Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 21:17:05 +0200 From: Chris Zumbrunn <chris@czv.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stuck in bootstrapping hell - how do I troubleshoot? Message-ID: <f428b0f5d245cc46f5236416ba2b145c@czv.com> In-Reply-To: <5af4153cc97abfa75d403f30eb8e9963@czv.com> References: <5af4153cc97abfa75d403f30eb8e9963@czv.com>
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I repeated the setup attempt on another machine with different hardware and got stuck with the same problem. Does anybody have a idea regarding the obvious that I could be missing in order to get these systems to boot? Otherwise I'll get someone to sit in front of the machine and look at the screen during a boot attempt :-) /czv On Apr 17, 2005, at 8:31 PM, Chris Zumbrunn wrote: > I'm having a hell of a time trying to get a new development server to > boot FreeBSD. > > The disk contents are an exact mirror from what I have running on a > production server, except for a different IP number in rc.conf. The > hardware is identical as far as I can tell. > > The server is in a datacenter and I can only access it via ssh and > boot either from the local disks or via network (freebsd or linux) - > no serial console, so I can't see where it gets stuck during the > bootstrap. > > Any attempt to boot from the local disks fails. I can't ping the > server for several minutes, until I give up and reboot again via > network. Nothing is written to /var/log/messages during the local boot > attempt. > > I've reinstalled the bootstrap code several times both using > sysinstall to install a standard mbr and using fdisk -B -b /boot/boot0 > ar0 and disklabel -B -b /boot/boot1 -s /boot/boot2 ar0s1 > > I seem to run into this same kind of problem over and over again. > Usually I somehow get it to work eventually, without being able to > tell anymore what fixed it because of the mass of stuff I tried before > it just suddenly works :-) > > How can I verify that I have a valid boot sector and mbr on that disk > (other than by attempting to boot)? Any tips on how to troubleshoot > these kinds of bootstrapping problems without sitting in front of the > box or having console access? > > I'm happy to provide any additional infos regarding the details of the > setup. I'm mirroring a server that is running FreeBSD 4.11. > > chris@czv.com +41 329 41 41 41 > Chris Zumbrunn Ventures - http://www.czv.com/ > Internet Application Technology - Reduced to the Maximum > > chris@czv.com +41 329 41 41 41 Chris Zumbrunn Ventures - http://www.czv.com/ Internet Application Technology - Reduced to the Maximum
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