From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 23 15:50:43 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 335E616A41F for ; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 15:50:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from rosebud.otenet.gr (rosebud.otenet.gr [195.170.0.94]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE57943D5C for ; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 15:50:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from flame.pc (aris.bedc.ondsl.gr [62.103.39.226]) by rosebud.otenet.gr (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-8) with SMTP id jBNFoJ53003937; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 17:50:19 +0200 Received: by flame.pc (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 98FED115BC; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 15:05:01 +0200 (EET) Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 15:05:01 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: rajoor Message-ID: <20051223130501.GA1577@flame.pc> References: <43AB6C90.7050108@aanet.com.au> <20051223034527.GA1816@flame.pc> <43AB7B1B.8040207@aanet.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43AB7B1B.8040207@aanet.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot error 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: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 15:50:43 -0000 On 2005-12-23 15:20, rajoor wrote: >Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >>On 2005-12-23 14:18, Ariane & Ron Joordens wrote: >>> My FreeBSD 6.0 computer refuses to boot. It gets to the >>> screen where it pauses for 10 seconds and gives you the >>> choice of 8 boot options, and then...nothing! >>> >>> Choosing the default option shows a single line >>> "/boot/kernel/acpi.ko text= etc,..." then the next line shows >>> "|", and that's it. All the other boot options show just the >>> "|" and that's it. I have waited for up to 30 minutes, but no >>> change. The only way out is to reset the computer. >>> >>> Prior to this prblem the computer worked perfectly. FreeBSD >>> 5.4 was installed about 4 months ago, this was upgraded to >>> 6.0 about 2 months ago. Everything had been recompiled and I >>> never had any problems, until this. >>> >>> I suspect that my 2 year old son has been pressing the power >>> button repeatedly which may have caused this. >> >> Do you still have the FreeBSD install CD-ROM? You can use >> that to boot. >> >> DON'T INSTALL ANYTHING, though :) >> >> Just make sure that the CD-ROM boots fine up to the sysinstall >> menu. >> >> If that works, then there's definitely something wrong with >> the kernel or the other boot files you have on disk, and we'll >> see what can be done. > > Thanks Giorgos, > > The install cd boots just fine. So I then looked up the manual > and tried to boot from /boot/kernel.old.kernel but that doesn't > work either. > > What can we do next? You can try using the "Live CD" CD-ROM, to boot into the live FreeBSD system and try to run fsck on the disk that's failing. The live CD-ROM is disc2.iso from the release ISO images. If you have this CD-ROM, you can boot into sysinstall and choose: Fixit => 2 CDROM/DVD You will then enter a shell that runs from the live CD-ROM, and be able to run fsck(8) on your disks :-)