From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 10 16:26:40 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 9F4E216A468 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:26:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from schiz0phrenic21@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.179]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FB9213C4EA for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:26:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from schiz0phrenic21@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k17so1266172waf.3 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:26:39 -0800 (PST) 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=6GLUmU0evha05YD0lDvezo+/9yDgEm+lVdQCpyrixjE=; b=ipogElPctgM1QdQ67D7S/k8+Pt688RTovBM2hz6u2gcVFhnvDdTrouaNWI83OhP40BfZSkW20NVPLZXPM4e2OOJeiY1pA6wzL+SvYcbIWCQml2kFISwRrr05bnSuD0s4A/Uo02xILk25uPFG087vHly7rS+AKIrn9EEdDKmBmBM= 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=Y1W/5t1bdIlkrRRztmgC301EGzqI/9jebJsLiERuvv/IXg3wagiN6XcZzBo5rHUL3Gck34NSv/PMav+ci+fMbQVRpA0fv3aC4AY5ZR05egLZNUUGVV2jzF5r6w5F8lMTNRDlombM0tkh+6JeI7wwYnSyNeZuy7eBljQYj2QmdZE= Received: by 10.115.79.1 with SMTP id g1mr2499078wal.2.1199982399885; Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:26:39 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.52.14 with HTTP; Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:26:39 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <8d23ec860801100826p7e80dbd9j6f854c2b76fcf8ed@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:26:39 -0500 From: Schiz0 To: "User Questions" In-Reply-To: <44bq7taemf.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <8d23ec860801091038i4878b8b1lbfbacbd8a4dbac73@mail.gmail.com> <44bq7taemf.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Subject: Re: Boot Loader Broken? 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: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:26:40 -0000 On Jan 10, 2008 10:23 AM, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Schiz0 writes: > > > I recently upgraded from 6.3-PRERELEASE to 7.0-PRERELEASE. I had some > > problem with the ports, but I got that taken care of. > > > > Now I'm having another very odd problem. > > > > I originally noticed something odd when I tried to shutdown from > > multiuser mode into single user mode. I ran "shutdown now" as root in > > multiuser. It said it was shutting down, etc. But then, it gave me the > > normal multiuser login prompt. So then I tried rebooting completely, > > and that's where the big error came up: > > Note that rebooting completely *is* the normal procedure, so that you > know your kernel boots before you overwrite anything that depends on it. > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1 > > (root@Mercury, Tue Jan 8 14:22:21 EST 2008) > >> \ > > \: unknown command > > - > > /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x29e868 data=0x2db8c+0x23814 > > syms=[0x4+0x34c10+0x4+0x43ef1] > > Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for a command prompt. > > Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel] in 4 seconds ... > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > > Why it trying to run the command "\" ? Right before I did this, I > > rebuilt world, including the kernel. I installed the new kernel, and > > was moving down to single user to install world. > > > > Is my bootloader corrupt somehow? > > I would suspect something more like some extra text in loader.conf. > My /etc/loader.rc: ------------------------------- \ Loader.rc \ $FreeBSD: src/sys/boot/i386/loader/loader.rc,v 1.4.2.1 2005/10/30 14:37:02 scottl Exp $ \ \ Includes additional commands include /boot/loader.4th \ Reads and processes loader.conf variables start \ Tests for password -- executes autoboot first if a password was defined check-password \ Load in the boot menu include /boot/beastie.4th \ Start the boot menu beastie-start ------------------------------- My /etc/loader.conf: ------------------------------- # --- Generated by sysinstall --- hint.acpi.0.disabled=1 -------------------------------