Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 18:39:03 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The new bootloader - how do you set it up? Message-ID: <199810310239.SAA03769@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 30 Oct 1998 18:29:48 PST." <199810310229.SAA03696@dingo.cdrom.com>
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> > 2nd: I tried your suggested procedure, typing /boot/loader, at the boot > > prompt. Tried it first with an aout kernel, then with an elf kernel. > > Same thing happens either time, it hangs immediately after printing > > > > symbols=[0x0,040,0x0 > > > > That's precisely where it stops (hangs). Am I doing something wrong? Whoops, hang on a sec. Does it print the text/data stuff first? Are you *sure* it printed 0x0,040,0x0? It should have printed 0x0,0x4,0x0. If I remember correctly, we saw this with very out-of-date bootblocks. You can update to the most recent "old" bootblocks with simply "disklabel -B <dev>'. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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