From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 21 02:19:58 2006 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 0083A16A4DE for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 02:19:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pcarter@jhu.edu) Received: from ipex1.johnshopkins.edu (ipex1.johnshopkins.edu [162.129.8.141]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F2C043D5F for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 02:19:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pcarter@jhu.edu) Received: from jhem1.johnshopkins.edu ([10.181.31.201]) by ipex1.johnshopkins.edu with ESMTP/TLS/RC4-MD5; 20 Aug 2006 22:19:53 -0400 X-BrightmailFiltered: true X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-IronPort-AV: i="4.08,150,1154923200"; d="scan'208"; a="58229987:sNHT32661488" Received: from johnshopkins.edu ([10.181.31.211]) by jesmail.johnshopkins.edu (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTP id <0J4B00A54T5606B0@jesmail.johnshopkins.edu> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 22:19:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [10.181.192.192] (Forwarded-For: [141.157.125.30]) by jesmail.johnshopkins.edu (mshttpd); Sun, 20 Aug 2006 22:19:54 -0400 Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 22:19:54 -0400 From: PATRICK CARTER In-reply-to: <8a0028260608201505k340885b0i420347ac1475718f@mail.gmail.com> To: Jeff Rollin Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Sun Java(tm) System Messenger Express 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-language: en Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline X-Accept-Language: en Priority: normal References: <8a0028260608201505k340885b0i420347ac1475718f@mail.gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Showstopping FreeBSD 6.1 bug X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: pcarter@jhu.edu List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 02:19:58 -0000 Jeff, I hate to state (or rather ask) the obvious but are you sure you selected the appropriate options to install the kernel? One of the people were I work swore they had the exact same problem on an x86 they were installing on and it turned out that she was just forgetting to select an installation configuration that included the kernel. --Patrick ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff Rollin Date: Sunday, August 20, 2006 6:05 pm Subject: Showstopping FreeBSD 6.1 bug To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Hello all > > I need to report a serious bug in 6.1-RELEASE. On both AMD64 and x86, > sysinstall appears to work correctly but fails to install a kernel > on the > target filesystem. This has the additional effect of rendering the - > bootonly.iso almost useless since if the error is not caught before > rebooting, there > is no live filesystem to repair the damage, and the emergency shell > cannotfind any executables (it can, however, find executables > directly after > installing the system). > > Yours > > > > Jeff Rollin. > _______________________________________________ > 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"