Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 09:48:04 -0400 From: APseudoUtopia <apseudoutopia@gmail.com> To: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Upgrading to New Kernel - Hung on Boot Message-ID: <27ade5280905100648p22b8ff31w9e9dfd6aa370b3a0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <24737181@bb.ipt.ru> References: <27ade5280905092108t19375fn63c63c10c72fefa8@mail.gmail.com> <24737181@bb.ipt.ru>
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On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 8:05 AM, Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> 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. > > Ah, yes, sorry, I forgot to mention that I have GENERIC installed to /boot/GENERIC, and it does load perfectly fine without any problems. It's just the new kernel that hangs on boot.
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