From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 2 04:39:15 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 23F7516A407 for ; Sun, 2 Jul 2006 04:39:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from micahjon@ywave.com) Received: from relay3.av-mx.com (relay3.av-mx.com [137.118.16.123]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B177F44486 for ; Sun, 2 Jul 2006 04:39:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from micahjon@ywave.com) X-Virus-Scan-Time: 0 Received: from [137.118.16.55] (HELO mx3.av-mx.com) by relay3.av-mx.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with SMTP id 324321601 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 02 Jul 2006 00:39:11 -0400 Received: (qmail 24966 invoked from network); 2 Jul 2006 04:39:11 -0000 Received: from dsl20226.ywave.com (HELO ?192.168.1.65?) (micahjon@ywave.com@216.227.107.226) by mx3.av-mx.com with SMTP; 2 Jul 2006 04:39:11 -0000 X-CLIENT-IP: 216.227.107.226 X-CLIENT-HOST: dsl20226.ywave.com Message-ID: <44A74DED.7030607@ywave.com> Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2006 21:39:09 -0700 From: Micah User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060611) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freeBSD References: <44A74340.2060005@ywave.com> In-Reply-To: <44A74340.2060005@ywave.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: 6.1-RELEASE Loader broken (work around) 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 04:39:15 -0000 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