Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 13:38:05 -0800 From: "Joel M. Baldwin" <qumqats@outel.org> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: -CURRENT boot problems: loader, kernel Message-ID: <3BEC4CBD.EDF13C7E@outel.org> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1011109113018.82381B-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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So I'm not the only one having problems. . . FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.0 (qumqats@outel.org, Fri Nov 9 01:58:33 PST 2001) name not found Assert failed: (false), function ficlCompileSoftcore, file softcore.c, line 291 I got the system running by: booting up with a set of 'fixit' floppies mounting the root drive cd'ing into /boot, mv loader loader.new cp loader.old loader reboot Robert Watson wrote: > > Upgraded a box to yesterday's -CURRENT, and am experiencing two problems: > > (1) the machine spins rebooting after loading /boot/loader. I don't get a > chance to interupt the boot once /boot/loader starts. Unfortunately, my > serial console support also seems to be broken, so I can't read the error > that flicks up before the reboot. > > (2) if I try to boot /boot/kernel/kernel directly, rather than via > /boot/loader, it hangs in the twiddling bar. > > If I load the old loader and kernel, things work fine. I'm currently > trying to diagnose the serial console problem, and will post more as I > figure something out. > > There are reports on that channel about other machines having the same > problem, so if you're upgrading, make sure to keep an old loader around. > > Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Project > robert@fledge.watson.org NAI Labs, Safeport Network Services > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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