From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Jun 12 8:10: 5 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BC7937B527 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2000 08:10:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id IAA62318; Mon, 12 Jun 2000 08:10:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 08:10:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200006121510.IAA62318@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Ruslan Ermilov Subject: Re: misc/19215: if /boot.config is present, user intervention is required at boot time. Reply-To: Ruslan Ermilov Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR misc/19215; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ruslan Ermilov To: Pekka Savola Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/19215: if /boot.config is present, user intervention is required at boot time. Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 17:53:34 +0300 On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 04:07:32PM +0300, Pekka Savola wrote: > > Hmm, that is strange. Let's check that your bootblocks are OK. > > Please execute the following commands, and send me /tmp/boot.tgz. > > > > # dd if=/dev/wd0c of=/tmp/boot1 count=1 > > # dd if=/dev/wd0c of=/tmp/boot2 skip=1 count=15 > > # tar zcvf /tmp/boot.tgz /tmp/boot[12] /boot/boot[12] > > > > Please also send me the output of the fdisk(8) command. > Your bootblocks are correct, but your /boot.config (which I do not have) is incorrect (and that is why I asked you to send me one!!). Please remove any extra blank lines from your /boot.config and everything will be fine. What really is going on here is that 2nd stage of boot blocks (boot2) attempts to load "" from your root filesystem, fails to do so, and reports `No ""' (where "'s are invisible). Make sure that `wc -l /boot.config' returns the value of 1. Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov Oracle Developer/DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message