From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 9 17:31:17 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 022EEC44 for ; Wed, 9 Apr 2014 17:31:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bouvier.getmail.no (bouvier.getmail.no [84.210.184.8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D55415F6 for ; Wed, 9 Apr 2014 17:31:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bouvier.getmail.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 142AD40455 for ; Wed, 9 Apr 2014 19:22:10 +0200 (CEST) Received: from bouvier.getmail.no ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (bouvier.get.c.bitbit.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10032) with ESMTP id lviM6HvOLbyD for ; Wed, 9 Apr 2014 19:22:06 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bouvier.getmail.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18A54405AD for ; Wed, 9 Apr 2014 19:22:06 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.8.4 bouvier.getmail.no 18A54405AD DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=getmail.no; s=8A9C8B4C-D727-11E2-8095-B6466E6B3FA2; t=1397064126; bh=1rpqDLE4xM1Oe6BWfDzIJKQNTZt7/C3bX7wdRrliNlo=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-Id:Mime-Version:Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=HRH6zBuEumkd87JKE/4mSsHpp6xRKVa/gqrK/LVV+VSlp8kI23zarYz10sXATq0Ad sBGOa6gPOW6BGHd7AfDuoApV1Y8ICkWO6gpFnT1P/0Y4bvTMiGQcp/LCKA09bqz81H OCi2Uz3OBwaoxqVi/IAqzou7SXwFNRwS8vYumDcI= X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at bouvier.get.c.bitbit.net Received: from bouvier.getmail.no ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (bouvier.get.c.bitbit.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id ZQvjlcJ94QyA for ; Wed, 9 Apr 2014 19:22:06 +0200 (CEST) Received: from kg-core1.kg4.no (cm-84.215.180.206.getinternet.no [84.215.180.206]) by bouvier.getmail.no (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E8062404F2 for ; Wed, 9 Apr 2014 19:22:05 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 19:22:05 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 9.2 Boot Problem Message-Id: <20140409192205.bf78b7f1f9ecaa3ae0942db2@getmail.no> In-Reply-To: <186472F9-A97B-4863-81BC-67BE788D5E9A@lafn.org> References: <175D3755-BB9B-4EAD-BDAD-06E9670E06AB@lafn.org> <186472F9-A97B-4863-81BC-67BE788D5E9A@lafn.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.3.0 (GTK+ 2.24.22; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.4) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 17:31:17 -0000 On Tue, 8 Apr 2014 23:53:10 -0700 Doug Hardie wrote: >=20 > On 4 April 2014, at 21:08, Doug Hardie wrote: >=20 > > I put this out on Questions, but got no responses. Hopefully someone = here has some ideas. > >=20 > > FreeBSD 9.2. All of my systems are hanging during boot right after t= he screen that has the picture. Its as if someone hit a space on the key= board. However, these systems have no keyboard. If I plug one in, or us= e the serial console, and enter a return, the boot continues properly. > >=20 > > The boot menu is displayed along with Beastie. However, the line tha= t says Autoboot in n seconds=E2=80=A6 never appears. It just stops there= . These are all new installs from CD systems. I just used freebsd-updat= e to take a toy server from 9.1 to 9.2 and it doesn't exhibit this behavi= or. It boots properly. I have updated one of the production servers wit= h the latest 9.2 changes and it still has the issue. I first thought tha= t some config file did not get updated properly on the CD. I have dug ar= ound through the 4th files and don't see anything obvious that would caus= e this. I have now verified that all the 4th files in boot are identical= (except for the version number. They are slightly different). I don't = believe this is a BIOS setting issue as FreeBSD 7.2 didn't exhibit this b= ehavior. All 4 systems are on totally different motherboards. > >=20 > > I tried setting loader_logo=3D"none" in /boot/config.rc and that elim= inated the menu and Beastie. I think the system completed booting, but t= he serial console was then dead. It did not respond or output anything. = I had to remove that and reboot to get the console back again. > >=20 > > I need to get this fixed as these are production servers that are ess= entially unmanned so its difficult to get them back up again. =20 >=20 >=20 > No response here either. Surely someone must know the loader. I have = been digging through the code, and can't find any differences between the= systems that work and those that don't.=20 > Is there any way to debug this? Is there a way to find out where the l= oader is sitting waiting on input from the terminal. That might give a c= lue as to why it didn't autoboot. Unfortunately, your initial post to this mailing list lacks critical info= rmation, such as what hardware you use (x86? amd64? sparc? arm?), if the = "toy server" you used as a test case is the same hardware as the ones hav= ing the problem. You also don't say how long you have waited for the serv= ers to finish booting - sometimes, it can take a long time. You say FreeBSD 9.2, but is it 9.2-release or 9.2-stable? Details matter. Some more thoughts: have you tried disabling the keyboard in BIOS / UEFI = (if tht is possible)? Does it change anything? --=20 Torfinn Ingolfsen