Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 23:12:51 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@linux.gr> To: Jon Noack <noackjr@alumni.rice.edu> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: instant reboot when trying to load recent RELENG_5 kernel Message-ID: <20041029201251.GB1046@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <56811.69.53.57.66.1099080418.squirrel@69.53.57.66> References: <417046E9.7090506@alumni.rice.edu> <56811.69.53.57.66.1099080418.squirrel@69.53.57.66>
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On 2004-10-29 15:06, Jon Noack <noackjr@alumni.rice.edu> wrote: > Jon Noack wrote: > > Updated my RELENG_5 machines today and one of them did not survive the > > reboot. When the loader tries to load the kernel, the machine instantly > > reboots. I thought it might be due to using CPUTYPE?=athlon-xp in > > /etc/make.conf, but it still happens on a kernel compiled with CPUTYPE > > commented out. I also tried versions of the loader compiled with and > > without CPUTYPE; both loaders were able to successfully load a kernel > > from 3 days ago but neither of them succeeded with various kernels > > compiled today. > > I am still not able to load a new kernel (RELENG_5_3 now) without an > instant reboot. As soon as I type "load /boot/kernel.new/kernel" from the > boot loader the machine reboots. Any ideas would be greatly > appreciated... Hmmm. Can you try "boot kernel.new" instead of the "load foo" stuff? Does it make any difference?
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