Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:24:49 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: Milan Obuch <freebsd-stable@dino.sk> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.4 RC1 locks up solid on first reboot Message-ID: <20081023062449.GA78633@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <200810230627.46478.freebsd-stable@dino.sk> References: <A5A9A4D4-CD16-45FA-A2AC-62C4B5AE976D@netconsonance.com> <200810230627.46478.freebsd-stable@dino.sk>
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On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 06:27:45AM +0200, Milan Obuch wrote: > On Thursday 23 October 2008 01:32:27 Jo Rhett wrote: > > I haven't had time to investigate, but after installing 6.4RC1 on a > > machine I've been using with 6.3 for a few months, it installs > > painlessly but on the first and subsequent reboots you see > > > > BTX Loader 1.00 blah blah blah > > ... > > Loading /boot/defaults/loader.con > > \ > > > > At this point you have a hard refreeze -- no keyboard control, however > > I can reboot it from the Phantom card. > > > > System: Rackable C2004, dual Intel 2.66 processors, 4gb RAM, disk > > drive on built in SCSI port > > > > Absolutely nothing special, boots and runs 6.2 and 6.3 without a flaw. > > > > I'll have more time to investigate on Friday. Anything specific that > > would be more or less useful to debug in particular? > > I did not investigate on this issue too much, but there is an workaround - > copy older /boot/loader over newer one. In my case, I am rebuilding whole > world often, and now /boot/loader seems to not build correctly for me. Older > one is ~ 250 kB, rebuilt will be ~ 185 kB, and freezes. > > In your case, you would write old /boot/loader from 6.3 over new installed > with 6.4RC1 and it will boot normally again. > > I know it is only workaround, but it's quick and easy, and I have not too much > time to investigate any further (not to mention I have no idea what to look > for and where). Has anyone filed a PR on this problem, or contacted John Baldwin? -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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