On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 6:05 AM, Boris Samorodov <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, 10 May 2009 00:08:42 -0400 APseudoUtopia wrote: > > > I have a FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE system. I'm trying to upgrade to 7.2, > > specifically the RELENG_7_2 tag. > > > I synced my sources via csup, built world, built kernel, and installed > > kernel. All went well. I rebooted into single user mode, and the > > kernel hung. The loader menu came up, but when the kernel starts > > loading it hangs. > > > I recovered it by dropping to a loader prompt and loading kernel.old. > > It booted up fine. > > > I have attached the kernel config I used to buildkernel. I'm guessing > > it has something to do with this. > > > In case it's relevant, the system is a dual-core Intel Xeon, with > > HyperThreading disabled. > > If you have a custom kernel and get any problems than the first thing to > do is to build GENERIC kernel and see if the problem still exists. BTW, > don't forget to copy your /boot/kernel.old directory to > /boot/kernel.good, else it will be deletted when installing a new > kernel. > > > WBR > Among the same lines, when it's convenient, when there's time, I normally compile an updated GENERIC and store it to /boot/kernel.GENERIC My normal custom kernel enables IPSEC and PF (among others), and if there's time i throw a GENERIC buildkernel under the above to keep as good record. :) Just $.02 _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
