From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 21 06:05:26 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16B1216A4CE; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 06:05:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from rwcrmhc11.comcast.net (rwcrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.198.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9546C43FB1; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 06:05:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from be-well.no-ip.com ([66.30.200.37]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc11) with ESMTP id <2003112114052201300iqddde>; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 14:05:22 +0000 Received: by be-well.no-ip.com (Postfix, from userid 1147) id 96C4E59; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 09:05:21 -0500 (EST) Sender: lowell@be-well.ilk.org To: oli@bronskill.com References: <3FBBC3AA.6050203@bronskill.com> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 21 Nov 2003 09:05:21 -0500 In-Reply-To: <3FBBC3AA.6050203@bronskill.com> Message-ID: <44d6blizq6.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 104 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: loader(8) question X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 14:05:26 -0000 [Note: redirected to freebsd-stable] Oliver Neubauer writes: > Hello, > > I just recently upgraded from 4.3 to 4.9 RELEASE by doing a clean install. > While I am able to boot the system fully, I have noticed the error > message "no /boot/loader" upon inital boot, with: "loader(8) metadata > missing" showing up a bit later one during the boot process. > > I don't know about the second message, but I can definitely say that > /boot/loader exists with rx permission for all.....I haven't changed a > thing since installing. > > I've come across quite a few questions about this in forums and > whatnot, but very little in the way of answers. Can anyone shed some > light? > > dmesg follows > > Thanks! > o > > Copyright (c) 1992-2003 The FreeBSD Project. > Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 > The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. > FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE #0: Wed Nov 19 12:12:57 EST 2003 > root@smpbsd:/usr/src/sys/compile/SMPBSD > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz > CPU: Pentium Pro (199.43-MHz 686-class CPU) > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x619 Stepping = 9 > Features=0xfbff > real memory = 234881024 (229376K bytes) > avail memory = 225148928 (219872K bytes) > Programming 24 pins in IOAPIC #0 > IOAPIC #0 intpin 2 -> irq 0 > FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor motherboard: 2 CPUs > cpu0 (BSP): apic id: 1, version: 0x00040011, at 0xfee00000 > cpu1 (AP): apic id: 0, version: 0x00040011, at 0xfee00000 > io0 (APIC): apic id: 2, version: 0x00170011, at 0xfec00000 > Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled > md0: Malloc disk > npx0: on motherboard > npx0: INT 16 interface > pcib0: on motherboard > IOAPIC #0 intpin 19 -> irq 2 > IOAPIC #0 intpin 18 -> irq 10 > pci0: on pcib0 > isab0: at device 1.0 on pci0 > isa0: on isab0 > atapci0: port 0xe800-0xe80f at device 1.1 > on pci0 > ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0 > ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0 > ahc0: port 0xe000-0xe0ff mem > 0xf9000000-0xf9000fff irq 2 at device 9.0 on pci0 > aic7860: Ultra Single Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 3/253 SCBs > pci0: at 10.0 irq 10 > vr0: port 0xd800-0xd87f mem > 0xf8800000-0xf880007f irq 2 at device 13.0 on pci0 > vr0: Ethernet address: 00:50:ba:a1:a7:5b > miibus0: on vr0 > amphy0: on miibus0 > amphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto > orm0: