From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 4 17:34:28 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org 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 EE3A716A41F for ; Sun, 4 Dec 2005 17:34:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from makeworld.com (makeworld.com [216.201.118.142]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 888F743D93 for ; Sun, 4 Dec 2005 17:34:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.com [127.0.0.1]) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37BBE6169; Sun, 4 Dec 2005 11:34:10 -0600 (CST) Received: from makeworld.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (makeworld.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 74199-10; Sun, 4 Dec 2005 11:34:07 -0600 (CST) Received: by makeworld.com (Postfix, from userid 1008) id 9E830614A; Sun, 4 Dec 2005 11:34:07 -0600 (CST) Received: from [216.201.118.138] (racerx.makeworld.com [216.201.118.138]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A2AD60C6; Sun, 4 Dec 2005 11:34:06 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <43932893.2040003@makeworld.com> Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 11:34:11 -0600 From: Chris User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051204) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: martinko References: <438398F2.9020802@chillt.de> <20051123013603.O66337@chylonia.3miasto.net> <20051125102023.M99147@pobox.sk> <43872949.6050602@chillt.de> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-2.3.3 (20050822) at makeworld.com - FreeBSD:The Power To Serve Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recompiled 6.0 does not boot -- need help !! X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: RacerX@makeworld.com List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 17:34:29 -0000 martinko wrote: > martinko wrote: > >> Bartosz Fabianowski wrote: >> >>>> thanks, but the issue is with the loader itself >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Telling it to use loader.old should definitely work around that >>> problem. Unless, of course, the problem lies within something that >>> starts even earlier. In this case, you could always use a 6.0 CD to >>> restore the original, working, files. >>> >>> - Bartosz >> >> >> >> i tried to interrupt booting process as you advised in previous email >> but that didn't work. i spotted some text from grub, then something >> like [FreeBSD-a.out ..... and then reset. >> >> anyway, i've fixed it for now by booting from CD and renaming >> /boot/loader.old to /boot/loader >> i'll try to investigate on this later on. >> >> thank you for your help! >> >> martin >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > hello again, > > i've just cvsuped to 6.0-stable and recompiled & reinstalled world & > kernel and guess what ?!? -- loader is still broken!!! > this time my machine is not reset, it just hangs. and i had to boot from > cd and replace loader with the original 6.0-R. :-( > this definetely needs to get fixed. i'll be happy to help someone more > experienced, of course. > > regards, > > martin Show us what's in /boot/loader.conf -- Best regards, Chris The more studying you did for the exam, the less sure you are as to which answer they want.