From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 25 15:03:36 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EC40106567A for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:03:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kjblack@gmail.com) Received: from el-out-1112.google.com (el-out-1112.google.com [209.85.162.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3D6A8FC1F for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:03:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kjblack@gmail.com) Received: by el-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id v27so361143ele.13 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:03:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :content-disposition; bh=VMji0Y+n3DZPtfCuRMKUruxeDI4by7NL+yE7wnahvqk=; b=GssmegyU4YjlfM5dn4lzCx7ARjRHWc+XMbJtk7hqa+Au4b4al6owadsxhS2yyN85x3 aP0euRLGYQ0aEl6L+4I1jATvdsqhD5zzitOOnuutSBJVry8wD0Ixu6NUqMpodBS4Gjcg TUZKHy2C3NSnS/ucQX1SOuxBWTjz2ZHh/Y5AU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=r7M22U94Jq0qTS3GlcqLF6MD5U4JfdnebovjAsSRfvKtKYXMua3w9Ad2HeEbkRpmbX O1qBiHQ2QIGYG+Xi95mJxpEAZQ4ZhlwpaoTxURbLXfeGNtx9HWmXUBI2oRfTOTr20I0y dIK8zB03DgOOoSdMo6Elf9I4zM1hMQzHjwwmw= Received: by 10.143.11.15 with SMTP id o15mr6875526wfi.227.1214404712861; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:38:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.151.154.9 with HTTP; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:38:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1b1b33f10806250738y55fc8437l8e26c9c1698ea364@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:38:32 -0400 From: "Kelly Black" To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Problem with /boot/loader X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:03:36 -0000 Hello, I have a problem with loader. I recently upgraded from 6_rel to 7_rel. Now when I install world there is a problem booting. Here is what I do: cd /usr/src make buildworld make buildkernel KERNCONF=BLACK make installkernel KERNCONF=BLACK At this point I can reboot and all is good. After boot I install the new world: cd /usr/src mergemaster -p reboot into single user mode cd /usr/src make installworld mergemaster Now when I reboot there is a problem. I get an error that the system cannot boot. Part of it looks like this: Can't work out which disk we are booting from. Guessed BIOS device 0xffffffff not found by probes, defaulting to disk0: If I boot from a live disk and replace /boot/loader with /boot/loader.old it boots up fine and everything looks good. A new world and a new kernel. I would be grateful for any help or any pointers. Sincerely, Kel PS I do not do anything special with my loader config files: $ cat loader.conf snd_ich_load="YES" $ cat loader.rc \ Loader.rc \ $FreeBSD: src/sys/boot/i386/loader/loader.rc,v 1.4 2005/10/30 05:41:42 scottl Exp $ \ \ Includes additional commands include /boot/loader.4th \ Reads and processes loader.conf variables start \ Tests for password -- executes autoboot first if a password was defined check-password \ Load in the boot menu include /boot/beastie.4th \ Start the boot menu beastie-start -- _______________________________________________________ Kelly Black Phone: (518) 388-8727 Department of Mathematics FAX: (603) 388-6005 Union College e-mail: kelly.black@union.edu Schenectady NY 12308 (USA) WWW: http://blackk.union.edu/~black