From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 23 11:27:07 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01E9316A4CE for ; Sat, 23 Apr 2005 11:27:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mta9.adelphia.net (mta9.adelphia.net [68.168.78.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 538D743D1F for ; Sat, 23 Apr 2005 11:27:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bob@a1poweruser.com) Received: from barbish ([69.172.31.81]) by mta9.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.01 201-2131-118-101-20041129) with SMTP id <20050423112706.NDTO8952.mta9.adelphia.net@barbish>; Sat, 23 Apr 2005 07:27:06 -0400 From: To: "Alex Zbyslaw" , "Chris Zumbrunn" Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 07:27:05 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <426A2E85.3060100@dial.pipex.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Importance: Normal cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Stuck in bootstrapping hell - how do I troubleshoot? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: bob@a1poweruser.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 11:27:07 -0000 Turn off power management in PC bios and try again. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Alex Zbyslaw Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 7:16 AM To: Chris Zumbrunn Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stuck in bootstrapping hell - how do I troubleshoot? Chris Zumbrunn wrote: > Yes, I'm just waiting until someone has to go by there anyway in the > next days. No big deal, but it's not urgent enough to justify the trip > just for that. In the meantime, it is annoying to know that ultimately > I just have this problem because I'm doing something wrong! ...where > am I screwing up the setup? :-) The only other thing to occur to me was that the machine might actually be booting, but getting stuck somewhere maybe probing devices. I'm no expert on the bootup procedure, but I would doubt that /var/log/messages was being updated during device probes. The stuff is probably buffered somewhere and then written. One final thing I might try in your position is to copy a GENERIC kernel to the disk and see what happens when you reboot. Or even try a very pared down kernel with nothing but disks, ethernet card and whatever else is mandatory. I guess also compare the stuff in /boot with the machine that works. --Alex _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"