Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 16:05:54 +0400 From: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> To: APseudoUtopia <apseudoutopia@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Upgrading to New Kernel - Hung on Boot Message-ID: <24737181@bb.ipt.ru> In-Reply-To: <27ade5280905092108t19375fn63c63c10c72fefa8@mail.gmail.com> (apseudoutopia@gmail.com's message of "Sun\, 10 May 2009 00\:08\:42 -0400") References: <27ade5280905092108t19375fn63c63c10c72fefa8@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 10 May 2009 00:08:42 -0400 APseudoUtopia wrote: > I have a FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE system. I'm trying to upgrade to 7.2, > specifically the RELENG_7_2 tag. > I synced my sources via csup, built world, built kernel, and installed > kernel. All went well. I rebooted into single user mode, and the > kernel hung. The loader menu came up, but when the kernel starts > loading it hangs. > I recovered it by dropping to a loader prompt and loading kernel.old. > It booted up fine. > I have attached the kernel config I used to buildkernel. I'm guessing > it has something to do with this. > In case it's relevant, the system is a dual-core Intel Xeon, with > HyperThreading disabled. If you have a custom kernel and get any problems than the first thing to do is to build GENERIC kernel and see if the problem still exists. BTW, don't forget to copy your /boot/kernel.old directory to /boot/kernel.good, else it will be deletted when installing a new kernel. WBR -- Boris Samorodov (bsam) Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP FreeBSD Committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve
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