Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 14:53:11 +0300 From: Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> To: Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, James Seward <jamesoff@gmail.com> Subject: Re: BTX loader hangs after version info Message-ID: <20080523115311.GM29770@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> In-Reply-To: <48361C6F.2050108@paradise.net.nz> References: <720051dc0805220159n23eb6205yfcf9450be7af5c77@mail.gmail.com> <48361C6F.2050108@paradise.net.nz>
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--fNagykWcDoSVAmSd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 01:22:55PM +1200, Mark Kirkwood wrote: > James Seward wrote: > >Hello, > > > >Two days ago I csup'd my desktop at home, which was running RELENG_7 > >from about 7.0-RELEASE time, to bring it up-to-date (still on > >RELENG_7). I followed my usual buildkernel/world procedure (the usual > >one) which has worked fine all the way since 5.x. After installing > >kernel and restarting in single user, it was working fine. However, > >following installworld it will not boot. > > > >It stops immediately after "BTX loader 1.00 BTX version 1.02", but > >with the cursor on the line *above* the first "B". Nothing futher > >happens, but the system responds to Ctrl-Alt-Del. > > > >I have managed to start it using the install CD and csup'd back to a > >version just before the commit to BTX that moved it to 1.02 (March > >18th, I think). However, that version too hangs after "BTX loader 1.00 > >BTX version 1.01". > > > >My desktop is currently building RELENG_7_0 to see if that will work, > >but I won't know that until later as I'm at work and it is at home :) > > > >The install CD (BTX 1.00/1.01) boots fine. Nothing else changed on my > >system between the last successful boot and the unsuccessful one. > > > >Any suggestions/advice for what I can try next, or what I can do to > >help the troubleshooting process? > > > >My desktop is an Athlon64 but I am using i386, on an Asus A8V-E Deluxe= =20 > >board. > > =20 > FWIW - I am seeing this too, on a Supermicro P3TDDE. 7-STABLE src from=20 > 28-Feb is fine, but Mar, Apr, May code all hangs after printing "loading= =20 > /boot/defaults/loader.conf" - presumably reading my /boot/loader.conf? >=20 > Interestingly I can usually get it to boot by escaping to the loader=20 > prompt and then just pressing return. >=20 > Oddly some other machines (Supermicro P3TDER and Asus PRO31J Laptop)=20 > behave normally with src from Mar->May. >=20 > In all cases the canonical procedure from UPDATING was used (buildworld,= =20 > kernel, reboot single, mergemaster -p, installworld, delete-old,=20 > mergemaster, reboot). >=20 > I happy to help collect some debug info (how do you switch this on for=20 > the loader?), tho the machine exhibiting the problem is my workstation=20 > (of course)! Try to install new bootblock. --fNagykWcDoSVAmSd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkg2sCYACgkQC3+MBN1Mb4il8ACghf8OSbKxfTEbrPiwNYXOtiSQ i5IAoLIEQDLBprILZoG1TphkHe7BeAxV =C9d1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --fNagykWcDoSVAmSd--
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