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Date:      Fri, 26 Oct 2001 13:28:53 +0200
From:      webdude@phreaker.net
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   HELP!!! Init fails, can't boot !
Message-ID:  <3BD96515.13081.5FAC05@localhost>

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After a (so far I can tell) successfull upgrade procedure 
from FreeBSD 4.3 release to 4.4 stable, I reboot after a 
'make installworld' and see the following msg. after 
getting thrown into single user mode:

'<date and time> init: fatal signal: bus error'

and a reference to ufs: /dev/ad0s1a

Trying to boot my previous kernel or the generic one also fails
w/ the same msg. I fsck'ed all partitions, no errors were found.

But: I recently had fsck find inconsistencies on my ad0 HD 
related to soft updates (they are turned on for /var and /usr) that 
had made it impossible for me to delete a directory in /usr/ports, 
causing in turn the ports upgrade procedure to fail. That got fixed, 
however.

I am to assume there is something wrong w/ my harddisk ?
On _rare_ occasions, I HAVE seen the BIOS msg:

'Primary Master hard disk failed'

Or is my motherboard causing this ?

At any rate, I am now doomed to use MS Windows until 
someone gives me a hint or two (talk about incentive!)

Inge E. Syvertsen
ies@runbox.no

*** Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good ***


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