Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 10:40:02 -0800 (PST) From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/10694: 3.1 boot fails with invalid format Message-ID: <199903201840.KAA71905@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/10694; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: brucek@bagel.com Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern/10694: 3.1 boot fails with invalid format Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 03:33:45 +0900 Exactly how did you perform this "virgin install"? Because the error you report indicates you are probably using the old bootblocks... brucek@bagel.com wrote: > > >Number: 10694 > >Category: kern > >Synopsis: 3.1 boot fails with invalid format > >Confidential: no > >Severity: critical > >Priority: medium > >Responsible: freebsd-bugs > >State: open > >Quarter: > >Keywords: > >Date-Required: > >Class: sw-bug > >Submitter-Id: current-users > >Arrival-Date: Sat Mar 20 10:00:01 PST 1999 > >Closed-Date: > >Last-Modified: > >Originator: Bruce Komito > >Release: FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE i386 > >Organization: > Sierra Lakes Internet > >Environment: > Pentium or K6 CPU w/AMI Bios, 128mb, Adaptec 1542 or 2940 > > >Description: > > After a virgin install of 3.1, boot fails with message "invalid format". > On the same system, a virgin install of both 2.2.8 and 3.0-971208-SNAP > boots successfully. Upgrade of 2.2.8 or 3.0-971208-SNAP to 3.1 also fails > with "invalid format" message at boot time. > > >How-To-Repeat: > > Install 3.1 from ftp.freebsd.org and attempt to boot. > > >Fix: > > > > >Release-Note: > >Audit-Trail: > >Unformatted: > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org "What happened?" "It moved, sir!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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