From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 4 18:45:03 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4053106564A for ; Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:45:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rivanr@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f218.google.com (mail-fx0-f218.google.com [209.85.220.218]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61A798FC13 for ; Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:45:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rivanr@gmail.com) Received: by fxm18 with SMTP id 18so2463091fxm.43 for ; Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:45:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=qfYQcFS1XSqRjyZRMRl4xdJMucVr+tAnNgUdvTIJeNo=; b=FgHHR2c998Y/yncOElRM2xyLJVj6CA88jhsOe3fjX9ynwr99UMXDQ+NXF9biZGGWcR wMKWVNJrof1CkTXtYwqVNgIoAdF1LIsHX2Wr/U8+uNZC/MZc6rA9kG/mTJM/RUTAucCM x4+yuFd9/Oe5BWOyzhj3YDRjzS7vMDJ2OoBEM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=IpeNbxoIErVTtJXN45CRWZY+SGCmFo3wdTOGrLhuEZ71iKjBjNLu1rN1pQHAiiQ+6T Hqw6P6wTuwrRkzML5asKZkoFFkM0WrEJtkgwSuPXraqdYEh8YyDUJCLmc7wWD6A3eXaR BtzcH4CZ8mig1cz3SpFco6UFHlO2pt2v7vB+k= Received: by 10.103.24.17 with SMTP id b17mr1535579muj.89.1246731460764; Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:17:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?95.180.33.218? ([95.180.33.218]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id s10sm24228940muh.57.2009.07.04.11.17.39 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:17:40 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4A4F9CC0.70603@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:17:36 +0200 From: Ivan Radovanovic User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Windows/20090605) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Weird installation issue X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:45:04 -0000 Hello, I recently wanted to update FreeBSD on my computer to latest version, but now I am facing weird problem. After completing installation from dvd I can't boot into BSD. I naturally assumed this is some boot manager/boot sector issue, and since I am using Vista also (but on the other hard disk) I first overwrited its boot manager with FreeBSD's but without any luck (when I press F2 to start BSD machine either stops to respond or prints # for any keypress, no any messages from BSD bootloader). After that I tried to make BSD entry in grub from open solaris but with the same symptoms (freezing without any message on the screen). I also tried installing GAG boot manager but with the same results. When I open BSD's partition using some hex editor boot sector seems written correctly. Also if I boot fixit prompt from dvd I can mount partition from hard disk (I tried only mounting a partition where is /) everything looks written correctly. However if I escape to loader prompt at dvd during boot and set currdev to "disk1s1a:" when I issue ls everything freezes. I believe this is some booting issue on my machine, but I am loosing ideas what can I try next. Please advise what I should try (FreeBSD is my first choice for UNIX and now I am stuck with open solaris) Ivan