From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 19 12:08:42 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98B8E106566C; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:08:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:3fd3:cd67:fafa:3d78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 267608FC0C; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:08:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [81.187.76.163]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p1JC8esB039508 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:08:40 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.3 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk p1JC8esB039508 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=201001-infracaninophile; t=1298117320; bh=9Sfe0EH9RqaOk1Ii1rqajRw5h8voPfHLITzh2IYX4Bs=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Cc:Content-Type:Date:From:In-Reply-To: Message-ID:Mime-Version:References:To; z=Message-ID:=20<4D5FB2C7.7060200@infracaninophile.co.uk>|Date:=20S at,=2019=20Feb=202011=2012:08:39=20+0000|From:=20Matthew=20Seaman= 20|User-Agent:=20Mozilla/5.0=20(M acintosh=3B=20U=3B=20Intel=20Mac=20OS=20X=2010.6=3B=20en-US=3B=20r v:1.9.2.13)=20Gecko/20101207=20Thunderbird/3.1.7|MIME-Version:=201 .0|To:=20Alexander=20Best=20|CC:=20freebsd-qu estions@freebsd.org|Subject:=20Re:=20booting=20a=20kernel=20direct ly=20from=20stage=201/2|References:=20<20110219024726.GA3909@freeb sd.org>|In-Reply-To:=20<20110219024726.GA3909@freebsd.org>|X-Enigm ail-Version:=201.1.1|OpenPGP:=20id=3D60AE908C|Content-Type:=20mult ipart/signed=3B=20micalg=3Dpgp-sha1=3B=0D=0A=20protocol=3D"applica tion/pgp-signature"=3B=0D=0A=20boundary=3D"------------enigBDEB3DE 345F0C1CD017696E6"; b=WTzVZKLW5YrUE7W+N0HWSbSDeARD9sHEfeBcqFVsjjyIjc/Nw1FM4PjDOaoSdPhi3 10m3kWPK1gDKblmDkApxEPPUC6Np1WWpA+D+eg63SJDEQ0VXc4d5ulTZm4Qb0ota5E 5jPl4jieMuT90pyQKYcJ8zvnwOZJjr/yMU0XCQ6M= Message-ID: <4D5FB2C7.7060200@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:08:39 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101207 Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alexander Best References: <20110219024726.GA3909@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20110219024726.GA3909@freebsd.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.1 OpenPGP: id=60AE908C Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigBDEB3DE345F0C1CD017696E6" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.96.5 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: booting a kernel directly from stage 1/2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:08:42 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigBDEB3DE345F0C1CD017696E6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 19/02/2011 02:47, Alexander Best wrote: > but that won't work. i get some numbers and then it says: > btx halted or something like that. Can't you boot into fixit mode from installation media? That should allow you to repair the boot blocks and make your system bootable again. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enigBDEB3DE345F0C1CD017696E6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.16 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk1fssgACgkQ8Mjk52CukIxSiQCgjtRaeCjHbzB8g742MqgLlbYx qtEAni0kmER/MrN8EEfmlXj+0+AfGH8G =60ga -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigBDEB3DE345F0C1CD017696E6--