatal signal: Segmentation fault X-BeenThere: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the IA-64 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2012 18:04:15 -0000 On Jun 21, 2012, at 8:40 AM, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: *snip* > Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/da2p2 [rw]... > WARNING: / was not properly dismounted > Jun 21 17:35:34 init: fatal signal: Segmentation fault > Setting hostuuid: 0aa09909-35f1-11df-b7f8-00110a31e60a. > Setting hostid: 0xc70eae4e. > Entropy harvesting: interrupts ethernet point_to_point kickstart. > Fast boot: skipping disk checks. Why are you forcing a fast boot? Subsequent problems are the result of not making your file system clean. > mount: /dev/da2p2: R/W mount of / denied. Filesystem is not clean - = run fsck.: Operation not permitted > Mounting root filesystem rw failed, startup aborted > ERROR: ABORTING BOOT (sending SIGTERM to parent)! > Jun 21 17:36:06 init: /bin/sh on /etc/rc terminated abnormally, going = to single user mode > Jun 21 17:36:06 init: fatal signal: Segmentation fault I don't know if there's a separate problem with init(8) dumping core or the immediate consequence of the above. > How can I recover from this? boot -s and see what happens. If init(8) dies again, use a different init(8) by setting init_path at the loader prompt. SOmething like the following could do the trick: set init_path=3D"/sbin/init.bak" FYI, --=20 Marcel Moolenaar marcel@xcllnt.net