Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 17:38:40 -0500 (EST) From: Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com> To: jhb@FreeBSD.org Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: today's current: boot/loader and console Message-ID: <200201042238.g04Mchl11179@aldan.algebra.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.020104142453.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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> Are your loader and 4th files in sync? There was a change to the 4th > scripts that I thought I sent a heads up about. The hints did not change since forever: -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 2030 Feb 10 2001 device.hints Everything else seems fresh: -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 7721 Jan 3 20:34 loader.4th -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 35097 Jan 3 20:34 support.4th -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 174080 Jan 3 20:34 pxeboot -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 176128 Jan 3 20:34 liloboot drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jan 3 20:34 defaults -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 172032 Jan 3 20:34 loader > Anyways, do this to get the error message: go into > /sys/boot/i386/loader, edit main.c, and change the exit() function to > do a while(1); loop before callign __exit(). Compile a new loader and > install it and then see what message you get. Mmm, Ok... Next time I reboot, I'll post the results... Thanks! > You don't have a seiral console, you have _no_ kernel console. :) > Since you are booting from boot2 and not the loader, your hints aren't > getting loaded, so you aren't getting a kernel console. There was time, when direct booting of the kernel was working... -mi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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