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Date:      Fri, 23 Dec 2005 14:18:40 +1100
From:      Ariane & Ron Joordens <joordens@aanet.com.au>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Boot error
Message-ID:  <43AB6C90.7050108@aanet.com.au>

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Afternoon All,

My FreeBSD 6.0 computer refuses to boot. It gets to the screen where it 
pauses for 10 seconds and gives you the choice of 8 boot options, and 
then...nothing!

Choosing the default option shows a single line "/boot/kernel/acpi.ko 
text= etc,..." then the next line shows "|", and that's it. All the 
other boot options show just the "|" and that's it. I have waited for up 
to 30 minutes, but no change. The only way out is to reset the computer.

Prior to this prblem the computer worked perfectly. FreeBSD 5.4 was 
installed about 4 months ago, this was upgraded to 6.0 about 2 months 
ago. Everything had been recompiled and I never had any problems, until 
this.

I suspect that my 2 year old son has been pressing the power button 
repeatedly which may have caused this.

My question to you all is: How can I see what is going on? FreeBSD 5.4 
and prior used to show the progress on the booting process on screen, 
however FreeBSD 6 hides all that and remains at the options screen until 
the login prompt. Why? That was useful stuff. (But that is a little off 
topic) The basic question is: How do I go about finding the cause of my 
problem?

Thanks in advance

Ron
Melbourne, Australia


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