From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 2 03:53:42 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D94816A417 for ; Sun, 2 Jul 2006 03:53:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from micahjon@ywave.com) Received: from relay2.av-mx.com (relay2.av-mx.com [137.118.16.124]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1C2A43D4C for ; Sun, 2 Jul 2006 03:53:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from micahjon@ywave.com) X-Virus-Scan-Time: 0 Received: from [137.118.16.61] (HELO mx0.av-mx.com) by relay2.av-mx.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with SMTP id 318835821 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 01 Jul 2006 23:53:38 -0400 Received: (qmail 7157 invoked from network); 2 Jul 2006 03:53:38 -0000 Received: from dsl20226.ywave.com (HELO ?192.168.1.65?) (micahjon@ywave.com@216.227.107.226) by 0 with SMTP; 2 Jul 2006 03:53:38 -0000 X-CLIENT-IP: 216.227.107.226 X-CLIENT-HOST: dsl20226.ywave.com Message-ID: <44A74340.2060005@ywave.com> Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2006 20:53:36 -0700 From: Micah User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060611) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: 6.1-RELEASE Loader broken X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2006 03:53:42 -0000 Hey all, I just upgraded via source from FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE to FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p2 on my Compaq Presario M2000 laptop. I followed the procedures as outlined in the handbook basically: mergemaster -p make buildworld make buildkernel make installkernel reboot to single user mergemaster -p make isntallworld mergemaster reboot Basically all went well until the final reboot. I never get to the boot menu (the loader menu that used to have the ascii beastie on it). instead a screen appears for a split second and the laptop reboots. The only text I can make out after trying this many times is BTX. :( It's just up for too short a time to even try and figure out what's being displayed. Using a 6.0-RELEASE rescue disk I copied loader.old to loader, rebooted and the system boots fine, but now I'm using a 6.0 loader with 6.1. Any clues on what could be wrong? Thanks, Micah