From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 6 18:05:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA19319 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 6 Sep 1998 18:05:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA19273 for ; Sun, 6 Sep 1998 18:05:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id KAA19000; Mon, 7 Sep 1998 10:35:36 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id KAA00542; Mon, 7 Sep 1998 10:35:35 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19980907103535.E477@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1998 10:35:35 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Leonard Ong , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel Hangs References: <199809060041.HAA20417@server2.rad.net.id> <199809051753.AAA17381@situ.rad.net.id> <35F19DDD.DF252374@aei.ca> <199809060041.HAA20417@server2.rad.net.id> <19980906105259.Y606@freebie.lemis.com> <199809060827.PAA08442@situ.rad.net.id> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199809060827.PAA08442@situ.rad.net.id>; from Leonard Ong on Sun, Sep 06, 1998 at 12:20:14PM +0700 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [Format autorecovered at freebie.lemis.com] On Sunday, 6 September 1998 at 12:20:14 +0700, Leonard Ong wrote: > At 08:22 AM 9/6/98 , you wrote: >>> Why is it when you compile everything w/o error you can get >>> lock-ups before it display : >>> >>> the first three line after boot: >> >> Ah. I think I understand now. You have compiled and built a kernel, >> but it never gets beyond the Boot: prompt. Correct? >> >> I think the answer is "something is wrong". I'll tell you what: you >> tell me more detailled information about your system, and I'll try a >> more detailled guess as to what's wrong. > > What I meant, when you first started your computer it will read the MBR and > start some info screen ended up on : > Boot: Prompt, after that boot there is a line containing beginning address > of code, data segments. After that line it should be displayed this line : > the first three line after boot: > > But It never came up. In some cases eventhough it never came out and still > hangs, It have time to check the floppy disks. > > So if you meant i never get the boot: you're mistaken No, that's what I said. But you haven't given the additional information that I asked for. Check http://www.lemis.com/questions.html for some suggestions. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message