Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:57:37 +0000 (GMT) From: Gavin Atkinson <gavin@FreeBSD.org> To: Andrew Lankford <lankfordandrew@charter.net> Cc: peterjeremy@optushome.com.au, stable@FreeBSD.org, Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it>, xxjack12xx@gmail.com Subject: Re: System borked: loader stack overflow. Message-ID: <20090118165632.O24894@ury.york.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <49734D0B.8050604@charter.net> References: <49729D80.8010506@charter.net> <20090118093346.GA9819@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> <49734D0B.8050604@charter.net>
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On Sun, 18 Jan 2009, Andrew Lankford wrote: > I can't say what version of the loader it is that I'm using, but (following > Peter's advice, thanks), I've tried loader.old (about a week old) and the > latest loader (built yesterday), and both start. Where each loader has a > problem appears to be reading (include-ing?) /boot/default/loader.conf . The > spinner spins for a longer time than usual, and then the loader gives up with > the stack overflow. Fortunately, I still got a prompt and am able to load > the latest kernel acpi and a what few other modules I need to boot > successfully and reply to your emails. Hmm, there's also a new PR in (kern/130674) which sounds like the same issue, on -HEAD. Gavin
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