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Date:      Sun, 25 May 2008 01:00:36 +0800
From:      Eugene Grosbein <eugen@kuzbass.ru>
To:        James Seward <jamesoff@gmail.com>
Cc:        Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz>, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: BTX loader hangs after version info
Message-ID:  <20080524170036.GA3385@svzserv.kemerovo.su>
In-Reply-To: <720051dc0805240934o211c522eha6888dc55ebd928f@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <720051dc0805220159n23eb6205yfcf9450be7af5c77@mail.gmail.com> <200805230829.09524.jhb@freebsd.org> <20080523132645.GO29770@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <200805231811.01936.jhb@freebsd.org> <720051dc0805240934o211c522eha6888dc55ebd928f@mail.gmail.com>

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On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 05:34:57PM +0100, James Seward wrote:

> X. However, from the moment I press F1 to choose FreeBSD to the moment
> it's done booting, all I see on the screen is "BTX loader 1.00 BTX
> version is 1.02" and the cursor blinking below it. My only clues that
> it's booting at the time are disk activity, and the cursor changing
> from a flashing underline to a solid block (which it always has as the
> kernel proper takes over).

It seems you have /boot/device.hints missing or broken.
Just do "cp /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC.hints /boot/device.hints".

Eugene Grosbein



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