From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 20 16:47:27 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85890DD9 for ; Sat, 20 Apr 2013 16:47:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from flo@smeets.im) Received: from mail.solomo.de (mail.solomo.de [IPv6:2a01:4f8:162:1142::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44D0B36A for ; Sat, 20 Apr 2013 16:47:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cpos1.nexxtmobile.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.solomo.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id C77FCD7BA; Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:47:25 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at nexxtmobile.de Received: from mail.solomo.de ([127.0.0.1]) by cpos1.nexxtmobile.de (cpos1.nexxtmobile.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id TDbKORTS0Ty4; Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:47:24 +0200 (CEST) Received: from nibbler-osx.fritz.box (unknown [IPv6:2001:4dd0:ff00:8bb6:5d4d:3c4f:c7ec:ed1f]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.solomo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DD9EFD7A6; Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:47:23 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <5172C699.8020708@smeets.im> Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:47:21 +0200 From: Florian Smeets User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.8; rv:23.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/23.0a1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steven Hartland , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting an alternative kernel from loader prompt fails the first time only References: <625362A8116D4B43AF4912773F478CB9@multiplay.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <625362A8116D4B43AF4912773F478CB9@multiplay.co.uk> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6a1pre Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="----enig2FUBCRHNMSLJMOQPVFUUK" X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 16:47:27 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) ------enig2FUBCRHNMSLJMOQPVFUUK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 20.04.13 18:05, Steven Hartland wrote: > When trying to boot an alternative kernel from the loader prompt > it fails the first time the command is run but succeeds the second > time. >=20 > Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help. > OK boot kernel.generic > Booting... > don't know how to load module '/boot/kernel.generic/kernel' > OK boot kernel.generic > Booting... > /boot/kernel.generic/kernel text=3D0xd21288 data=3D...... >=20 Yes, I've been seeing the same thing for about 6-12 months maybe more. None of the people I asked were able to confirm, so I'm happy that I'm not imagining it :) I see this on serial as well as on the normal console in front of a PC. Florian ------enig2FUBCRHNMSLJMOQPVFUUK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEARECAAYFAlFyxpoACgkQapo8P8lCvwl1HQCfTF56z7Lk+g58FOLLC6u8MmTb qToAn0nnuJPuzzHOu14Kw7WRlBzL94RT =WEuX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------enig2FUBCRHNMSLJMOQPVFUUK--