From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Mar 20 17: 3:44 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mass.cdrom.com (mass.cdrom.com [204.216.28.184]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0E5A37BC71; Mon, 20 Mar 2000 17:03:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Received: from mass.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA04298; Mon, 20 Mar 2000 17:05:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <200003210105.RAA04298@mass.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Harold Gutch Cc: Mike Smith , stable@FreeBSD.ORG, jlemon@flugsvamp.com Subject: Re: booting 3.x from CD? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 21 Mar 2000 00:36:18 +0100." <20000321003618.A7626@foobar.franken.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 17:05:31 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > > > The booting process would halt at either the point where it says > > > > > > > > > > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz > > > > > > > > > > or it would pass exactly this point and then halt at the next > > > > > screen (the one where you select wether you want to config your > > > > > kernel in visual mode etc.). At one of these points it would > > > > > simply freeze, no panic, no dump, nothing. ... > This is the commit that broke things for me. A kernel built from > the sources just before it boots, a kernel built from the sources > right after it "freezes" at the point above. Which one of the points above? > I have absolutely no idea how to debug the problem I described > above, as not even setting "boot_ddb" managed to break into a > debugger where I would be able to at least try to have a closer > look at this problem. > Does somebody have any ideas what I could try out? Sounds like you've got BIOS problems. Look for an upgrade from your vendor, and then start breaking down the kernel boot process to see if you can find where exactly it's hanging up. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message