From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 23 04:38:08 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88B31106567C for ; Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:38:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-stable@dino.sk) Received: from loki.netlab.sk (loki.netlab.sk [84.245.65.11]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01CD18FC1C for ; Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:38:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-stable@dino.sk) Received: from via.dino.sk (home.dino.sk [84.245.95.252]) (AUTH: PLAIN milan, TLS: TLSv1/SSLv3,256bits,AES256-SHA) by loki.netlab.sk with esmtp; Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:21:50 +0200 id 0002E00F.48FFFBDE.00013789 From: Milan Obuch To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:27:45 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200810230627.46478.freebsd-stable@dino.sk> Subject: Re: 6.4 RC1 locks up solid on first reboot X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:38:08 -0000 On Thursday 23 October 2008 01:32:27 Jo Rhett wrote: > I haven't had time to investigate, but after installing 6.4RC1 on a > machine I've been using with 6.3 for a few months, it installs > painlessly but on the first and subsequent reboots you see > > BTX Loader 1.00 blah blah blah > ... > Loading /boot/defaults/loader.con > \ > > At this point you have a hard refreeze -- no keyboard control, however > I can reboot it from the Phantom card. > > System: Rackable C2004, dual Intel 2.66 processors, 4gb RAM, disk > drive on built in SCSI port > > Absolutely nothing special, boots and runs 6.2 and 6.3 without a flaw. > > I'll have more time to investigate on Friday. Anything specific that > would be more or less useful to debug in particular? I did not investigate on this issue too much, but there is an workaround - copy older /boot/loader over newer one. In my case, I am rebuilding whole world often, and now /boot/loader seems to not build correctly for me. Older one is ~ 250 kB, rebuilt will be ~ 185 kB, and freezes. In your case, you would write old /boot/loader from 6.3 over new installed with 6.4RC1 and it will boot normally again. I know it is only workaround, but it's quick and easy, and I have not too much time to investigate any further (not to mention I have no idea what to look for and where). Regards, Milan