From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 7 14:08:46 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8F761065670 for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 14:08:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from identry@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f218.google.com (mail-bw0-f218.google.com [209.85.218.218]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 339E18FC26 for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 14:08:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz18 with SMTP id 18so1437851bwz.7 for ; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:08:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=GmV6k5dzqcVuaUWVS8GiUWySUVD2R0iYGuPfLCrWB2Y=; b=C8HEv6ACexCeL7BsBnykV+tmu+zcUpkxO4UEf9FfkTC4P4Dk2J60ZB0cRgKyN2uEjR BpMYvmCu4sZtyfwHk30YVpYUnOud/aPKtQyA9ZnAhtFYT0oMl//9if3HMffP/NTZSX9A ysF5WJXIkgTKpgwWqYLra5BLAw4dbAwBBDP1Y= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=bB30vSGk4VtUIDkoT9LepxiV2edEWKYTrIrqVMu2tVihQ9xlhke7ApDDiB4XcIwFFe 1jt6KRybb+XtUWToFwwT9i9MSIjyQ9G839cerIUlMUyo3CLvWyIbWuRVxxj3qm0TcNqV 5fmnyWilxOhgTIzhJqKpPbk46OXk6BclV22HM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: identry@gmail.com Received: by 10.204.115.135 with SMTP id i7mr3187284bkq.178.1249654124891; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:08:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4d4e09680908070708x635dcd80ha96a61e9c71b0b6b@mail.gmail.com> References: <4d4e09680908061012q6ea8aeacm875c556eaea7a54f@mail.gmail.com> <4A7B1B41.7090507@unsane.co.uk> <4d4e09680908061733v21602321x252a7111a7648ad6@mail.gmail.com> <4A7C074C.9060303@unsane.co.uk> <4d4e09680908070708x635dcd80ha96a61e9c71b0b6b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 10:08:44 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: cb7c1d0b0287bbad Message-ID: <4d4e09680908070708i286b98a7j6f03725a848ae83c@mail.gmail.com> From: Identry To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Fwd: Boot failure X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:08:47 -0000 > I'd give it an fsck or two (more than one has been needed once or > twice), I was afraid to run fsck before backing up everything I might possibly need, so I spent most of last night mounting all the partitions and backing up things. I was able to manually mount all the partitions and all the data seemed fin= e. At this point, I'm ready to risk an fsck or pretty much anything. > also has anything changed with the server (updates etc etc) for > example why was it rebooted? Because of a stupid mistake on my part. I was trying to add an address to the NIC card, and rather than *add* the address to a long list of addresses (used for https websites), I made that the only address. I was only experimenting, so the file in /etc that I use to set up the addresses (using ifconfig) was unchanged. I figured a quick reboot would solve the problem, so I logged in via the console and did a clean shutdown. When I turned the machine back on, it would not boot. =A0I seem to recall a verbose boot mode in the > boot menu. does that give any hints beyond the freeze you see when you > try and boot? It prints one line, which I cannot recall, unfortunately. > Are you using the GENERIC kernel I don't know. This is the oldest freebsd machine that I run. I didn't install the OS, myself. It's a 6.2 machine that had been running in production mode without any updates for over a year when I took it over. I am embarrassed to say I never had the nerve to do any updates on it, either, because when I started on it, I didn't know enough about FreeBSD to risk the 40 websites that were running on it. I've been meaning to update it for awhile, but it is locked down tight with PF and has had zero problems up until now. Famous last words... > if not have you tried it? No. I need to figure out how to do that, and I didn't have enough brain power last night after doing all those backups. After sleeping on it, I am wondering if I can kill two birds with one stone... by using 7.2 install CDs to upgrade the machine? I believe there is an 'upgrade' option on the install menu (I'm burning some 7.2 CDs right now to double check.) Or would it be safer to try to bring up the machine on it's own with a 6.2 generic kernel, first? -- John --=20 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Identry, LLC Northport, NY 11768 Phone: (631) 754-8440 Fax: (631) 980-4262 Email: jalmberg@identry.com Member: ABA, ANA, ASDA, APS, ESA, The Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email,=09 Long Island Web Developer's Guild. Visit us on the web at www.identry.com <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> BUILDING YOU A BETTER ONLINE BUSINESS <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>