-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jo Rhett wrote: > So boot from CD, go to LIVE filesystem, mount my root and copy only > /boot/kernel?
Yes. > Are there any other modules I should copy, or settings I should change? You should probably overwrite the whole /boot/kernel directory, i.e. rename /boot/kernel to /boot/kernel.old. BTW could you also test if 7.1-PRERELEASE exhibit the same issue? > On Nov 24, 2008, at 1:51 PM, Xin LI wrote: > Jo Rhett wrote: >>>> This is now filed as PR 129149 >>>> >>>> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=129149 >>>> >>>> Given the nature of this bug, can I persuade someone to mark this as >>>> blocking 6.4-RELEASE ? > > My wild guess is that this is somehow related to SMP handling since the > installation process would install a SMP kernel, but the default CD-ROM > kernel is UP for 6.x. Could you please try if you have the same problem > with UP kernel? (Copy from LiveCD or something) > >>>> On Nov 5, 2008, at 3:41 PM, Jo Rhett wrote: >>>>> On Oct 27, 2008, at 8:51 AM, John Baldwin wrote: >>>>>> On Friday 24 October 2008 02:48:13 pm Jo Rhett wrote: >>>>>>> So I booted up by CD and used Fixit mode to switch the system to boot >>>>>>> via serial (keyboard detached), but this gathered me even less. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> /boot.config: -Dh >>>>>>> Consoles: internal video/keyboard serial port >>>>>>> BIOS drive A: is disk0 >>>>>>> BIOS drive C: is disk1 >>>>>>> BIOS drive D: is disk2 >>>>>>> BIOS 639kB/4062144kB available memory >>>>>>> >>>>>>> FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1 >>>>>>> ([EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Plugging back in the monitor after lockup showed only a single char >>>>>>> more: >>>>>>> ([EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>> >>>>>> This confirms it is hanging in one of the two BIOS routines to >>>>>> output a >>>>>> character. One thing you can do would be to boot up and do the >>>>>> following: >>>>>> >>>>>> dd if=/dev/mem bs=0x400 count=1 of=idt.out >>>>>> dd if=/dev/mem bs=64k iseek=15 count=1 of=bios.out >>>>>> >>>>>> Then place those files some place I can fetch them. >>>>> >>>>> Both files are at http://support.netconsonance.com/freebsd/ >>>>> >>>>> FYI, this is notable -- the keyboard does not respond at the boot >>>>> prompt. I mean the menu where you can escape to the loader prompt, >>>>> with the fat freebsd ascii art. No keyboard presses are observed >>>>> here. This is also true for the boot menu on the 6.4 installation CD >>>>> too. >>>>> >>>>> No problems with 6.2 or 6.3 >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Jo Rhett >>>>> Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source >>>>> and other randomness >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >>>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >>>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>>> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > - -- Xin LI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkkrKMoACgkQi+vbBBjt66AARgCbBHYl8WpX4jjoJrRbrKjJUMPg lvsAnRlA6be6C62yQNrmNdLhWbOsCBAF =DiYt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
