From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 1 03:25:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA24873 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:25:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.impulse.net (mail.impulse.net [204.188.6.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id DAA24865 for ; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:25:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from reader@newsguy.com) Received: (qmail 27950 invoked by alias); 1 Oct 1998 10:25:25 -0000 Received: from sb1-65.impulse.net (HELO chub.local) (204.188.6.65) by mail.impulse.net with SMTP; 1 Oct 1998 10:25:25 -0000 Received: (from reader@localhost) by chub.local (8.9.1/8.9.1) id DAA01601; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:22:28 -0700 To: Greg Lehey Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: recycling boot prompt References: <19981001173439.J2636@freebie.lemis.com> <19981001192326.D24146@freebie.lemis.com> From: Harry Putnam Date: 01 Oct 1998 03:22:28 -0700 In-Reply-To: Greg Lehey's message of "Thu, 1 Oct 1998 19:23:26 +0930" Message-ID: Lines: 67 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.6.43/Emacs 20.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Greg Lehey writes: > On Thursday, 1 October 1998 at 1:38:15 -0700, Harry Putnam wrote: > > Greg Lehey writes: > > > >> On Wednesday, 30 September 1998 at 23:48:43 -0700, Harry Putnam wrote: > >>> Installed and running, FreeBSD-2.2.7. At least for awhile.... > >>> After initial basic install. I went back and ftp installed some of the > >>> `packages' to get a more usefull installation. Very time consuming of > >>> course. I've put a line in Lilo.conf on a linux install (same disk) > >>> to boot BSD. It has worked a few times. > >>> > >>> After the ftp package install. On reboot, I get to lilo, select BSD > >>> then get a prompt that keeps trying to start booting but only returns > >>> to a `boot prompt' in a second or two. Cycles endlessly. I wasn't > >>> able to see how to enter in a diagnostic mode or something to try to > >>> see what might be wrong. > >>> > >>> Whats likely to be causing this. I tried just booting linux and > >>> rerunning `lilo' but got the same result. > >>> I hate to reinstall now because of the installed packages getting > >>> zapped. Takes too long to get them again. > >> > >> Agreed. Reinstallation isn't the way to go. > >> > >>> Trying to do something with the `fixit' floppy. Soon as this is posted. > >> > >> Don't need to use fixit. Boot floppy is enough. Try: > >> > >> boot: wd(0)kernel > >> > >> Assumes that FreeBSD installed on first IDE disk. If on second, > >> prompt is: > >> > >> boot: wd(1)kernel > >> > >> If SCSI disk, use sd instead of wd. > >> > >> If not working, let us know with description of messages. > > > > > > Thanks, wd(1)kernel was the one I needed. Inserting boot floppy and > > trying the above, I get the same exact behaviour. > > > > No messages are produced. If I try to type anything at the prompt, > > when I hit The screen scolls up and back to the prompt. If I let > > it time out, the install routine starts. > > This looks like you may have overwritten something important. Go into > sysinstall (the install program which the floppy starts) and thence > via the Index into the partition editor. See if you can find a > FreeBSD partition. If you can, go into the disk label editor and see > what partition names are mentioned. Not sure exactly what fixed it. Before getting your last post. I started the install routine and chose `upgrade' I was instructed to mount the partition I wanted upgraded. I mounted all. /, /var, /usr Allowed the bin package to be ostensibly, `upgraded'. Then exited. Booting with lilo now works again. And the packages I had painstakenly downloaded and installed survived the ordeal. Thanks for your advice -- Harry Putnam reader@newsguy.com Running Redhat Linux-5.1 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message