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Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 14:33:02 +0200 (CEST)
From: Bernd Luevelsmeyer <bdluevel@heitec.net>
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Subject: misc/17788: several tools fail if /boot/loader bypassed
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>Number:         17788
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       systat, top, swapinfo fail if /boot/loader not used
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Apr  4 05:50:00 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Bernd Luevelsmeyer
>Release:        FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
Heitec AG
>Environment:

	
        Pentium 233, with FreeBSD; current cvsup'ed and made
        buildworld yesterday

>Description:

	
        When starting 'top' or 'systat', they fail with 'top:
        nlist failed' or 'systat: nlist: can't find following
        symbols: _cp_time _ccpu _fscale'. They fail whether
        I'm root or not.
        'swapinfo' also fails.
        I have procfs in the kernel, and it's mounted too.
        As sheldonh@uunet.co.za advised in freebsd-questions,
        this effect doesn't happen when I don't have a '/boot.config'
        with '/kernel' in it.

>How-To-Repeat:

	
        a) echo '/kernel'>/boot.config
        b) reboot
        c) (log in etc.)
        d) systat

>Fix:

	
        Don't bypass /boot/loader (workaround)


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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