Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 11:42:15 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: Upgrading -stable -> -current, boot failure? Message-ID: <XFMail.001011114215.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <14820.10867.8261.441382@guru.mired.org>
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On 11-Oct-00 Mike Meyer wrote: > I've got a system with 4.1-STABLE installed. I mount -current sources > on it, do make buildworld/buildkernel/installkernel/installworld and > reboot. The boot loader runs, gives me the "booting default in..." > countdown, prints "|", and then stops. After thrashing the disks (with > *no* boot messages), I get a prompt from init. > > Since the same sources build and boot properly elsewhere, I assume > I've missed a step. I normally run mergemaster after installworld and > rebooting singleuser. Could someone provide the clue I've not got? You are missing /boot/device.hints. Boot the system and you can get into multiuser fine (or you should be able to, at least), then cp /sys/i386/conf/GENERIC.hints /boot/device.hints and edit to taste. > thanx, > <mike -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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