From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 21 18:04:58 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53AB116A417 for ; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:04:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from StevenFriedrich@InsightBB.com) Received: from mxsf06.insightbb.com (mxsf06.insightbb.com [74.128.0.76]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15D9013C4CC for ; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:04:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from StevenFriedrich@InsightBB.com) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,227,1199682000"; d="scan'208";a="202989697" Received: from unknown (HELO asav00.insightbb.com) ([172.31.249.124]) by mxsf06.insightbb.com with ESMTP; 21 Jan 2008 12:36:31 -0500 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,227,1199682000"; d="scan'208";a="150284503" Received: from 208-46-39-11.dia.static.qwest.net (HELO [10.7.44.143]) ([208.46.39.11]) by asavout00.insightbb.com with ESMTP; 21 Jan 2008 12:36:31 -0500 Message-ID: <4794D81D.4030805@InsightBB.com> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:36:29 -0500 From: Steven Friedrich User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.14 (Windows/20071210) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: boot loader anomaly X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:04:58 -0000 I'm getting an error message "zpool_cache...failed!" during boot. You have to disable beastie to see it... Here's the output that I wrote down: BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01 Consoles: internal video/kerboard BIOS drive C: is disk0 BIOS drive D: is disk1 BIOS drive E: is disk2 BIOS 637kB/522176kB available memory FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1 (root@freeBSD.StevenFriedrich.org, Mon Jan 21 10:12:31 EST 2008) Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x6ed4ac data=0xadb60+0x5ac20 syms=[0x4+0x710d0+0x4+0x90f05] zpool_cache...failed! | Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel] in 9 seconds... Here's the uname output uname -a FreeBSD freeBSD.StevenFriedrich.org 7.0-RC1 FreeBSD 7.0-RC1 #0: Mon Jan 21 11:03:28 EST 2008 root@freeBSD.StevenFriedrich.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 And my /boot/loader.conf verbose_loading="YES" # Set to YES for verbose loader output beastie_disable="YES" # Turn the beastie boot menu on and off Is this a bug, or am I missing some configuration bit? -- Steven Friedrich Louisville, KY 40216