From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 10 13:48:06 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 18C51106566B for ; Sun, 10 May 2009 13:48:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from apseudoutopia@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f207.google.com (mail-ew0-f207.google.com [209.85.219.207]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F4AD8FC12 for ; Sun, 10 May 2009 13:48:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from apseudoutopia@gmail.com) Received: by ewy3 with SMTP id 3so2891144ewy.43 for ; Sun, 10 May 2009 06:48:04 -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 :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=3C1+Tlv2qZvYMynmadrULiWwEQR03ekuTFs3sqIH+K4=; b=bWBcvnJoJ3XdWJM2IJD8+bffqT5EsYjUTN5SFqkhnGF30CjT1lEhyWxuTli8dr3S9d tFzT39iE8Ioqx8/X7mTDkJ9spprUk6w/dGfBpu87gPJ0IhfoLILYNQrmSAz3nFhN4CBN UZxKBaVZN9COdiMXQx9Y+aoCqlnYr/Fgn3AOM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=tKA8OTFld+SLXBOE2/aSmUJSZcW95zAZFr4UHSC0M2ZkrU9dvaecN7MXVdfw9jaH6W JNvRtGXePQ/VzalNzIavuqKvmpJLOafGqXtRaTwE8vF+TQtdCRRl3ECWWSVUT0KwbM9g Xqx6sa+MFtUdwXBrzu/IuFLOiyaeUZYPI3wLo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.210.116.14 with SMTP id o14mr3663026ebc.97.1241963284654; Sun, 10 May 2009 06:48:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <24737181@bb.ipt.ru> References: <27ade5280905092108t19375fn63c63c10c72fefa8@mail.gmail.com> <24737181@bb.ipt.ru> Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 09:48:04 -0400 Message-ID: <27ade5280905100648p22b8ff31w9e9dfd6aa370b3a0@mail.gmail.com> From: APseudoUtopia To: Boris Samorodov Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions 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 13:48:06 -0000 On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 8:05 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. > > 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.