Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 10:45:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Jeff Fellin <jkf@research.bell-labs.com> To: jkf@research.bell-labs.com, david@catwhisker.org Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot problems Message-ID: <200108101445.KAA01042@zydeco.research.bell-labs.com>
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David, Answers inline with text Jeff > From david@catwhisker.org Fri Aug 10 10:36 EDT 2001 > Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 07:36:38 -0700 (PDT) > From: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> > To: jkf@research.bell-labs.com > Subject: Re: boot problems > In-Reply-To: <200108101425.KAA07530@aura.research.bell-labs.com> > Content-Type: text > Content-Length: 2213 > X-Lines: 46 > > >Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 10:25:03 -0400 (EDT) > >From: Jeff Fellin <jkf@research.bell-labs.com> > > >I cvsup'ed on 8/9 and did a buildworld, installworld, buildkernel, > >and installkernel. I had last cvsup'ed on 7/15 and the system worked > >fine. Now when I boot the new kernel from GENERIC, the system doesn't > >boot. The boot loader loads /boot/kernel/kernel, and when I set > >boot_verbose, and boot_ddb then boot the new kernel nothing happens. > > >I don't even get the ddb breakpoint. I haven't seen anything in > >UPDATING mentioning a problem. I'm not sure, but don't believe the > >pxeboot problem is not an issue here. > > I realize that what you wrote may well be an accurate depiction of what > you perceive... but for those of us not present to witness the > (non-)event, it can be difficult to tell from that description just how > far into the boot/loader process the machine got. > > Could you be more specific about just what is the last thing you see > displayed? The last thing displayed on the console is: set boot_ddb set boot_verbose boot Nothing else is displayed > > It may also help, at some point, to be a little more specific about when > your CVSup took place. For example, I set up the script I use to update > my local CVS repository to log records, like this: My last update from cvs was Thu Aug 9 14:07:55 EST 2001 from cvsup9.freebsd.org. The previous update was from cvsup9.freebsd.org on Mon Jul 16 08:13:42 EDT 2001 > > CVSup begin from cvsup14.freebsd.org at Mon Aug 6 03:47:00 PDT 2001 > CVSup ended from cvsup14.freebsd.org at Mon Aug 6 03:52:46 PDT 2001 > CVSup begin from cvsup14.freebsd.org at Tue Aug 7 03:47:00 PDT 2001 > CVSup ended from cvsup14.freebsd.org at Tue Aug 7 03:53:02 PDT 2001 > CVSup begin from cvsup14.freebsd.org at Wed Aug 8 03:47:00 PDT 2001 > CVSup ended from cvsup14.freebsd.org at Wed Aug 8 03:53:07 PDT 2001 > CVSup begin from cvsup14.freebsd.org at Thu Aug 9 03:47:01 PDT 2001 > CVSup ended from cvsup14.freebsd.org at Thu Aug 9 03:53:06 PDT 2001 > CVSup begin from cvsup14.freebsd.org at Fri Aug 10 03:47:01 PDT 2001 > CVSup ended from cvsup14.freebsd.org at Fri Aug 10 03:53:31 PDT 2001 > > Thus, we have bounded the period of any possible update, and know the > source of the update, as well. > > Cheers, > david > -- > David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org > As a computing professional, I believe it would be unethical for me to > advise, recommend, or support the use (save possibly for personal > amusement) of any product that is or depends on any Microsoft product. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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