From owner-freebsd-current Wed Oct 25 16:25: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from bsdone.bsdwins.com (www.bsdwins.com [192.58.184.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA86E37B4C5 for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2000 16:24:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jwd@localhost) by bsdone.bsdwins.com (8.11.0/8.11.0) id e9PNOv883759; Wed, 25 Oct 2000 19:24:57 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jwd) Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 19:24:57 -0400 From: "John W. De Boskey" To: Mark Hittinger Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: -current hangs during boot (UPDATING entry) Message-ID: <20001025192457.A83723@bsdwins.com> References: <200010251747.MAA26064@freebsd.netcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200010251747.MAA26064@freebsd.netcom.com>; from bugs@freebsd.netcom.com on Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 12:47:41PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thanks for the updates. A few questions below. -John ----- Mark Hittinger's Original Message ----- > > It does look like an updating entry is needed for this badly. > > I did the following things, some of which may not be needed, and now my > -current boxes boot OK. > > 1. update MAKEDEV from /usr/src/etc, run MAKEDEV all > > 2. update /etc/rc /etc/rc.* /etc/defaults/rc.conf from /usr/src/etc > > 3. add random_load="YES" to /boot/loader.conf or add the random device to the kernel config file. > 4. update /etc/login.conf from /usr/src/etc I don't remember having to do this... was there a specific reason? > 5. do a "shutdown -r now" which creates the entropy file and reboots > > Now the system boot does not hang at the ldconfig spots. It does look like > there is a lot to do to get back on course, enough to justify adding to > UPDATING. > > Later > > Mark Hittinger > Earthlink > bugs@freebsd.netcom.com > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message