Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 02:02:43 -0800 From: "Loren M. Lang" <lorenl@alzatex.com> To: Kevin Berrien <kblists@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install bug - 4.9 stable - post install circular reboot Message-ID: <20040121100243.GD21510@alzatex.com> In-Reply-To: <1523970523.1062.6.camel@linuxppc> References: <1523970523.1062.6.camel@linuxppc>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 09:10:14AM -0400, Kevin Berrien wrote: > I can confirm an issue posted Dec 3rd, freebsd-stable maillist, titled > "4.9 install buglet". > > I experience this bug running the install (various configurations) 100% > of the time. After install, after system reboot, the boot loader comes > up with F1: FreeBSD, and reboots continually forever. To test, I made 3 > installs without issue using 4.8. So first, I'd like to confirm the bug > report, and ask the following. > > In his "buglet" post, Ian noted the following work around. > > > Work around. Force write in label screen (or rewrite MBR > > and label post reboot) > I just experienced this same bug after installing freebsd 4.9 on monday this week, though I don't remember seeing any message at all, it just rebooted automatically without me doing anything at all. The soulution I found was to boot using the live cd, go into fix-it mode and run disklabel -B /dev/ad0 to reinstall the mbr, and since then freebsd had been running perfectly and is now serving mail to 40+ people. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > !DSPAM:400220fa260193583517191! > -- I sense much NT in you. NT leads to Bluescreen. Bluescreen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside. Powerful Unix is. Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFADk5D+vN6RuSjKAwRAncfAJ9ICv3sNUkTBjlzVwOpwQqf7QaAkQCgp+8F 3Jmsszo02Mq08cEnVZ1RPlU= =2eAm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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