Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:03:07 -0500 From: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@freebsd.org> To: John Rushford <jjr@alisa.org> Cc: FreeBSD-stable@freebsd.org, Reuben <rapopp@marvin.eastcentral.edu>, Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz> Subject: Re: Broken loader on 7.1-STABLE? Message-ID: <20090121140307.GE81380@in-addr.com> In-Reply-To: <C59BC6C8.259E%jjr@alisa.org> References: <4975ADF4.1070103@paradise.net.nz> <C59BC6C8.259E%jjr@alisa.org>
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On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 06:22:00PM -0700, John Rushford wrote: > Hello, > > Perhaps mine is a different issue but I ran into this today. > > I loaded FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE from a DVD onto an Apple Mac Pro after > partitioning a drive with bootcamp. The install went quite well and the > machine came up with no issues. I configured networking, X, and got gnome > working. I setup cvsup and loaded the STABLE sources, ran make buildworld, > make kernel, etc... > > I attempted to boot into single user to run mergemaster, installworld, etc.. > But the machine will not boot, I now get the following errror and prompt: > > Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad9s1a > > Manual root filesystem specification: > <fstype>:<device> Mount <device> using filesystem <fstype> > e.g. ufs:da0s1a > ? List valid disk boot devices > <empty line> Abort manual input > > I input ufs:/dev/ad9s1a to no avail and ? Does not list any other devices. > > I've booted from the DVD and gone into Fixit mode and can mount /dev/ad9s1a > just fine. I thought that I'd try putting back loader.old on the off chance > that might solve the problem but, I do not see a loader.old, just loader. > The kernel.old directory is there. > > Any ideas on what the issue might be and how to fix? > > Appreciate the help as I'd like to get 7.1-STABLE running on this machine. Did the kernel probe messages prior to the mountroot prompt indicate that the appropriate disk controllers were found/probed and that the disk devices were found on the disk controllers? The lack of any devices listed when you asked might indicate a kernel configuration problem. Regards, Gary P.S. Please do not top post. > > Regards > John > > > > > On 1/20/09 3:56 AM, "Mark Kirkwood" <markir@paradise.net.nz> wrote: > > > Reuben wrote: > >> > >> I was wondering if anyone else was seeing loader (v1.02) break after updating > >> from 7.1-RELEASE to 7.1-STABLE. After performing the prescribed updating > >> procedure (via the handbook), the system will go through the normal steps and > >> after the boot menu will present the following error: > >> > >> Can't work out which disk we are booting from. > >> Guessed BIOS device 0xffffffff not found by probes, defaulting to disk0 > >> > >> According to the bugbusting page on the FreeBSD wiki there's two issues at > >> work that cause this behavior; patches were committed to HEAD/RELENG earlier > >> last year in Mar and Aug. Up until now I've never come across this problem > >> in 6.x or 7.0. In doing a little research I've come across a few older > >> threads via google where it was believed that the problem was caused by > >> improper CFLAGS in make.conf. I've commented mine out and rebuilt things.. > >> with the same end result. In fact, if it's any help, my CFLAGS declaration > >> in make.conf is taken verbatim from the /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf. > >> Furthermore, on selecting option 6 from the boot menu (escape to loader > >> prompt), the system [I'm assuming] crashes displaying a blinking ASCII > >> pattern from which only a hard reboot will work. > >> > >> FWIW, this is a fairly plain system.. nothing special in sysctl.conf or > >> loader.conf, and the kernel is pretty stock as well (more or less GENERIC > >> with my sound device and pf). > >> > >> A temporary fix for me was to copy over loader.old to loader in /boot. > >> > >> > >> > > > > I am getting this too - update from RELENG_7 @12 Jan src to 20 Jan and I > > have: > > > > panic: free: guard1 fail @ 0x511d > > from /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/loader/../../common/module.c:959 > > > > Can't work out which disk we are booting from. > > Guessed BIOS device 0xffffffff not found by probes, defaulting to disk0 > > > > > > > > Copying loader.old to loader did not work around this for me - I had to > > empty loader.conf too. > > > > Here is what *was* in there: > > > > ---> begin loader.conf > > # Sound > > sound_load="YES" > > snd_hda_load="YES" > > > > # IPC > > kern.ipc.semmni=500 > > kern.ipc.semmns=500 > > > > > > # CD/DVD DMA > > atapicam_load="YES" > > hw.ata.atapi_dma=0 > > --> end loader.conf > > > > > > At this point I am not sure which if are the bad guys... > > > > > > The machine is an Asus a8vx. > > > > regards > > > > Mark > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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