From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 9 21:34:09 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 73435765 for ; Wed, 9 Apr 2014 21:34:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from udns.ultimateDNS.NET (ultimatedns.net [209.180.214.225]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1EB4913B4 for ; Wed, 9 Apr 2014 21:34:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from udns.ultimateDNS.NET (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by udns.ultimateDNS.NET (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id s39LbWMu061430; Wed, 9 Apr 2014 14:37:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsd-lists@bsdforge.com) Received: (from www@localhost) by udns.ultimateDNS.NET (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id s39LbQLC061416; Wed, 9 Apr 2014 14:37:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsd-lists@bsdforge.com) Received: from unavailable02.ultimatedns.net ([209.180.214.228]) (UDNSMS authenticated user chrish) by ultimatedns.net with HTTP; Wed, 9 Apr 2014 14:37:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <09E89BAA-7A4A-4111-9C11-056902DB3770@lafn.org> References: <175D3755-BB9B-4EAD-BDAD-06E9670E06AB@lafn.org> <186472F9-A97B-4863-81BC-67BE788D5E9A@lafn.org> <791C8200-023A-4ACB-9B6F-F5A8B0E170F4@lafn.org> <14548387de8.27b7.0b331fcf0b21179f1640bd439e3f4a1e@tundraware.com> <09E89BAA-7A4A-4111-9C11-056902DB3770@lafn.org> Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 14:37:27 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: 9.2 Boot Problem From: "Chris H" To: "Doug Hardie" User-Agent: UDNSMS/2.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: Tim Daneliuk , "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org List" 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 21:34:09 -0000 > > On 9 April 2014, at 13:40, Tim Daneliuk wrote: > >> Make sure there is a /dev directory on the disk for the kernel to populate. Without it, >> the kernel will hang. > > > The disk does have a /dev directory. The system boots fine after you enter a return. It > hangs waiting for a return on the keyboard. > > This last time I used in /boot/loader.conf: > > zool# more loader.conf > verbose_loading="YES" > boot_verbose="YES" > loader_color="NO" > loader_logo="beastiebw" > autoboot_delay="10" > > > System behaved the same on boot other than the menu was complete. However, I did see > something flash on the left bottom of the screen where the Autoboot message normally is. It > was cleared immediately after it was written so there was no way to read it. Note, this is > on the serial console. I have not seen that before, but it might have been there. It was > just a flash. I am wondering if something is doing the equivalent of pressing the space bar > after the autoboot message is displayed. > > I checked and the /boot/defaults/loader.conf file is identical between the system that works > and those that do not. > I am going to see if the terminal emulator can disable the screen > control functions so I can see what the message that flashes by is. dmesg(8) is your friend (/var/run/dmesg.boot). See also /var/log/messages --Chris P.S. You only need loader_logo="beastiebw" to get a B/W console. > > > >