From owner-freebsd-current Tue Mar 21 10:32:32 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from server.baldwin.cx (jobaldwi.campus.vt.edu [198.82.67.146]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD43A37BCF1; Tue, 21 Mar 2000 10:32:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from john.baldwin.cx (john [10.0.0.2]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA05075; Tue, 21 Mar 2000 13:32:19 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <200003211832.NAA05075@server.baldwin.cx> X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20000321171955.R93580@caerdonn.eurocontrol.fr> Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 13:32:19 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin To: Ollivier Robert , dcs@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: /boot/loader is making my VAIO reboot Cc: "FreeBSD Current Users' list" Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 21-Mar-00 Ollivier Robert wrote: > Since after the Feb. 25th, /boot/loader is rebooting the machine during > boot. I can't get to the prompt at all. The only version that works is the > 25th one (I didn't upgrade between the Feb. 25th and March, 17th). The only changes in sys/boot in that time period are the loader bcache fixes. Can you see how far into the loader it is getting? Also, what is in your /boot/loader.rc. Try booting with an empty loader.rc and see if you can get a prompt, please. > Nothing in the BIOS configuration changed during that period... > > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 143360 Mar 21 16:39 loader REBOOTS > -r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 143360 Feb 25 20:03 loader.old WORKS > > This is on my VAIO laptop (Z505SX, PII/366, 128 MB). > > Any idea ? > -- > Ollivier ROBERT -=- Eurocontrol EEC/TEC -=- Ollivier.Robert@eurocontrol.fr > The Postman hits! The Postman hits! You have new mail. -- John Baldwin -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message