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Date:      Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:41:00 -0500
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Cc:        Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>, stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: boot issues
Message-ID:  <200911180941.01049.jhb@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <m2y6m4paem.wl%randy@psg.com>
References:  <m2y6m4paem.wl%randy@psg.com>

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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



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