Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:19:45 -0700 From: "Freddie Cash" <fjwcash@gmail.com> To: "FreeBSD Stable" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Problem with /boot/loader Message-ID: <b269bc570806250919k49cb2449n75f7e07a5c6e802a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1b1b33f10806250738y55fc8437l8e26c9c1698ea364@mail.gmail.com> References: <1b1b33f10806250738y55fc8437l8e26c9c1698ea364@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 7:38 AM, Kelly Black <kjblack@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a problem with loader. I recently upgraded from 6_rel to 7_rel. > Now when I install world there is a problem booting. > > Here is what I do: [snip] > Now when I reboot there is a problem. I get an error that the system > cannot boot. Part of it looks like this: > Can't work out which disk we are booting from. > Guessed BIOS device 0xffffffff not found by probes, defaulting to disk0: > > If I boot from a live disk and replace /boot/loader with > /boot/loader.old it boots up fine and everything looks good. A new > world and a new kernel. I would be grateful for any help or any > pointers. What do you have in /etc/make.conf? I recall there being a point in time where incorrect CFLAGS options could build a broken loader. Try renaming /etc/make.conf (or just commenting out all CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS options) and rebuilding either just the loader or the whole world, and see if that makes a difference. -- Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com
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