On Nov 05 16:24:53, Michael wrote:
> I installed a back-up hd (from different computer) into a computer that
> I haven't used for some time. It had openbsd-4.1 (generic kernel)
> installed.
I assume that the drive you just inserted is the only one in that
box, and you are booting from this drive. Please confirm, or give
some description of what drives are in the box and which one you are
booting from.
> I booted and the system hung after probing floppy drive. Last line
> I see: fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80cyl, 2 head, 18 sec I re-booted
> and the same thing. I let the system run for 15 minutes to see if it
> would finish. It didn't I rebooted with 4.2 install cd that I used to
> install 4.2 on a different computer, and upgraded 4.1 to 4.2.
> Everything went well till I rebooted and the system hung/froze at the
> exact same spot. Thinking something was amiss in /etc, I rebooted with
> cd, and did a fresh install after deleting / and swap partition.
> Installation went smooth, and then I rebooted. 4.2 (Generic)
> hung/froze at the same line again. I rebooted and disabled usb in cmos
> to see if that would correct the problem. It didn't.
Why would it? It's fdc that is making it freeze, not USB.
Disable fdc in the kernel via UKC:
> boot -c
> disable fdc*
> boot
> Re-booting again, I booted with bsd.rd and the system booted fine. At
> the prompt, I selected "s", mounted my wd0a partition and a linux
> partition, copied the "messages" and "dmesg.boot" files to the linux
> partition.
What linux partition?
> Which file would be helpful? I can add either file or both, but
> again, they are 17k
Do a clean install of 4.2, and save the output
of dmesg just before you halt-and-reboot (obviously,
save it somewhere outside the box.)
Then halt-and-reboot, see if it hangs. If it does not,
save the complete dmesg again. If it does, try disabling
fdc as shown above; if it boots now, save the dmesg
(and make the change to your kernel permanent via config(8)).
Then study the difference between the two dmesg's carefully,
and send both dmesg's to the list.
Jan
