Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:43:55 +0100 From: rank1seeker@gmail.com To: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: BUG: 9.0 stage 2 boot (/boot/boot) Message-ID: <20120217.074355.853.1@DOMY-PC>
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Anyway, after upgrading to 9.0, my USB stick, when created, started to hang = at stage 2 boot.=0D=0AI have a custom setup, where BSD label 'a', has a = content of /boot/*=0D=0ASo when 'a' is being hit by stage 2 boot, there = is boot.config waiting for it.=0D=0AAfter it reads it and displays it's = content, it echos 'No' and hangs.=0D=0A=0D=0AI stare at it and can't = believe as boot.config's information is correct!=0D=0AI hit '?' and it = list all files in 'a'.=0D=0AThen I simply RE-type what is displayed on = screen (content of boot.config -> path to loader)=0D=0AAnd loader kicks = in!=0D=0A=0D=0AI do this a few times more and EACH time I have to RE-type = correct info!=0D=0ATested on other machine, same = thing.=0D=0A=0D=0AHowever, this same custom layout works for HDD's, but = NOT for USB stick.=0D=0A=0D=0AI've extracted binary installs of 8.2 and = 9.0 R:=0D=0AMD5 (8_boot) =3D adb1e84e96bd434e51cafaaa0ef22584=0D=0AMD5 = (9_boot) =3D 40f3f6403ebd5e131259d1336b4b50ad=0D=0A=0D=0AThen:=0D=0A# = gpart bootcode -b 8_boot da0s2=0D=0AAnd sudenly that USB stick boots, = without ANY other change!=0D=0AJust an "old" stage 2 boot code, from R8 = was enough.=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0ADomagoj Smol=E8i=E6
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