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Subject: Re: boot/loader broken? 
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Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
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> On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 03:00:44PM +0200, Ian FREISLICH wrote:
> > Hi
> >=20
> > After a build/install today, I can't boot my boxes:
> >=20
> > BTX loader 1.00  BTX version is 1.01
> > Consoles: internal video/keyboard
> > BIOS drive C: is disk0
> > BIOS 633kB/2096000kB available memory
> >=20
> > FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1
> > (ianf@testbed, Tue Oct  3 08:22:43 SAST 2006)
> >                                                                          =
>       =20
> > can't load 'kernel'
> >=20
> > Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help.
> > OK ls
> > open '/' failed: input/output error
> > OK lsdev
> > cd devices:
> > disk devices:
> >     disk0:   BIOS drive C:
> > pxe devices:
> >=20
> > I don't know what else I can get of interest from this interface.
> > It's happened to 2 of my test servers.  They rebooted fine before
> > the upgrade.
> >=20
> Does it work if you boot with /boot/loader.old?

Doh!  Now why didn't that occur to me?  It works with loader.old.

Ian

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Ian Freislich