Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:20:25 -0400 From: =?UTF-8?B?6Z+T5a625qiZIEJpbGwgSGFja2Vy?= <askbill@conducive.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Loader broken in Head? Message-ID: <4722AE79.5020709@conducive.net> In-Reply-To: <575715.97141.qm@web27805.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> References: <575715.97141.qm@web27805.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
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Red Neck wrote: > Hi, > > Within the last day (26/10/07) I've built and installed the sources from CVS > Head only to find the stage 3 boot loader, /boot/loader, not working. I'm > using a Mac Pro with 3 internal hard drives. On one hard disk I have FreeBSD > amd64 installed, occupying the entire disk (MBR). Using the sources from > Head, loader just freezes after displaying its initial messages with a > constantly spinning cursor. To access the system I have to revert to using > an older loader such as 6.2 release's. I have attached my make and kernel > config. > > Can anyone provide any help? I'm quite prepared to help test fixes. > > Thanks, > > RedNeck > > Not unique to a Mac. Asus P5K, Intel Quad, one WD PATA, one SATA. Same behaviour, same short-tem fix. Repeatable. Then buildworld stopped working around a day later - about 2-3 days ago. jp and dk mirrors used... 'Waiting' Bill Hacker ......white socks and Blue Ribbon Beer.....
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