From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 26 14:31:44 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA10926 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 14:31:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hawaii.conterra.com (hawaii.conterra.com [209.12.164.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA10881 for ; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 14:31:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from myself@conterra.com) Received: from dmaddox.conterra.com (dmaddox.conterra.com [209.12.169.48]) by hawaii.conterra.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA15961; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 17:31:23 -0500 (EST) Received: (from myself@localhost) by dmaddox.conterra.com (8.9.2/8.9.1) id RAA01787; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 17:31:23 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from myself) Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 17:31:22 -0500 From: "Donald J . Maddox" To: "Daniel C. Sobral" Cc: dmaddox@conterra.com, Mike Smith , Tom Torrance , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RELENG_3 boot panic Message-ID: <19990126173122.B1725@dmaddox.conterra.com> Reply-To: dmaddox@conterra.com References: <19990125181232.A1172@dmaddox.conterra.com> <199901252324.PAA12570@dingo.cdrom.com> <19990125183901.A1404@dmaddox.conterra.com> <36AD2B79.8CAF5CA2@newsguy.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: <36AD2B79.8CAF5CA2@newsguy.com>; from Daniel C. Sobral on Tue, Jan 26, 1999 at 11:42:01AM +0900 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Of course, you're right. I rebuilt the loader from a fresh cvsup, and it works as expected now. On Tue, Jan 26, 1999 at 11:42:01AM +0900, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: > "Donald J . Maddox" wrote: > > > > Ok. First, the issue of currency. As I stated earlier, all this > > discussion is based on a kernel and world built Jan 24: > > Meaning, cvsupped on the 23 or earlier 24 (whatever that means in > your TZ... :)? That's probably what Mike means by "out of date", > since the loader was broken for a few hours on that day. > > > With this boot.conf, I don't have to change my fstab. If I remove > > root_disk_unit, the / mount fails unless I change the device to > > /dev/wd1a in fstab. > > And this sounds pretty much like the symptoms of said broken loader. > > When using -current, "up to date" means "cvsup again". > > (On the bright side, you can "cd /sys/boot; make depend all install" > to replace the loader, without making a new world or kernel) > > -- > Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) > dcs@newsguy.com > > If you sell your soul to the Devil and all you get is an MCSE from > it, you haven't gotten market rate. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message