From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 12 20:00:37 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@hub.freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C180816A664 for ; Fri, 12 May 2006 20:00:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 893F143D45 for ; Fri, 12 May 2006 20:00:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k4CK0a9P075373 for ; Fri, 12 May 2006 20:00:36 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k4CK0aWo075370; Fri, 12 May 2006 20:00:36 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 20:00:36 GMT Message-Id: <200605122000.k4CK0aWo075370@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org From: Joachim Fritschi Cc: Subject: Re: amd64/97019: Cannot load the kernel after installation on Supermicro H8DAR-T X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Joachim Fritschi List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 20:00:37 -0000 The following reply was made to PR amd64/97019; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Joachim Fritschi To: bug-followup@freebsd.org, haxor777@gmail.com Cc: Subject: Re: amd64/97019: Cannot load the kernel after installation on Supermicro H8DAR-T Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 21:52:28 +0200 Had a similar problem on my t22 thinkpad (i386). The kernel was simply missing after serveral installations. I did 6.1-RELEASE standard installations with several different configurations regarding slice setup /mbr (allways the whole hd for freebsd) and installation medias (ftp and cd). All failed with a missing kernel. After finding this bug report i started to investigate a bit. With debug on i can see a few error messages on the debug console: DEBUG: Executing command 'rm -rf /boot/kernel' DEBUG: Command 'rm -rf /boot/kernel' returns status of 0 DEBUG: Executing command 'mv /boot/GENERIC /boot/kernel' mv: rename /boot/GENERIC to /boot/kernel: No such file or directory DEBUG: Command 'mv /boot/GENERIC /boot/kernel' returns status of 1 I tried to install again to get some more debug info on the next "try" and suddenly it worked. I have not changed a bit and have absolutely no clue what the problem was. I would be happy to investigate some more if someone could tell me some neat way to log the debug console of sysinstall or any other debug technique for the problem. --- Joachim