From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jan 4 14: 7:32 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from aldan.algebra.com (aldan.algebra.com [216.254.65.224]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55BCE37B420; Fri, 4 Jan 2002 14:07:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from aldan.algebra.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aldan.algebra.com (8.11.6/8.11.5) with ESMTP id g04M3rl10851; Fri, 4 Jan 2002 17:03:54 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mi@aldan.algebra.com) Message-Id: <200201042203.g04M3rl10851@aldan.algebra.com> Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 17:03:50 -0500 (EST) From: Mikhail Teterin Subject: Re: today's current: boot/loader and console To: jhb@FreeBSD.org Cc: current@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 3 Jan, John Baldwin wrote: > > On 04-Jan-02 Mikhail Teterin wrote: >> After 25 days of uptime I rebuilt the world, and can no longer boot >> as usual. Both boot/loader and boot/loader.old (from Oct 30) flash >> the list of devices and immediately reset the computer. > > Any chance you could setup a serial console and catch the output? This is my only computer... >> My only way to bring it up is to press space at the right moment, get >> the Boot: prompt and load/boot kernel directly bypassing the loader. >> >> This works, but there is no console output (it goes from spinner >> straight into the login prompt). I guess, the console output is being >> sent down sio0, where there is an external modem now. Turning the >> modem off does not change anything... > > No, you have no console because you have no hints. If you statically > compile your hints into your kernel, you will have a console again. Why did it change all of a sudden? Did hints get blown away by installworld at's the point? Why is the serial console default? Thanks! -mi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message