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Date:      Mon, 21 Feb 2005 23:07:45 -0500
From:      "Matt Smith" <ratman6@charter.net>
To:        "'Doug White'" <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: Upgrade issues, Install Kernel crashing
Message-ID:  <000001c51894$10953ed0$0401a8c0@laptop>
In-Reply-To: <20050221182037.L89025@carver.gumbysoft.com>

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Doug,
   I don't have a serial terminal.  And yes I have used safe mode.  It
does the same thing

                                                 Matt

-----Original Message-----
From: Doug White [mailto:dwhite@gumbysoft.com]=20
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 9:21 PM
To: Matt Smith
Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Upgrade issues, Install Kernel crashing

On Mon, 21 Feb 2005, Matt Smith wrote:

>     I have a major issue.  I=92m trying to do a 4.X to 5.X upgrade.  =
The
> CD boots fine then I get to the FreeBSD 5.x boot selection menu, but
> when I then an option to load a Kernel the kernel starts to load and
> then I get a bunch of gibberish that goes by so fast I can=92t read it
> then the system reboots.  What is going on here?

What system are you trying to install to? Can you try hooking up a
serial
console and booting to it to capture the messages? have you tried Safe
Mode?

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