Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 17:56:44 +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: <58650531@bb.ipt.ru> In-Reply-To: <27ade5280905100648p22b8ff31w9e9dfd6aa370b3a0@mail.gmail.com> (apseudoutopia@gmail.com's message of "Sun\, 10 May 2009 09\:48\:04 -0400") References: <27ade5280905092108t19375fn63c63c10c72fefa8@mail.gmail.com> <24737181@bb.ipt.ru> <27ade5280905100648p22b8ff31w9e9dfd6aa370b3a0@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 10 May 2009 09:48:04 -0400 APseudoUtopia wrote: > On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 8:05 AM, Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> wrote: > > 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. > Ah, yes, sorry, I forgot to mention that I have GENERIC installed to > /boot/GENERIC, and it does load perfectly fine without any problems. > It's just the new kernel that hangs on boot. Is it a GENERIC kernel from the new FreeBSD version? 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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