From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 13 22:34:26 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 714981065672 for ; Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:34:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (ns1.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D77C8FC12 for ; Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:34:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n5DMZUON052897; Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:35:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:34:14 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:34:14 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Dan Allen Message-ID: <20090613223414.GA28195@thought.org> References: <212AA509-6A5D-4D43-8B02-A31E636A8D40@airwired.net> <3a142e750906111641w73d991a7ld22ff9a9150404e0@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 22++ years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: "Paul B. Mahol" , FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List Subject: Re: Something since June 8th clobbers my disk... X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:34:26 -0000 On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 12:41:55PM -0600, Dan Allen wrote: > > On 11 Jun 2009, at 5:41 PM, Paul B. Mahol wrote: > > >Looks like boot(8) is problematic. > > Okay, here is the June 13th noon update to this problem. > > I once again installed a May 28th build. Rebuilt world and kernel > from source. Everything works great. No custom kernel, just GENERIC. > > I then merged in just /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/libi386 changes to June > 10th. Rebuilt in /usr/src/sys/boot and installed it, no problem. > > Then I merged in the latest from /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/loader, > rebuilt, installed, and BOOM. DEATH TO DRIVE. Disk label GONE > again. Hangs after "BIOS drive C: is disk1" at boot. Does not get to > memory check, let alone to the "Welcome to FreeBSD and choose a boot > option" screen. > > CULPRIT REVEALED: > So, there is only one file change in /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/loader > from June 8th to June 10th, which kills my machine very repeatably, > and that is the Makefile. > > Something in /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/loader/Makefile is killing my drive. > > What do I try next? > > Thanks for the help. > > Dan I just checked the timestamped on my ....i386/loader/Makefile. The CVS/RCS v that may show you something is from 07jun09: 1.85.2.4 and if you find what changed between your working build on 28may and failing build, that might isolate it. just my dime's worth :-) gary > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org For FBSD list: http://transfinite.thought.org/slicejourney.php The 4.98a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php