Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 22:12:56 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: bmah@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3-BETA6 boot-time hang Message-ID: <20041004.221256.74799405.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20041005040604.GB875@tomcat.kitchenlab.org> References: <20041004.093910.60194802.imp@bsdimp.com> <1096905012.812.8.camel@localhost> <20041005040604.GB875@tomcat.kitchenlab.org>
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"Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@freebsd.org> writes:
: If memory serves me right, Bruce A. Mah wrote:
: > On Mon, 2004-10-04 at 08:39, M. Warner Losh wrote:
: > > In message: <20041004152658.GB26211@tomcat.kitchenlab.org>
: > > "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@freebsd.org> writes:
: >
: > > : I'll give it a try when I get home tonight. The sources from which I
: > > : built my latest kernel are "fairly close" to 5.3-BETA7, but I'll burn
: > > : a CD from one of the official 5.3-BETA7 ISOs and boot from that to
: > > : reduce the variables involved.
: > >
: > > You could also just download the sources and test boot a new kernel.
: > > BETA6 -> BETA7 is so close you can even build it the 'traditional' way
: > > w/o a buildworld :-)
: >
: > The main issue preventing me from doing this right now is that the
: > machine in question happens to be my home desktop, ~40 miles away from
: > me at this moment. It doesn't have remote console or power control, so
: > recovery from a hang would be kind of difficult. :-)
:
: No joy...booting with the 5.3-BETA7 bootonly CD-ROM produces the same
: symptoms.
:
: I can live without a floppy drive on this machine, but I'm also more
: than happy to provide diagnostic information, run tests, etc., for
: you or anybody else interested in looking further into this.
What does your fdc line say?
Warner
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