From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 12 21:18:49 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13D9C106566C for ; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:18:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@acm.org) Received: from mail16.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail16.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.197]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A4838FC18 for ; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:18:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c122-106-232-148.belrs3.nsw.optusnet.com.au [122.106.232.148]) by mail16.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id o1CLIkUs020615 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:18:46 +1100 X-Bogosity: Ham, spamicity=0.000000 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o1CLIjY7028323; Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:18:45 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o1CLIjkG028322; Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:18:45 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:18:45 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy To: Sean McCullough Message-ID: <20100212211845.GB93045@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <4B747009.9000706@frii.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="GRPZ8SYKNexpdSJ7" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4B747009.9000706@frii.com> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hello and a small problem with 8.0-RELEASE (amd64) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:18:49 -0000 --GRPZ8SYKNexpdSJ7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2010-Feb-11 14:00:57 -0700, Sean McCullough wrote: > This machine runs FreeBSD 7.2 (amd64 version) without the > slightest problem; but when I attempt to load 8.0 onto the machine, I > can't even get sysinstall to put the kernel on to boot it. How are you doing this? Normally you would only use sysinstall to install a fresh system from CD/DVD. Note that (at least last time I looked) actually copying the kernel to disk is one of the last steps it does and isn't explicitly selected from the menus. > Attempting to > compile and install the 8.0 kernel from source code results in a kernel > which locks up at boot time after emitting a message stating "attempting > to mount volumes"; Is this the exact message or is it "Trying to mount root"...? Can you provide the exact boot messages? Either setup a serial console or use ScrollLock, scroll back, photograph each screen of boot messages, post them somewhere and mail a URL. > a reboot of this system results in a bootloader > prompt and an error message stating that no bootable kernel can be found. Can you provide details of your hardware setup? Motherboard, what the boot disk is (PATA/SATA) and what the physical disk address is (which controller/channel). --=20 Peter Jeremy --GRPZ8SYKNexpdSJ7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkt1xbUACgkQ/opHv/APuIfRuwCfZ6HDG15yMYJ9E3UQ8IuDBDyF Qz4Anjq9qVFyz8UD00Nt0OHm9mzgSvqG =W/nF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --GRPZ8SYKNexpdSJ7--