Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 18:27:39 +0100 From: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> To: Hac Phan <hacos@rescomp.berkeley.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot loader/kernel error Message-ID: <20101009172739.GA47983@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20101009020948.GB91654@hal.rescomp.berkeley.edu> References: <20101009020948.GB91654@hal.rescomp.berkeley.edu>
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On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 07:09:48PM -0700, Hac Phan wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm having trouble with a machine that was recently rebooted and will no longer > boot correctly. > > The boot process hangs with the following screen: > Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf It sounds like there is something in /boot/loader.conf, or another file that is sourced by /boot/defaults/loader.conf that it doesn't like. > - > > The cursor does not move and no other text is displayed. After about 10 minutes, > the boot finishes (without the splash screen) and displays the login prompt. I > tried to login but it timed out after 300 seconds. > > The server was using a custom built kernel. I tried to get the GENERIC kernel > from the livefs ISO and restore it via FIXIT console, but I realized that I > actually don't know how to do that... > > So how do I go about fixing this? Thanks in advance. > -- I'd try and boot into single user mode and edit the offending file: maybe comment out the various lines until you find the line that's causing the problem. I think that as you can get to a login prompt, you should be able to boot single user and shouldn't have to bother with the CD. Touch wood, I've never had a problem that required booting external media to fix, so I can't help you in that department. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html
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