From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 24 00:31:50 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 EA3A116A41F for ; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 00:31:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fbsd@aanet.com.au) Received: from aanet.com.au (mail.aanet.com.au [202.63.35.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2185B43D45 for ; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 00:31:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fbsd@aanet.com.au) Received: (qmail 29230 invoked from network); 24 Dec 2005 00:31:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.100?) (202.164.206.178) by mail.aanet.com.au with SMTP; 24 Dec 2005 00:31:42 -0000 Received: from 127.0.0.1 (AVG SMTP 7.1.371 [267.14.6/213]); Sat, 24 Dec 2005 11:31:42 +1100 Message-ID: <43AC96ED.2020807@aanet.com.au> Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 11:31:41 +1100 From: rajoor User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en To: Gayn Winters , keramida@ceid.upatras.gr, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <002101c607cf$51af3760$6501a8c0@workdog> In-Reply-To: <002101c607cf$51af3760$6501a8c0@workdog> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Cc: 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: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 00:31:50 -0000 Gayn Winters wrote: > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >>[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of rajoor >>Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 8:21 PM >>To: Giorgos Keramidas >>Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >>Subject: Re: Boot error >> >> >>Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >> >> >> >>>On 2005-12-23 14:18, Ariane & Ron Joordens >>> >>> >> wrote: >> >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Afternoon All, >>>> >>>>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? >> >>Ron >> >> > >Next: Boot from a CD that has diagnostics and check your hard drive. > >-gayn > >Bristol Systems Inc. >714/532-6776 >www.bristolsystems.com > > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > Gayn & Giorgos, I figured it out late last night. I used the install cd to enter "fixit" mode. Mounting the hard drive failed with "operation not permitted" message. "fsck" failed to complaining about no fstab. After googling I finally found the "fsck_ffs -y /dev/ad0s1a" command which worked for me. After that I could mount the hard disk. I made no changes and rebooted the system and everything was back to normal. Thanks for your input. Ron -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.6/213 - Release Date: 23/12/2005