Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 14:37:27 -0700 (PDT) From: "Chris H" <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> To: "Doug Hardie" <bc979@lafn.org> Cc: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com>, "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org List" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 9.2 Boot Problem Message-ID: <acf29fd624b9f7e76370e9335374f370.authenticated@ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <09E89BAA-7A4A-4111-9C11-056902DB3770@lafn.org> References: <175D3755-BB9B-4EAD-BDAD-06E9670E06AB@lafn.org> <186472F9-A97B-4863-81BC-67BE788D5E9A@lafn.org> <a865b8f2ccb9ad4918544bad3d49554d.authenticated@ultimatedns.net> <791C8200-023A-4ACB-9B6F-F5A8B0E170F4@lafn.org> <14548387de8.27b7.0b331fcf0b21179f1640bd439e3f4a1e@tundraware.com> <09E89BAA-7A4A-4111-9C11-056902DB3770@lafn.org>
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> > On 9 April 2014, at 13:40, Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> wrote: > >> Make sure there is a /dev directory on the disk for the kernel to populate. Without it, >> the kernel will hang. > > > The disk does have a /dev directory. The system boots fine after you enter a return. It > hangs waiting for a return on the keyboard. > > This last time I used in /boot/loader.conf: > > zool# more loader.conf > verbose_loading="YES" > boot_verbose="YES" > loader_color="NO" > loader_logo="beastiebw" > autoboot_delay="10" > > > System behaved the same on boot other than the menu was complete. However, I did see > something flash on the left bottom of the screen where the Autoboot message normally is. It > was cleared immediately after it was written so there was no way to read it. Note, this is > on the serial console. I have not seen that before, but it might have been there. It was > just a flash. I am wondering if something is doing the equivalent of pressing the space bar > after the autoboot message is displayed. > > I checked and the /boot/defaults/loader.conf file is identical between the system that works > and those that do not. > I am going to see if the terminal emulator can disable the screen > control functions so I can see what the message that flashes by is. dmesg(8) is your friend (/var/run/dmesg.boot). See also /var/log/messages --Chris P.S. You only need loader_logo="beastiebw" to get a B/W console. > > > >
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