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Cc: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>, stable@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: boot issues
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On Wednesday 18 November 2009 2:19:45 am Randy Bush wrote:
> [ this happened a month ago and i backed off ]
> 
> i386, 7.2-stable from last summer
> 
> cvsupped releng_7
> made and installed kernel
> buildworld
> boot -s
> installworld
> mergemaster
> reboot
> 
> hung after beastie, just as it did the other month
> 
> booted -s
> mount -2 /
> /etc/rc.d/hostid start
> /etc/rc.d/zfs start
> looked around and all seemed ok
> ^D
> came up ok
> 
> and that is how it is running now
> 
> but why will it boot through -s and not from beastie?

Err, so what happens if you break into the boot loader prompt (option 6 IIRC) 
and then just type 'boot', how far does it get before it hangs?

-- 
John Baldwin