Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 23:55:10 +0100 From: Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cdboot troubles; 6.0 kernel hanging Message-ID: <20051223225510.GA16954@saturn.kn-bremen.de> In-Reply-To: <20051222215558.GA1240@saturn.kn-bremen.de> References: <20051221221530.GA2390@saturn.kn-bremen.de> <20051222215558.GA1240@saturn.kn-bremen.de>
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On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 10:55:58PM +0100, Juergen Lock wrote: > On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 11:15:30PM +0100, Juergen Lock wrote: > > I have this box that apparently no longer likes FreeBSD's cdboot, > > it prints something about BOOT/LOADER and then just reboots. > > Any ideas how to debug something like that? The box already has > > FreeBSD installed (5.3 with some patches), and i tried copying the > > 6.0 kernel from disc1 and loading it manually at the loader prompt. > > It hangs after printing (boot -v): > > GEOM: new disk ad0 > > GEOM: new disk ad4 > > > > ad0 is on oboard pata (the board is a via kt400), ad4 is a single disk > > on a Promise Fasttrack tx2200 sata controller. I guess i could try > > to build a 6.0 kernel with ddb, but what would i be looking for then > > to find out why its hanging? [...] Nevermind, 6.0 boots now... (pilot error :) Leaving only the problem of the rebooting cdboot...
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