Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 11:02:29 +0100 From: "Markus Oestreicher" <m.oe@x-trader.de> To: "'Doug White'" <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>, "'Markus Oestreicher'" <m.oe@x-trader.de> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freeze after "Booting [kernel]" Message-ID: <03b101c3b016$9363dbb0$02c0a8c0@gnbuero.qhintra.net> In-Reply-To: <20031120150524.O50912@carver.gumbysoft.com>
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Dear Doug,
> > I installed a new FreeBSD 4.9 machine from CD. The installation
> > runs fine but on the first reboot the machine hangs after the
> > "Booting [kernel]..." prompt. I see the first "/" and then the
> > boot process stops. "boot -v" doesn't give more output.
>
> Try rigging a serial console and see if things are actually
> progressing.
> Very early on the video card gets some initialization and it might be
> freaking out, causing your screen to turn off. If the system
> is crashing,
> you'll see the messages.
The serial console shows the same output:
--- BootMgr:
F1 FreeBSD
Default: F1
--- FreeBSD loader:
BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01
Console: internal video/keyboard
BIOS drive A: is disk0
BIOS drive C: is disk1
BIOS 637kB/522240kB available memory
FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 0.8
(root@freebsd-stable.sentex.ca, Fri Oct 17 20:16:05 GMT 2003)
Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf
/kernel text=0x327335 data=0x4dab0+0x349c4
syms=[0x4+0x45350+0x4+0x4d77b]
\
Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt.
--- Boot prompt:
Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help.
ok
ok ls /
/
d dev
d usr
d var
d stand
d etc
d cdrom
d proc
d dist
d bin
d boot
d mnt
d modules
d root
d sbin
d tmp
l sys
.cshrc
.profile
COPYRIGHT
kernel.GENERIC
kernel
l compat
ok boot -v
... and then the boot process stops.
Do you think it is a problem with the drive's geometry?
bye
Markus
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