Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 16:14:59 -0500 From: Paul Mather <paul@gromit.homeunix.org> To: Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Solved?: Re: Upgrade of RELENG_8 ZFS boot pool leads to unbootable system Message-ID: <2775327B-34AE-40D6-8563-D75026887235@gromit.homeunix.org> In-Reply-To: <50E6B164.50105@unsane.co.uk> References: <FA810100-4041-40D7-AE09-77E07C1E3206@gromit.homeunix.org> <50E48610.2040204@infracaninophile.co.uk> <A690C516-E595-4001-8622-096D0CBF6A45@gromit.homeunix.org> <50E6B164.50105@unsane.co.uk>
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On Jan 4, 2013, at 5:39 AM, Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk> wrote:
> On 03/01/2013 21:18, Paul Mather wrote:
>>
>>
>> It turns out it was my /boot.config that was preventing booting. The system is usually always headless, so I have "-S115200 -Dh" as the sole line in /boot.config to enable a 115200 baud serial console. This has been working fine for me up until I did a {build,install} {kernel,world} on 1st January 2013. I was pretty sure my woes began after I did the "zpool upgrade -a" and subsequently rebooted again, but now I can't be sure whether I successfully rebooted at all after the "make installworld" and mergemaster step.
>>
>> Does anyone know a sure-fire way of getting a dual console setup (high-speed serial + VGA). The recipe I had been using had worked well for a long time. I had "-S115200 -Dh" in /boot.config and the following entries in /boot/loader.conf:
>>
>> boot_multicons="YES"
>> comconsole_speed="115200"
>> console="comconsole,vidconsole"
>>
>> Now, though, if I have "-S115200 -Dh" then the system locks up at boot. Removing /boot.config gets me dual console, but only at 9600 baud. :-(
> I have
> root@copia:/root # more /boot.config
> -Dh
>
> and
> root@copia:/root # grep 'cons' /boot/loader.conf
> console="comconsole,vidconsole"
> comconsole_speed="19200"
> boot_multicons="yes"
>
> Which works fine for ipmi based serial over lan console in a generic
> 9.1-RELEASE.
> Not sure thats that helpful but 19200 is better than 9600 ;)
That's weird. I have the same basic /boot/loader.conf entries (except for a speed of 115200) and even just putting "-Dh" into /boot.config leads to the same unbootable system behaviour. :-(
Maybe something broke recently in the RELENG_8 boot loader? Like I said originally, that /boot.config entry had been working for me without problems for a long time.
Cheers,
Paul.
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