Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 18:36:07 -0500 (CDT) From: "Jon Noack" <noackjr@alumni.rice.edu> To: "Giorgos Keramidas" <keramida@linux.gr> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: instant reboot when trying to load recent RELENG_5 kernel Message-ID: <59514.69.53.57.66.1099092967.squirrel@69.53.57.66> In-Reply-To: <20041029201251.GB1046@gothmog.gr> References: <417046E9.7090506@alumni.rice.edu> <56811.69.53.57.66.1099080418.squirrel@69.53.57.66> <20041029201251.GB1046@gothmog.gr>
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Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2004-10-29 15:06, Jon Noack <noackjr@alumni.rice.edu> wrote: >> Jon Noack wrote: >>> Updated my RELENG_5 machines today and one of them did not survive the >>> reboot. When the loader tries to load the kernel, the machine instantly >>> reboots. I thought it might be due to using CPUTYPE?=athlon-xp in >>> /etc/make.conf, but it still happens on a kernel compiled with CPUTYPE >>> commented out. I also tried versions of the loader compiled with and >>> without CPUTYPE; both loaders were able to successfully load a kernel >>> from 3 days ago but neither of them succeeded with various kernels >>> compiled today. >> >> I am still not able to load a new kernel (RELENG_5_3 now) without an >> instant reboot. As soon as I type "load /boot/kernel.new/kernel" from >> the boot loader the machine reboots. Any ideas would be greatly >> appreciated... > > Hmmm. Can you try "boot kernel.new" instead of the "load foo" stuff? > Does it make any difference? Nope. If I let installkernel make the new kernel the default kernel, I don't even get to the boot menu. Regardless of how I do it, new kernel will start being loaded into memory (I will see a flash of the loading info and twiddle) and then the computer will reboot instantly. Something changed between October 12th and October 15th as a kernel from the 12th is the last that will load and I first noticed the issue on the 15th (the next time I tried to compile a kernel). Is there anything that went into RELENG_5 during that period that could cause this? Jon
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