From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 18 22:36:29 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BFAD16A4CE for ; Wed, 18 May 2005 22:36:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4D8C43D54 for ; Wed, 18 May 2005 22:36:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3070F72DD4; Wed, 18 May 2005 15:36:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BD6A72DCB; Wed, 18 May 2005 15:36:26 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 15:36:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: David Kleiner In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20050518153537.M87264@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: -current: unable to boot (bt_strategy X not multiple of block size) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 22:36:29 -0000 On Tue, 17 May 2005, David Kleiner wrote: > > This is amd64 Asus A8N mobo, previous -current (May 1) worked fine, I > cannot boot even into kernel.old any more, the only option is older > i386 -current and maybe I can fix things from there. The boot loader > said i386/FreeBSD but I don't remember what it said before for amd64 - > it was happening too fast. Yes, its specific to amd64. There is a /boot/loader.old you can use just in case, but you need to break into boot2 to get to it. At the first spinny hit a key and it should drop you to a boot: prompt. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org