From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 23 21:02:21 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 211C4106569E for ; Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:02:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-stable-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from mail8.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail8.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED3638FC17 for ; Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:02:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-stable-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: (qmail 32703 invoked from network); 23 Oct 2008 21:02:20 -0000 Received: from dsl092-078-145.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO be-well.ilk.org) ([66.92.78.145]) (envelope-sender ) by mail8.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 23 Oct 2008 21:02:19 -0000 Received: by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix, from userid 1147) id D407350831; Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:02:18 -0400 (EDT) To: "Reinhold" References: <64584.217.45.165.129.1224787913.squirrel@www.violetlan.net> <54609.217.45.165.129.1224794423.squirrel@www.violetlan.net> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:02:18 -0400 In-Reply-To: <54609.217.45.165.129.1224794423.squirrel@www.violetlan.net> (Reinhold's message of "Thu\, 23 Oct 2008 21\:40\:23 +0100 \(BST\)") Message-ID: <444p339g9x.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: After an update stable doesn't boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org 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 21:02:21 -0000 "Reinhold" writes: > A little update. > > I can boot into freebsd using the life cd and can mount the disk when I'm > in fixit. > > But from there on I have no idea what to do to fix this problem. Try reinstalling the bootloader. You can do that by going into the sysinstall disk partitioning screens, but not changing any slice or partitioning settings. > Can any one please help > > Thanks > > On Thu, October 23, 2008 19:51, Reinhold wrote: >> Hi >> >> >> I just did a system update and after I've rebooted it doesn't boot up any >> more. All I'm getting is a blank screen with a curser blinking at the top >> left corner of the screen. >> >> This system was running 7.0-STABLE >> >> >> Any ideas as to how I can get it back up? >> >> >> Regards >> Reinhold >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"