Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 00:05:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Luke Dean <LukeD@pobox.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CVS tag for specific release candidate Message-ID: <20050506235553.K1162@border.crystalsphere.multiverse> In-Reply-To: <20050507040819.GA18513@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20050506205146.R63342@border.crystalsphere.multiverse> <20050507040819.GA18513@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Fri, 6 May 2005, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 08:55:56PM -0700, Luke Dean wrote: >> >> I was using 5.4-RC1 until today. >> Today I attempted to update to 5.4, but I can't get into single-user mode >> without a panic. I'm just about certain that this is because of the work >> in progress in that ata-raid driver right now. >> I'm using a Promise FastTrack S150 TX2Plus, and it's not happy with the >> recent changes. I'd be glad to help test the changes, but right now I'm >> more concerned with getting my system in a stable shape. >> I want to go back to 5.4-RC1, but I can't seem to get the CVS tag right. > > Release candidates are not tagged. You can use a specific date with > the -D option to roll back to before they were committed. This is > also more helpful because you can isolate the specific change that > caused you problems. > > Unfortunately by now it might be too late to get this fixed for > 5.4-RELEASE, but at least it can be fixed soon afterwards if there is > a problem. It's not a problem with the ata stuff after all. It's definitely something else. I've managed to get 5.4-RELEASE installed, but I absolutely cannot get into single-user mode. I've tried selecting option 4 from the boot menu and just running a "shutdown now" from multiuser mode. When it gets to the point of asking what shell I want to run, usually the system just freezes. I can hit scroll lock to go back and read the dmesg, but there's no way I'm going to get a shell prompt. I can't type. Alternately, sometimes I'll get a page fault panic as soon as I hit a key - this is what usually happens if I'm trying to get into single-user mode via shutdown. If it doesn't panic, I can press ctrl-alt-delete (this is on i386 by the way) and I'll get a message about how it can't write to /var/db/mixer0-state or write other things to /var... which isn't surprising since I couldn't get to a shell prompt to mount anything in the first place. I don't understand why it's trying to mess with /var at all. I think something about my configuration must be fouled up. I don't think it's 5.4. Sorry for the confusion.
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