From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 23 06:24:52 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 9E9A91065682 for ; Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:24:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from QMTA05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.48]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A55E8FC28 for ; Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:24:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from OMTA01.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.11]) by QMTA05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id W52G1a0020EZKEL556QrFN; Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:24:51 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([69.181.141.110]) by OMTA01.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id W6Qq1a0012P6wsM3M6Qqfz; Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:24:51 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=j1jtvhf0zA8A:10 a=T4SDRHG4orYA:10 a=QycZ5dHgAAAA:8 a=n8p0neXQ4S6Bb1RZAAcA:9 a=IC3H2O-fmNhO7KinXHgA:7 a=_LhWlszhV42fuZ3uNtmQI8bxCUQA:4 a=EoioJ0NPDVgA:10 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7D96CC9437; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:24:49 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:24:49 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Milan Obuch Message-ID: <20081023062449.GA78633@icarus.home.lan> References: <200810230627.46478.freebsd-stable@dino.sk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200810230627.46478.freebsd-stable@dino.sk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org 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 06:24:52 -0000 On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 06:27:45AM +0200, Milan Obuch wrote: > 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). Has anyone filed a PR on this problem, or contacted John Baldwin? -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |