Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:12:14 -0800 From: Jo Rhett <jrhett@netconsonance.com> To: d@delphij.net Cc: freebsd-stable Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Can I get a committer to mark this bug as blocking 6.4-RELEASE ? Message-ID: <5A213707-E115-4E4A-9E4E-1D1994A2000D@netconsonance.com> In-Reply-To: <492B21D0.5060906@delphij.net> References: <A5A9A4D4-CD16-45FA-A2AC-62C4B5AE976D@netconsonance.com> <BEBF7B15-DECE-4872-9687-4AD4BE65DB05@netconsonance.com> <84E1EC10-5323-4A8C-AD60-31142621DB32@netconsonance.com> <200810271151.47366.jhb@freebsd.org> <C6DC3DB1-40FF-4896-81DB-EF37874428AF@netconsonance.com> <280616DD-A58F-4AE5-AB03-92C5F2C244EC@netconsonance.com> <492B21D0.5060906@delphij.net>
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So boot from CD, go to LIVE filesystem, mount my root and copy only / boot/kernel? Are there any other modules I should copy, or settings I should change? On Nov 24, 2008, at 1:51 PM, Xin LI wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Jo Rhett wrote: >> This is now filed as PR 129149 >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=129149 >> >> Given the nature of this bug, can I persuade someone to mark this as >> blocking 6.4-RELEASE ? > > My wild guess is that this is somehow related to SMP handling since > the > installation process would install a SMP kernel, but the default CD- > ROM > kernel is UP for 6.x. Could you please try if you have the same > problem > with UP kernel? (Copy from LiveCD or something) > >> On Nov 5, 2008, at 3:41 PM, Jo Rhett wrote: >>> On Oct 27, 2008, at 8:51 AM, John Baldwin wrote: >>>> On Friday 24 October 2008 02:48:13 pm Jo Rhett wrote: >>>>> So I booted up by CD and used Fixit mode to switch the system to >>>>> boot >>>>> via serial (keyboard detached), but this gathered me even less. >>>>> >>>>> /boot.config: -Dh >>>>> Consoles: internal video/keyboard serial port >>>>> BIOS drive A: is disk0 >>>>> BIOS drive C: is disk1 >>>>> BIOS drive D: is disk2 >>>>> BIOS 639kB/4062144kB available memory >>>>> >>>>> FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1 >>>>> (root@dessler.cse.b >>>>> >>>>> Plugging back in the monitor after lockup showed only a single >>>>> char >>>>> more: >>>>> (root@dessler.cse.bu >>>> >>>> This confirms it is hanging in one of the two BIOS routines to >>>> output a >>>> character. One thing you can do would be to boot up and do the >>>> following: >>>> >>>> dd if=/dev/mem bs=0x400 count=1 of=idt.out >>>> dd if=/dev/mem bs=64k iseek=15 count=1 of=bios.out >>>> >>>> Then place those files some place I can fetch them. >>> >>> Both files are at http://support.netconsonance.com/freebsd/ >>> >>> FYI, this is notable -- the keyboard does not respond at the boot >>> prompt. I mean the menu where you can escape to the loader prompt, >>> with the fat freebsd ascii art. No keyboard presses are observed >>> here. This is also true for the boot menu on the 6.4 installation >>> CD >>> too. >>> >>> No problems with 6.2 or 6.3 >>> >>> -- >>> Jo Rhett >>> Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source >>> and other randomness >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org >>> " >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org >> " > > > - -- > Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net/ > FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkkrIc8ACgkQi+vbBBjt66BVUACcDLDK7Ubugt2sto8WKAYfxF0L > 93cAoI3bJ/7YcKQeVUmWTO9R2tOCOf6W > =dEk9 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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