Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 14:55:45 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: Ian FREISLICH <if@hetzner.co.za> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot/loader broken? Message-ID: <200610041455.45991.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <E1GUzzS-000Hao-MI@hetzner.co.za> References: <E1GUzzS-000Hao-MI@hetzner.co.za>
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On Wednesday 04 October 2006 02:12, Ian FREISLICH wrote: > John Baldwin wrote: > > On Tuesday 03 October 2006 09:00, Ian FREISLICH wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > After a build/install today, I can't boot my boxes: > > > > > > BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01 > > > Consoles: internal video/keyboard > > > BIOS drive C: is disk0 > > > BIOS 633kB/2096000kB available memory > > > > > > FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1 > > > (ianf@testbed, Tue Oct 3 08:22:43 SAST 2006) > > > > > > > can't load 'kernel' > > > > > > 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: > > > > > > 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. > > > > What drive controller do they have? Try backing out the recent commits to > > sys/boot/i386/btx/btx/btx.S in case they cause it. > > It's an Adaptec 2410SA. I tried ru's suggestion and the old loader works. > > Some time between: > > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 245760 Sep 26 12:03 /boot/loader.working > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 245760 Oct 3 12:31 /boot/loader.broken > > 1.41 of sys/boot/i386/btx/btx/btx.S breaks the loader. Try www.freebsd.org/~jhb/patches/btx_fix.patch I misused leal, the scale is a multiplicative factor in gas, not a shift count. -- John Baldwin
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