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From: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org>
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Subject: Re: kernel panic on kldload in 6.1
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On Wed, 17 May 2006, Joe Auty wrote:

> A problem I've had since 6.0 remains in 6.1 where my machine kernel 
> panics at boot trying to kldload some module (it doesn't say which 
> one). It also does not log this panic.
>
> I suppose this isn't terribly helpful information, but if there is 
> anything you can suggest I do (including pass this on to an interested 
> party), please let me know how I can help =)

If it were me, I would:

1. Boot from a fixit CD
2. Mount my partitions from the afflicted disk(s)
3. Start commenting out lines in /boot/loader.conf

I'd probably start by commenting everything in /boot/loader.conf, but 
you could also use a binary search type procedure. Eventually it should 
become clear what the culprit is.

HTH.

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Chris Hill               chris@monochrome.org
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