From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 1 17:14:37 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0522E1065676 for ; Tue, 1 Dec 2009 17:14:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hrs@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail.allbsd.org (gatekeeper-int.allbsd.org [IPv6:2001:2f0:104:e002::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 559A98FC12 for ; Tue, 1 Dec 2009 17:14:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from delta.allbsd.org (p3177-ipbf416funabasi.chiba.ocn.ne.jp [123.225.92.177]) (authenticated bits=128) by mail.allbsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nB1HEDjm007536 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 2009 02:14:24 +0900 (JST) (envelope-from hrs@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (alph.allbsd.org [192.168.0.10]) (authenticated bits=0) by delta.allbsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id nB1HE832053533 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 2009 02:14:10 +0900 (JST) (envelope-from hrs@FreeBSD.org) Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:13:39 +0900 (JST) Message-Id: <20091202.021339.237377394.hrs@allbsd.org> To: stable@FreeBSD.org From: Hiroki Sato X-PGPkey-fingerprint: BDB3 443F A5DD B3D0 A530 FFD7 4F2C D3D8 2793 CF2D X-Mailer: Mew version 6.3rc1 on Emacs 22.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Multipart/Signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="--Security_Multipart(Wed_Dec__2_02_13_39_2009_929)--" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95.3 at gatekeeper.allbsd.org X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.3 (mail.allbsd.org [133.31.130.32]); Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:14:28 +0900 (JST) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.3 required=13.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, CONTENT_TYPE_PRESENT, SPF_SOFTFAIL, X_MAILER_PRESENT autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on gatekeeper.allbsd.org Cc: Subject: loader(8) readin failed on 7.2R and later including 8.0R 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: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:14:37 -0000 ----Security_Multipart(Wed_Dec__2_02_13_39_2009_929)-- Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, This may be a rare case, but I post this with the hope for ideas from people here. I have experienced a strange loader(8) error. After upgrading one of my boxes from 7.1R to 7.2R, an error appeared on "boot" command of loader(8) like this: | FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1 | (hrs@cmaster.allbsd.org, Mon Nov 30 04:01:24 JST 2009) | Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf | /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x8b6c04 | readin failed | | elf32_loadimage: read failed | /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x8b6c04 | readin failed | | elf32_loadimage: read failed | Unable to load a kernel! (Actually the above error message was displayed when I upgraded it to 8.0R. The message was the same when I tried 7.2R.) Replacing the /boot/loader with 7.1R's one, 7.2R's kernel worked fine. Next, I tried to upgrade it to 8.0R. As I explained earlier, the 8.0R's loader did not work either, so I replaced it with 7.1R again. However, 7.1R loader(8) + 8.0R kernel displayed the following error and did not work: | OK load /boot/kernel/kernel | /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x8db9a4 data=0xdd134+0xa5e84 syms=[0x4+0x99390+0x4+0xd2201 | elf32_loadimage: could not read symbols - skipped! While the "load" command seemed to finish, the box got stuck just after entering "boot" command. Curious to say, I have got this symptom only on a specific box in more than ten different boxes I upgraded so far; it is based on an old motherboard Supermicro P4DPE[*]. [*] http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon/E7500/P4DPE.cfm Any workaround? Booting from release CDROMs (7.2R and 8.0R) also fail. On the box "7.1R" or "7.1R's loader + 7.2R kernel" worked fine. It is possible something in changes of loader(8) between 7.1R and 7.2R is the cause, but I am still not sure what it is... -- Hiroki ----Security_Multipart(Wed_Dec__2_02_13_39_2009_929)-- Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAksVTsMACgkQTyzT2CeTzy2HxACePvw3tKVuKdJ8bh33eMuRZRkg DwoAoNICdnEZm23WqpC2TVqgfxjR9LDF =mfcO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ----Security_Multipart(Wed_Dec__2_02_13_39_2009_929)----