From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Oct 30 18:39:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA28473 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 18:39:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA28460 for ; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 18:39:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA03769; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 18:39:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199810310239.SAA03769@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Chuck Robey cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The new bootloader - how do you set it up? In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 30 Oct 1998 18:29:48 PST." <199810310229.SAA03696@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 18:39:03 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > 2nd: I tried your suggested procedure, typing /boot/loader, at the boot > > prompt. Tried it first with an aout kernel, then with an elf kernel. > > Same thing happens either time, it hangs immediately after printing > > > > symbols=[0x0,040,0x0 > > > > That's precisely where it stops (hangs). Am I doing something wrong? Whoops, hang on a sec. Does it print the text/data stuff first? Are you *sure* it printed 0x0,040,0x0? It should have printed 0x0,0x4,0x0. If I remember correctly, we saw this with very out-of-date bootblocks. You can update to the most recent "old" bootblocks with simply "disklabel -B '. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message