From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 3 19:43:25 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3D1E16A4CE for ; Thu, 3 Jun 2004 19:43:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C4F543D2F for ; Thu, 3 Jun 2004 19:43:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 740C272DD5; Thu, 3 Jun 2004 19:43:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 721D672DB5; Thu, 3 Jun 2004 19:43:25 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 19:43:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Lee Harr In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20040603194021.C32676@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cannot boot system built today X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 02:43:25 -0000 On Mon, 31 May 2004, Lee Harr wrote: > > > So, now... what could be the difference that allows the cd to boot, but > > > not the same kernel booting from the hard drive? > > > >Corruped /boot/loader? > > > >It would be nice to have more detail, like output. > > > > > I posted boot messages ("boot -sv") from several non-working > kernels (around the time of 4.10-release) as well as a working > boot from early March. You're complaining about two distinct problems here, unless I'm misinterpreting you. > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2004-May/007407.html > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2004-May/007411.html > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2004-May/007428.html > > Not sure what else to show... should I attach my serial console to get > the cd boot messages? Yes please. Also, Lite-on drives are known to have buggy firmware. Does removing the CDROM drive make it boot? -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org