From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 18 10:06:21 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B7271065674 for ; Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:06:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from fallbackmx06.syd.optusnet.com.au (fallbackmx06.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D22B98FC1E for ; Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:06:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail13.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail13.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.194]) by fallbackmx06.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n0I7CuJm004953 for ; Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:12:56 +1100 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c122-106-215-175.belrs3.nsw.optusnet.com.au [122.106.215.175]) by mail13.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n0I7CoIu007143 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:12:51 +1100 X-Bogosity: Ham, spamicity=0.000000 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n0I7CofR000969; Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:12:50 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n0I7Cn1E000968; Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:12:49 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:12:49 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy To: Andrew Lankford Message-ID: <20090118071249.GK16116@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <49729D80.8010506@charter.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="UBnjLfzoMQYIXCvq" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <49729D80.8010506@charter.net> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: System borked: loader stack overflow. X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:06:21 -0000 --UBnjLfzoMQYIXCvq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2009-Jan-17 22:09:52 -0500, Andrew Lankford = wrote: >After rebuilding world from 7-stable after cvsup, I can no longer boot. = =20 >The loader tries to load the kernel but instead locks up with a stack=20 >overflow. Wish I could send more details, but I'll have to find another= =20 >way to boot up my system first. If you press any key during the first spinner, you should get a prompt similar to the following: >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:ad(0,a)/boot/loader boot: You can then enter the name of the program you wish to run - eg /boot/loader.old (or directly load /boot/kernel/kernel) See the following for a more complete description: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Dboot&apropos=3D0&sektion=3D0&man= path=3DFreeBSD+7.1-RELEASE&format=3Dhtml Alternatively, you could boot off a "live filesystem" CD. --=20 Peter Jeremy Please excuse any delays as the result of my ISP's inability to implement an MTA that is either RFC2821-compliant or matches their claimed behaviour. --UBnjLfzoMQYIXCvq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkly1mwACgkQ/opHv/APuIcD9QCgsWFSMOdyMitgTpu7R9syiSE+ N9wAn1b9wKtE+4u7GORO5IgBIusId0W7 =ma7y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --UBnjLfzoMQYIXCvq--