Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 21:44:05 +0100 From: Lars Kristiansen <lars+lister.freebsd@adventuras.no> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Torgeir Hoffmann <twhoffma@student.matnat.uio.no>, Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> Subject: Re: Cannot boot with newly compiled kernel, or kernel.old after upgrading to RELENG_6 Message-ID: <C4D3DD0BDBC4903577015C4C@cm-80.111.248.098.chello.no> In-Reply-To: <200512041203.15499.kstewart@owt.com> References: <49267.80.203.90.5.1133725386.squirrel@webmail.uio.no> <200512041203.15499.kstewart@owt.com>
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--On Sunday, December 04, 2005 12:03:15 PM -0800 Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> wrote: > On Sunday 04 December 2005 11:43 am, Torgeir Hoffmann wrote: >> Hi, Hei! >> I have been so unfortunate to be left with a completely unusable >> system after updating to RELENG_6 from RELENG_5. >> > > I read that the path was to RELENG_6_0_0_RELEASE and then to stable. I > just finished upgrading 2 machines that way. > >> I am quite sure that I followed the step from the handbook correctly, >> but as mentioned the system is unbootable. > > Did you copy the 6.0 GENERIC config file into the one your buildkernel > make uses? > Think I saw some others reported problems with the new acpi on some hardware. Try to boot without it, "safe mode" in the bootmenu, I think. You may find some more in the archives for both this list and freebsd-stable. -- Hilsen Lars >> >> The error when trying to boot the new kernel makes the system reboots >> after 15 seconds, so I haven't had the opportunity to write that one >> down. However, the error message from when trying: "unload", "boot >> /boot/kernel.old/kernel" I was able to copy down in full (see >> bottom). > > You should only load the 5-stable kernel and the boot -s. You have a > mixed kernel and userland. You can't expect kernel.old and your > 6-stable userland to work. > >> >> If I try to unload linux.ko by ' set linux_load="NO" ', it goes a bit >> further. I can only see "acpi.ko: could not finalize loading" flash >> by, and several "PNP0303 can't assign..." error messages before it >> mounts, it finishes to load ipfw2 and then suddenly it says >> >> 'Warning: Device driver " ' then nothing more on the line, then a >> similar error message to the one at bottom follows. (page fault). >> Reboots after 15 seconds. >> >> >> I really hope someone knows what this is all about - I have no idea >> why this is happening. Further I cannot understand why kernel.old >> doesn't work - after all I've used that kernel for 6 months without >> any issues. Mind that this is the GENERIC kernel, and it was compiled >> with unmodified conf. >> > > But that was for a 5-stable userland. Now, your userland is 6.0. > >> Hope for quick reply, >> >> Best regards, >> >> Torgeir Hoffmann >> >> >> >> <-- Error message --> >> >> link_elf: symbol VOP_READDIR_APV undefined >> KLD file linux.ko - could not finalize loading. >> kernel trap 12 with interups disabled >> >> Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode. >> fault virtual address = 0x8 >> fault code = supervisor read, page not present >> instruction pointer = 0x8:0xc060bdff >> stack pointer = 0x10:0xc1020d24 >> frame pointer = 0x10:0xc1020d24 >> code segment = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type x1b >> = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1 >> processlr elfags = resume, IOPL = 0 >> current process = 0 () >> trap number = 12 >> panic: page fault >> uptime: 1s >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > -- > Kent Stewart > Richland, WA > > http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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