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Date:      Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:17:30 -0700
From:      Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org>
To:        Chris Hedley <freebsd-current@chrishedley.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: New builds won't boot (fwd)
Message-ID:  <4A2C124A.1050707@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906071604540.1724@teapot.cbhnet>
References:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906071604540.1724@teapot.cbhnet>

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Chris Hedley wrote:
> 
> I was wondering if anybody has any suggestions for me.  Since around 
> January this year, I've been unable to get new builds to boot on my 
> system:...
> 
> I've just regressed to a version from mid January which boots without 
> any problems,...

The following information would help a lot:
  * dmesg output from a successful boot.
  * Latest checkout date of a kernel that does boot.
  * Earliest checkout date of a kernel that doesn't boot.
  * If it's not a GENERIC kernel, the kernel
configuration.  (Diff against GENERIC is enough.)

SVN revisions are even better than dates if
you have them available.  (Most people
don't; that's okay.)

With this, someone can look through the
changes that were made during that period
and possibly come up with a few likely
culprits.  Obviously, it's better if you
can narrow it down to a shorter interval
(a week is good, a day is better) by
checking out sources from the half-way
point and trying that.

Tim



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