Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 19:11:00 -0800 From: Tabor Kelly <tkelly-freebsd-questions@taborandtashell.net> To: Edward Carmody <ecarmody@optonline.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't boot normally - syslog? Message-ID: <41B27C44.2050101@taborandtashell.net> In-Reply-To: <00da01c4da3e$53392ce0$0b32050a@edsdell8200> References: <00da01c4da3e$53392ce0$0b32050a@edsdell8200>
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Edward Carmody wrote: > Hi, > > Running a 5.2.1-Current box. After we suffered a power outage, and the UPS went > offline, the FBSD shut down ugly. > > I get the usual messages scrolling by when I try to boot, but as soon as the > drive gets mounted, I see nothing but zillions of scrolling messages without > newlines: > > ========================================= > logmsg: pri 166, flags 17, from oberon,g > ========================================= > > over and over again. I've let this run like this for an hour, and it shows no > indication of stopping. :( > > I've booted into single-user mode, ran fsck, let it fix some inconsistencies it > found, but when I try to reboot normally, I still get the same logmsgs over and > over again. > > Looks like syslog is looping, but I've no idea how to start fixing this. > > Any pointers in the right direction would be greatly appreciated. > > Ed Carmody Not to poke fun at your situation, but have you considered a fresh install of 5.3? In the end it may take you less time than fixing your install of 5.2.1. -Tabor Kelly
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