Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 09:21:57 -0400 From: Hasan Diwan <hdiwan@pobox.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot hangs at 'Mounting root' after 3.4-S -> 4.1-S upgrade Message-ID: <20000918092157.A3928@workhorse.nycap.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0009181435480.13791-100000@netcore.fi>; from pekkas@netcore.fi on Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 02:39:03PM %2B0300 References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0009181435480.13791-100000@netcore.fi>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] * Pekka Savola (pekkas@netcore.fi) [000918 11:41]: > I recently upgraded (or tried..) my 3.4-STABLE system to 4.1-STABLE. > > I did as follows (pretty much along the lines of UPDATING): > > - CVSup everything RELENG_4 from a server > - make buildworld > - make buildkernel KERNEL=myown (tuned down from generic) > - make installkernel KERNEL=myown > - cd /usr/src/sbin/mknod ; make install > - cp /usr/src/etc/MAKEDEV /dev ; cd /dev ; sh MAKEDEV ad[01]s[12][a-h] > (all entries used in /etc/fstab) > - Changed all references to wdXX to adXX in /etc/fstab > - reboot > > [ - after the reboot I had the intention to finish the update process. ] > > Now, the bootup process hangs after printing: > > Mounting root from ufs: wd0s1a [or similar] if you changed all references from wd to ad, it should say ad0s1a, not wd0s1a. > > There is no disk activity. CTRL-ALT-DEL works only sometimes (prints out > stuff like killing bufdaemon, etc.) > > I booted the system using kern/mfsroot/fixit.flp combo, rebuilt kernel > (this time GENERIC) and installed it. The same freeze happened with B > GENERIC kernel too. The same also happens if you tell boot loader 'boot > -a' and choose ufs:/dev/ad0s1a. > > The system in question is P90, with buggy CMD640 chipset (identified as > such). 100% same procedure worked fine on my other, P2 system. > > Anyone used CMD640 chipset system w/ FreeBSD-4.x? Have you had any > problems. > > Any ideas? > > -- > Pekka Savola "Tell me of difficulties surmounted, > Pekka.Savola@netcore.fi not those you stumble over and fall" > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > -- Hasan Diwan [hdiwan@pobox.com] :) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Computer Science Department http://hdwork.dhs.org/~hdiwan [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia iQCVAwUBOcYW9fitTU38wbMJAQG2aAQAsQjN/SeQw5XAxbS3vXiYTYKKEfkXpYz5 iqGAYW9tEFH1UG6awGKoNSy+7h55xcEKktxEyix2DpKrQ47kk+nTtkn3b2iXOCqW pxFnoEmVn1CnzdSSUcpsO66QYlot1rmTNNqiiA2nZPy+m14CfLR+fhpDFGWVTyBl R3qMH+BoPvQ= =8ewC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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