From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 10 12:33:13 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F022106564A for ; Sun, 10 May 2009 12:33:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: from qw-out-2122.google.com (qw-out-2122.google.com [74.125.92.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB2F98FC13 for ; Sun, 10 May 2009 12:33:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: by qw-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 3so1380013qwe.7 for ; Sun, 10 May 2009 05:33:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=K7mHlzyKKUwVCfk218cvnRKhjYLcBILEbaqbMuUqlTM=; b=ZbogC4/QRbtyNxUJtIx2ZswyX9dHUhxC3/7kPruO63JVSLp5DhGXBX1MKgr3jnPiy1 9uqQ893PUGJL7Lo1/DUoauWuwxAyl/KvkGTM1w5SVjpFoxW24VxBBAXzloxlvOVdDlx3 Y4HGajIgheJtmEGQmDOANMn2ySAuCwlFIA234= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=Q/ZQgais23rQfC4JahGmQrGlk01NLPQJfdOAgrfxsAkgpHr0PtzZsbspyI+LVMgdt3 QLdxsjkVBkhyP2LFTrzkIv33Jw4BDPzcTkWEpBO4O6nnvnLvVVQ6mobzZ79kL+1conlO NYTy8LrcaGu/HIvo6mKaxlEeAvcZjjWHOr3Bw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.97.213 with SMTP id m21mr9724805vcn.27.1241958792272; Sun, 10 May 2009 05:33:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <24737181@bb.ipt.ru> References: <27ade5280905092108t19375fn63c63c10c72fefa8@mail.gmail.com> <24737181@bb.ipt.ru> From: Tim Judd Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 06:32:52 -0600 Message-ID: To: Boris Samorodov Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD Questions , APseudoUtopia Subject: Re: Upgrading to New Kernel - Hung on Boot 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: Sun, 10 May 2009 12:33:13 -0000 On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 6:05 AM, Boris Samorodov wrote: > On Sun, 10 May 2009 00:08:42 -0400 APseudoUtopia wrote: > > > I have a FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE system. I'm trying to upgrade to 7.2, > > specifically the RELENG_7_2 tag. > > > I synced my sources via csup, built world, built kernel, and installed > > kernel. All went well. I rebooted into single user mode, and the > > kernel hung. The loader menu came up, but when the kernel starts > > loading it hangs. > > > I recovered it by dropping to a loader prompt and loading kernel.old. > > It booted up fine. > > > I have attached the kernel config I used to buildkernel. I'm guessing > > it has something to do with this. > > > In case it's relevant, the system is a dual-core Intel Xeon, with > > HyperThreading disabled. > > If you have a custom kernel and get any problems than the first thing to > do is to build GENERIC kernel and see if the problem still exists. BTW, > don't forget to copy your /boot/kernel.old directory to > /boot/kernel.good, else it will be deletted when installing a new > kernel. > > > WBR > Among the same lines, when it's convenient, when there's time, I normally compile an updated GENERIC and store it to /boot/kernel.GENERIC My normal custom kernel enables IPSEC and PF (among others), and if there's time i throw a GENERIC buildkernel under the above to keep as good record. :) Just $.02