From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 14 22:51:17 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F50D16A4BF for ; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 22:51:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailhost.tue.nl (mailhost.tue.nl [131.155.2.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C016C43F85 for ; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 22:51:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from frank@masolijn.nl) Received: from mailhost.tue.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mailhost.tue.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 87486-03 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 07:51:10 +0200 (CEST) Received: from raven (t-17-211.athome.tue.nl [131.155.229.211]) by mailhost.tue.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id CDDCC14D341 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 07:51:09 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <001801c37b99$adba3420$0200a8c0@raven> From: "Frank Masolijn" To: Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 07:57:26 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: Retry: Problem with boot/loader I can't seem to solve. Ideas anyone? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 05:51:17 -0000 L.S. For about a week now I've been trying unsuccesfully to solve the problem below. My machine was installed with 4.8-Release. The problem started after compiling and installing a new kernel to = replace kernel.GENERIC What happens is: The system starts. Detects the AH2940 SCSI controller. The controller detects 3 devices. -SCSI ID#2 CDROM -SCSI ID#1 IBM 4,3 GB Disk 0x80 (probably recognized later as da1) -SCSI ID#0 IBM 4,3 GB Disk 0x81 (probably recognized later as da0) It then starts boot0 and shows the boot0 selection-screen. F1 FreeBSD F5 Drive 1 Default: F1 -Choosing F5 results in errors since that one isn't bootable. -Choosing F1 (in my opinion the correct one) yields the following. Having choosen something at boot0 the system continues. At this point it should be able to find /boot.config, but as I'll later = show it apparently ignores it. It then shows the boot2 screen. >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel boot: At this point I've tried entering the following things. X:da(Y,a)/Z with -X anywhere between 0 and 5. -Y anywhere between 0 and 2. -Z either /kernel or /boot/loader. The following options allowed a continued boot. 1:da(0,a)/kernel 1:da(1,a)/kernel 1:da(2,a)/kernel 1:da(0,a)/boot/loader 1:da(1,a)/boot/loader 1:da(2,a)/boot/loader All the others didn't work. Having discovered the correct input I assumed putting the same into /boot.config would solve the problem and would ensure I wouldn't have to fill it in manually every time the system boots (this is not practial sincec the system neither has a viewscreen or a keyboard) this however isn't the case. Whatever I fill in into = /boot.config the result remains the same. The system tries to boot tells me twice "Invalid partition' followed by "Can't find /kernel". I've reinstalled boot0, boot1 and boot2 to no effect. Re=EFnstalling = FreeBSD from scratch and making another kernel resulted in the same problem. My guts tell me the problems lies in boot0 or boot1's apparent = inabillity to execute the correct value specified in /boot.config but I can't find any cause for this. Has anyone got any ideas on how to resolve this problem or where to find additional documentation since I can't find enough information in the Handbook to determine whether the problem indeed lies in the system's inabillity to find /boot.config? Thanks in advance, Frank Masolijn PS. Below anyone interested will find all information I think might be required. (If somethings missing please mail me.) DMESG 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 4.8-RELEASE #1: Mon Sep 1 18:47:33 CEST 2003 kalizec@qequoia:/usr/src/sys/compile/QEQUOIA Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz CPU: Pentium II/Pentium II Xeon/Celeron (233.87-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin =3D "GenuineIntel" Id =3D 0x633 Stepping =3D 3 Features=3D0x80f9ff real memory =3D 100663296 (98304K bytes) avail memory =3D 94269440 (92060K bytes) Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc0392000. Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled md0: Malloc disk Using $PIR table, 6 entries at 0xc00fda50 npx0: on motherboard npx0: INT 16 interface pcib0: on motherboard pci0: on pcib0 agp0: mem = 0xe0000000-0xe3ffffff at device 0.0 on pci0 pcib1: at device 1.0 on = pci0 pci1: on pcib1 isab0: at device 7.0 on pci0 isa0: on isab0 atapci0: at device 7.1 on pci0 atapci0: ATA channel disabled by BIOS pci0: at 7.2 irq 15 chip0: port 0x5f00-0x5f0f at device 7.3 on pci0 rl0: port 0x6800-0x68ff mem 0xef000000-0xef0000ff irq 15 at device 9.0 on pci0 rl0: Ethernet address: 00:50:fc:2a:88:ff miibus0: on rl0 rlphy0: on miibus0 rlphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto ahc0: port 0x6c00-0x6cff mem 0xef001000-0xef001fff irq 12 at device 10.0 on pci0 aic7870: Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=3D7, 16/253 SCBs pci0: at 11.0 irq 10 ed0: port 0x7000-0x701f irq 11 at device = 12.0 on pci0 ed0: address 48:54:e8:90:55:96, type NE2000 (16 bit) eisa0: on motherboard eisa0: unknown card ADP7871 (0x04907871) at slot 6 orm0: