From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 21 21:30:00 2011 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 D926E106566C for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2011 21:30:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@acm.org) Received: from fallbackmx08.syd.optusnet.com.au (fallbackmx08.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61AD28FC08 for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2011 21:30:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail10.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail10.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.191]) by fallbackmx08.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id p1LJmGqx009572 for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:48:16 +1100 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c220-239-116-103.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.116.103]) by mail10.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id p1LJmBWF020639 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:48:12 +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 (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p1LJm7BO056225; Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:48:07 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p1LJm7hJ056224; Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:48:07 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:48:06 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy To: David J Brooks Message-ID: <20110221194806.GA56133@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <1497633402.908693.1298275211209.JavaMail.root@sz0078a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net> <1803560057.908709.1298275440098.JavaMail.root@sz0078a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="EVF5PPMfhYS0aIcm" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1803560057.908709.1298275440098.JavaMail.root@sz0078a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net> 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: system crash during make installworld 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: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 21:30:01 -0000 --EVF5PPMfhYS0aIcm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2011-Feb-21 08:04:00 +0000, David J Brooks wrote: >As the subject suggests, my laptop crashed during make installworld. >The new kernel boots, but the ELF interpreter is not found and I >cannot get to a single user prompt. What is the least painful way to >proceed? My first suggestion would be to boot the previous kernel. If that doesn't help, try specifying /rescue/sh as the single-user shell. If neither of those work, please specify the exact error message you get and the point where you get it (if you don't have a serial console available, post a link to picture of the screen showing the issue). --=20 Peter Jeremy --EVF5PPMfhYS0aIcm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.15 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk1iwXYACgkQ/opHv/APuId+4wCfQDnQHoszrp1Bpk/j9SZ869vU 608AnjYzAga7Qs+l3U4UnDUzWO/6C3yJ =mjzx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --EVF5PPMfhYS0aIcm--