Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 14:07:34 +0300 From: Konstantin <k.shesternin@gmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot problem Message-ID: <CAFUX6yJNjHFwTqY-brS0ENXgGeY8sfGb_N=q0Ob2cdRX9t%2BfNw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20171121102645.5a5d58fd.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <CAFUX6y%2B2hGPOgx2df2SnEri4TcKRwSaqS2xosXVQToKE976bGQ@mail.gmail.com> <20171121102645.5a5d58fd.freebsd@edvax.de>
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2017-11-21 12:26 GMT+03:00 Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>: > > What exactly is this "first stage"? The actual first stage of > (classic BIOS) booting is the MBR / boot manager, second stage > is the kernel loader, third stage is the kernel itself, fourth > stage is init. :-) > =E2=80=8BIt stop when on screen i see "...FreeBSD bootstrap loader..." > Also, please explain the system behaviour: Does it hang (i. e., > become fully unresponsive both regarding keyboard input and > network access, for example via SSH or telnet), does it > crash (and if yes, with which message), or does it suddenly > reboot? Does it do this every time or just occassionally? =E2=80=8BDue first 15-20 seconds i can reboot PC with ctl-alt-del, so keybo= ard=E2=80=8B is working, but after this time it hang - image on screen froze, keyboard stop working. Only hard-reset or power-off. > In case your keyboard is a USB keyboard which first runs in > some legacy mode (via BIOS), and then using the kernel's ukbd > driver: If the kernel didn't recognize your keyboard, its input > won't reach anything. Can you check the boot messages for the > "ukbd" entry? > > Six months ago, did you do something "unusual" to your system, > like replacing a hardware component or changing the OS software? > =E2=80=8BMaybe some updates via freebsd-update fetch|install, not sure. =E2=80=8B > > I boot the system from the installation flash drive, from the bootloade= r > > command line I do the following > > unload > > set currdev=3D"disk1p2" > > read-conf /boot/loader.conf > > boot-conf > > Does the OS (on the disk) boot correctly, and will it stay > responsive after booting this way? > =E2=80=8B After boot this way system work well about 2-3 month without any problems= =E2=80=8B. I shutdown it myself for cleaning dust. Have you tried booting from a 11.0 flash drive and using the > kernel from that media (i. e., without the "unload" command)? > This way you could rule out a kernel problem. Additionally, > when booting from USB flash media, does booting the _whole OS_ > from that media stay responsive after booting? > =E2=80=8BI do not try boot without "unload", but system boot from USB-flash= and work in normal mode.=E2=80=8B > > FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE-p12 > > That's a > =E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B > fairly current OS version. Is it running a custom kernel? > =E2=80=8BNo, it runs with generic kernel=E2=80=8B On Mon, 20 Nov 2017 17:55:04 +0300, Konstantin wrote: > > There are no UEFI on the PC - it`s a 8-years old socket 775 platform. A= nd > > no optical drive. > > This shouldn't be a problem, except of course you're experiencing some > kind of hardware failure, which is at least possible at such an age, > but the age alone doesn't imply it. (My home PC is 10 years old and > still working.) =E2=80=8BIt was answer to =E2=80=8BManish Jain, who ask me try run the syst= em without UEFI.
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