From owner-freebsd-current Fri Nov 9 8:33: 0 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [204.156.12.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C67237B416 for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2001 08:32:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from fledge.watson.org (robert@fledge.pr.watson.org [192.0.2.3]) by fledge.watson.org (8.11.6/8.11.5) with SMTP id fA9GWjB82870 for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2001 11:32:45 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from robert@fledge.watson.org) Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 11:32:45 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Watson X-Sender: robert@fledge.watson.org To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: -CURRENT boot problems: loader, kernel Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Upgraded a box to yesterday's -CURRENT, and am experiencing two problems: (1) the machine spins rebooting after loading /boot/loader. I don't get a chance to interupt the boot once /boot/loader starts. Unfortunately, my serial console support also seems to be broken, so I can't read the error that flicks up before the reboot. (2) if I try to boot /boot/kernel/kernel directly, rather than via /boot/loader, it hangs in the twiddling bar. If I load the old loader and kernel, things work fine. I'm currently trying to diagnose the serial console problem, and will post more as I figure something out. There are reports on that channel about other machines having the same problem, so if you're upgrading, make sure to keep an old loader around. Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Project robert@fledge.watson.org NAI Labs, Safeport Network Services To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message