Re: loader(8) readin failed on 7.2R and later including 8.0R

2010-03-18 Thread John Baldwin
On Thursday 18 March 2010 7:10:59 am Carsten Bäcker wrote: > Hello, > > i ran into a similar problem when recently trying to install 8.0R on an > embedded system. We've been using this hardware for a couple of > years with FreeBSD 4.11 and didn't see any problem like this. > > Disabling the memor

Re: loader(8) readin failed on 7.2R and later including 8.0R

2010-03-18 Thread Andriy Gapon
on 18/03/2010 13:10 Carsten Bäcker said the following: > Hello, > > i ran into a similar problem when recently trying to install 8.0R on an > embedded system. We've been using this hardware for a couple of > years with FreeBSD 4.11 and didn't see any problem like this. > > Disabling the memory ho

Re: loader(8) readin failed on 7.2R and later including 8.0R

2010-03-18 Thread Carsten Bäcker
Hello, i ran into a similar problem when recently trying to install 8.0R on an embedded system. We've been using this hardware for a couple of years with FreeBSD 4.11 and didn't see any problem like this. Disabling the memory hole (15-16M) solved the problem here, but that shouldn't be a solutio

Re: loader(8) readin failed on 7.2R and later including 8.0R

2009-12-07 Thread John Baldwin
On Sunday 06 December 2009 12:16:36 am Hiroki Sato wrote: > Hiroki Sato wrote > in <20091205.184250.201700943@allbsd.org>: > > hr> A summary so far is: > hr> > hr> 1) a <8MB 7.1R kernel + stock 8.0R loader > hr> 2a) a >8MB 8.0R kernel + stock 8.0R loader > hr> 2b) a >8MB 8.0R kernel +

Re: loader(8) readin failed on 7.2R and later including 8.0R

2009-12-05 Thread Hiroki Sato
Hiroki Sato wrote in <20091205.184250.201700943@allbsd.org>: hr> A summary so far is: hr> hr> 1) a <8MB 7.1R kernel + stock 8.0R loader hr> 2a) a >8MB 8.0R kernel + stock 8.0R loader hr> 2b) a >8MB 8.0R kernel + 8.0R loader with LOADER_NO_GPT_SUPPORT=yes hr> 2c) a >8MB 8.0R kernel + l

Re: loader(8) readin failed on 7.2R and later including 8.0R

2009-12-05 Thread Hiroki Sato
John Baldwin wrote in <200912041734.24016@freebsd.org>: jh> On Friday 04 December 2009 10:35:59 am John Baldwin wrote: jh> > So memtop_copyin would start off as 0xf0 but would end up as 0xc0, jh> > and since the kernel starts at 4MB, I think that only leaves about 8MB for jh> > the

Re: loader(8) readin failed on 7.2R and later including 8.0R

2009-12-04 Thread John Baldwin
On Friday 04 December 2009 10:35:59 am John Baldwin wrote: > On Thursday 03 December 2009 4:20:08 pm Hiroki Sato wrote: > > John Baldwin wrote > > in <200912030803.29797@freebsd.org>: > > > > jh> On Thursday 03 December 2009 5:29:13 am Hiroki Sato wrote: > > jh> > John Baldwin wrote > > jh

Re: loader(8) readin failed on 7.2R and later including 8.0R

2009-12-04 Thread John Baldwin
On Thursday 03 December 2009 4:20:08 pm Hiroki Sato wrote: > John Baldwin wrote > in <200912030803.29797@freebsd.org>: > > jh> On Thursday 03 December 2009 5:29:13 am Hiroki Sato wrote: > jh> > John Baldwin wrote > jh> > in <200912020948.05698@freebsd.org>: > jh> > > jh> > jh> On Tue

Re: loader(8) readin failed on 7.2R and later including 8.0R

2009-12-03 Thread Hiroki Sato
John Baldwin wrote in <200912030803.29797@freebsd.org>: jh> On Thursday 03 December 2009 5:29:13 am Hiroki Sato wrote: jh> > John Baldwin wrote jh> > in <200912020948.05698@freebsd.org>: jh> > jh> > jh> On Tuesday 01 December 2009 12:13:39 pm Hiroki Sato wrote: jh> > jh> > While the

Re: loader(8) readin failed on 7.2R and later including 8.0R

2009-12-03 Thread John Baldwin
On Thursday 03 December 2009 5:29:13 am Hiroki Sato wrote: > John Baldwin wrote > in <200912020948.05698@freebsd.org>: > > jh> On Tuesday 01 December 2009 12:13:39 pm Hiroki Sato wrote: > jh> > While the "load" command seemed to finish, the box got stuck just > jh> > after entering "boot"

Re: loader(8) readin failed on 7.2R and later including 8.0R

2009-12-03 Thread Hiroki Sato
John Baldwin wrote in <200912020948.05698@freebsd.org>: jh> On Tuesday 01 December 2009 12:13:39 pm Hiroki Sato wrote: jh> > While the "load" command seemed to finish, the box got stuck just jh> > after entering "boot" command. jh> > jh> > Curious to say, I have got this symptom only on

Re: loader(8) readin failed on 7.2R and later including 8.0R

2009-12-02 Thread John Baldwin
On Tuesday 01 December 2009 12:13:39 pm Hiroki Sato wrote: > Hi, > > This may be a rare case, but I post this with the hope for ideas from > people here. > > I have experienced a strange loader(8) error. After upgrading one of > my boxes from 7.1R to 7.2R, an error appeared on "boot" command

loader(8) readin failed on 7.2R and later including 8.0R

2009-12-01 Thread Hiroki Sato
Hi, This may be a rare case, but I post this with the hope for ideas from people here. I have experienced a strange loader(8) error. After upgrading one of my boxes from 7.1R to 7.2R, an error appeared on "boot" command of loader(8) like this: | FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1