From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 28 20:23:19 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 452CD16A417 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:23:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE2C113C4DD for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:23:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1) with ESMTP id lASKNHYo040953; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:23:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1/Submit) id lASKNH0S040952; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:23:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:23:17 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Norberto Meijome Message-ID: <20071128202316.GA40605@thought.org> References: <20071128060150.GA34147@thought.org> <20071128174144.39886519@meijome.net> <20071128082915.GA35450@thought.org> <20071128202054.71363d08@meijome.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071128202054.71363d08@meijome.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 21 of service to the Unix community. Cc: Gary Kline , FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: UPgrade FAILS (was: Re: can anybody explain?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:23:19 -0000 On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 08:20:54PM +1100, Norberto Meijome wrote: > On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:29:15 -0800 > Gary Kline wrote: > > > I think it has to do with that "autoload" {or whatever} is the > > first thing that appears after the square box of options. > > I only saw the string for a n instant; it may have been overwritten. I finally caught the *first* part of the boot string; it was "ACPI" [followed by some error on loading this.] Long story short, I was fairly sure that "ACPI ... " string was causing my upgrade to 6.3 to fail. I explicitly disabled it with the ``hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" hint and rebooted. No more ACPI ... string but the boot *still* hung after printing sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0 to the console. In /var/log/messages there was more: sio0: type 8250 or not responding I'm upgrading to RELENG_7 and will rebuild, but if anyboody know what that last line means, and how to resolve, I'd be much obliged! gary PS: Odds are that version 7 will hang, too, but dunno until I try. > > not sure what you mean by this...but i haven't been following the whole saga, sorry... > > > I'm using cvsup7. Not good? > > not sure mate, i'm using #5 with no problems, but getting releng_7 > *default host=cvsup5.FreeBSD.org > *default base=/var/db > *default prefix=/usr > *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_7 > *default delete use-rel-suffix > > cheers, > B > > _________________________ > {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome > > "The only people that never change are the stupid and the dead" > Jorge Luis Borges. > > I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned. -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org