Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2006 21:39:09 -0700 From: Micah <micahjon@ywave.com> To: freeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 6.1-RELEASE Loader broken (work around) Message-ID: <44A74DED.7030607@ywave.com> In-Reply-To: <44A74340.2060005@ywave.com> References: <44A74340.2060005@ywave.com>
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Micah wrote: > 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 I changed my grub settings and the 6.1 loader now works. Heres what my menu.lst looks like now: title FreeBSD 6.1 (hd0,1) (GRUB installed here) root (hd0,1,a) # kernel /boot/loader #doesn't work chainloader +1 Still looking for clues why "kernel /boot/loader" doesn't work on my laptop with 6.1 while the exact same line worked with 6.0 and works fine with 6.1 on my desktop. I'm wondering if it's a timing/deadlock issue since using chainloader takes slightly longer than kernel... Thanks, Micah
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