From owner-freebsd-current Sun Jan 21 2:55:55 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mta5.snfc21.pbi.net (mta5.snfc21.pbi.net [206.13.28.241]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3769737B400 for ; Sun, 21 Jan 2001 02:55:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from zippy.pacbell.net ([207.214.149.54]) by mta5.snfc21.pbi.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.2000.01.05.12.18.p9) with ESMTP id <0G7I00M7SE8GG4@mta5.snfc21.pbi.net> for current@freebsd.org; Sun, 21 Jan 2001 02:53:05 -0800 (PST) Received: by zippy.pacbell.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 423B617FD; Sun, 21 Jan 2001 02:54:57 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 02:54:57 -0800 From: Alex Zepeda Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Strange booting lockups In-reply-to: <20010121023238.S69199@canonware.com>; from jasone@canonware.com on Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 02:32:38AM -0800 To: current@freebsd.org Message-id: <20010121025457.A396@zippy.pacbell.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i References: <20010121023238.S69199@canonware.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 02:32:38AM -0800, Jason Evans wrote: > Several of us have started experiencing problems with kernels that won't > boot. The symptom is hard to miss: the machine locks up at the spinner > just before printing the copyright message at the beginning of the boot > sequence. Hmm. I've recently tried to boot a kernel off of a CDRW, and it got through the loader, printed the copyright and blinked the keyboard leds, and froze. The lsdev command causes the loader to panic when booted from the CD. Could this possibly be related? - alex To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message