Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 11:32:23 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Chandler May <hpxchan@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't start up the FreeBSD install disk on dual Xeon Nocona rig (itworks on other systems) Message-ID: <41D3E747.80902@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <6f77d3330412290105781e8821@mail.gmail.com> References: <6f77d33304122818581b8a272c@mail.gmail.com> <41d22426.055e3646.0516.0fde@smtp.gmail.com> <6f77d333041228201156e7ca88@mail.gmail.com> <6f77d3330412290105781e8821@mail.gmail.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig2496FE9917D2746057A1A016 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Chandler May wrote: > I found this fix on a mailing list archive using Google: > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-i386/2004-December/001958.html > > But I have no idea how to apply it. > > Can anybody help out here? Looks like you've found the right answer there. Unfortunately you've hit Catch22: in order to fix the boot problem, you need to patch the kernel. In order to patch the kernel, you need a running system. In order to get a running system you need to fix the boot problem... Probably your best bet is to pull the disk out of your i7520 box and attach it to some other machine where you can install FreeBSD on it. At the same time try applying the patch from PR i386/74829 and building a kernel with it applied. If you can extract the patch either from the PR (http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=74829) or the e-mail you quoted, then to apply it: # cd /usr/src # patch -p 2 < patch.txt Note that extracting the patch may be harder than you expect, as mailing systems and cut'n'paste tend to wrap lines or convert tabs to spaces and other such damage. Then rebuild the GENERIC kernel and install it onto your new drive. Instruction for building a kernel are here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-building.html Don't let your Gentoo experience tempt you into trying to chroot yourself onto the new drive -- while that could certainly be made to work, it's not something that gets done very often so you'ld end up having to debug things as you went along. Just use sysinstall(8) to install on the appropriate disk while it's attached to a spare system, and then boot up your spare system from that drive to do the kernel builds. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 8 Dane Court Manor School Rd PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Tilmanstone Tel: +44 1304 617253 Kent, CT14 0JL UK --------------enig2496FE9917D2746057A1A016 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQCVAwUBQdPnTpr7OpndfbmCAQIDQwP/VKPbIS2/PoJ9cQ85506s+5Xcni2w0neT 93xcIX/p6aUPMessjvl3ZXYeOcOJcVIeuzj+64NW7u7qDaUxASyo2t1rna6c6Sdx 31aLyb2r8VbHYyFSToblfljuM6KSMtu80bzG9NRWnS9GIHYHHuU2ls4jSTNrpTiY QyJmO7fb6Zg= =s1ji -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig2496FE9917D2746057A1A016--
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