From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 25 16:19:47 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 AB69A1065671 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:19:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from rn-out-0910.google.com (rn-out-0910.google.com [64.233.170.186]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A2348FC20 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:19:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: by rn-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id j71so841509rne.12 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:19:46 -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:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=cwy1gj8V59S5cEBKCZwP8t39Q+DR18ggJ1LV0zESQyM=; b=euIAoJZ4HZRnOzc4n1VEwjxzS8gCZJjrsr8zfo3mEW+tFTtbfvrpSbpZTOZvI0pQFe 1XYGY7cN6WALyCWkaFs61j5f/yKG4A6WLoauUHx3gZeQgPmk5V0AEDQRiIUU8dTHBUNV d96KlI6kNhUkEF0hlqdRbMekWQ23xuo+8DWrc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=jWVk8+cSw9hFurJZUHq2vJ3uGC0T+lLjsZMkKe76zXbxUd1RGkWisi/QhsmeJ2Xyez lj9ngiEF4m8IznO78IlXcthJ5Wajdz+GjmArZdNc9dgZRp98iO0vSVicnnPvIwJ5smWG c9Djn326FXVtCfW1zMr1E4VqTGvnFIPacFAzM= Received: by 10.142.212.19 with SMTP id k19mr7005723wfg.142.1214410786027; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:19:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.151.51.5 with HTTP; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:19:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:19:45 -0700 From: "Freddie Cash" To: "FreeBSD Stable" In-Reply-To: <1b1b33f10806250738y55fc8437l8e26c9c1698ea364@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <1b1b33f10806250738y55fc8437l8e26c9c1698ea364@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: 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 16:19:47 -0000 On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 7:38 AM, Kelly Black wrote: > 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: [snip] > 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. What do you have in /etc/make.conf? I recall there being a point in time where incorrect CFLAGS options could build a broken loader. Try renaming /etc/make.conf (or just commenting out all CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS options) and rebuilding either just the loader or the whole world, and see if that makes a difference. -- Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com