Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 17:35:19 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Pepper <pepper@rockefeller.edu> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: murray@FreeBSD.org Subject: i386/58580: After sysinstall, F2 fails; wrong device specified for /? Message-ID: <20031026223519.C01E2FEC6@www.reppep.com> Resent-Message-ID: <200310262240.h9QMeGc3071574@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 58580 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: After sysinstall, F2 fails; wrong device specified for /? >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-i386 >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Oct 26 14:40:16 PST 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Chris Pepper >Release: FreeBSD 4.9-PRERELEASE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD www.reppep.com 4.9-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 4.9-PRERELEASE #3: Mon Sep 22 19:30:41 EDT 2003 root@www.reppep.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/REPPEP i386 >Description: After sysinstall for 4.9RC1-4.9RC4 (from posted ISOs), with our without installing BootMgr and/or setting the FreeBSD partition as active, F2 should boot FreeBSD but fails. Rather than loading the kernel from /, it immediately reboots. FWIW, sysinstall & BootMgr/BootEasy work properly from 4.5-RELEASE through 4.8-RELEASE & 4.8-20030801-snap. More history available on freebsd-stable@ under "FreeBSD 4.9 RC1 (i386) now available" & "Re: Final 4.9-RC (i386) available now, please help test.". >How-To-Repeat: Install FreeBSD 4.9RC1-4 on HP Pavilion 7915 with NTFS (XP) on partition 1 & FreeBSD on partition 2. $ uname -a FreeBSD guest.reppep.com 4.8-20030701-SNAP FreeBSD 4.8-20030701-SNAP #0: Sun Oct 26 09:07:55 GMT 2003 root@freebsd-stable.sentex.ca:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 $ cat /etc/fstab # See the fstab(5) manual page for important information on automatic mounts # of network filesystems before modifying this file. # # Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass# /dev/ad0s2b none swap sw 0 0 /dev/ad0s2a / ufs rw 1 1 /dev/ad0s1 /c msdos ro 0 0 /dev/ad0s2g /home ufs rw 2 2 /dev/ad0s2f /usr ufs rw 2 2 /dev/ad0s2e /var ufs rw 2 2 /dev/acd0c /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 proc /proc procfs rw 0 0 >Fix: Unknown. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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