From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Aug 7 11:30: 6 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from smtp9.xs4all.nl (smtp9.xs4all.nl [194.109.127.135]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69A2F37B40B; Tue, 7 Aug 2001 11:29:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtp9.xs4all.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA03627; Tue, 7 Aug 2001 20:29:57 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.4/8.11.4) id f77ITvk01055; Tue, 7 Aug 2001 20:29:57 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 20:29:57 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Terry Lambert Cc: Mike Smith , John Baldwin , freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problems creating 4.4-alpha test/release cdrom Message-ID: <20010807202957.D910@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <200108070845.f778jei09077@mass.dis.org> <3B6FB526.297EA65D@mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3B6FB526.297EA65D@mindspring.com>; from tlambert2@mindspring.com on Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 02:30:14AM -0700 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 02:30:14AM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: > Mike Smith wrote: > > - the filename is NULL (not possible, since it's printed in the > > diagnostic) > > - the file is too small > > - the file header fails IS_ELF() > > - the file header fails sanity checks > > - the file is not a kernel or a KLD > > > > Most of this looks like either a cd9660 filesystem bug (quite likely) or > > a burn error (less likely but not impossible). > > > > I'd consider starting by seeing what "ls -l" in the loader says about the > > size of the file. > > Isn't this the kernel he was booting fine, on the non-CDROM > version of his system? No, this is the kernel make release created for me. > I've had similar issues with the /boot/kernel/* stuff from > an early 5.x snapshot, when reverting the system back to a > 4.3 based release, when the boot blocks were not replaced > on my hard disk after the upgrade because I didn't boot the > CDROM to do the upgrade (yes, I know I'm describing a 5.x > to 4.x version change as an "upgrade" here: that's the menu > item in sysinstall to make the change). > I think this is also the code that worked fine in the 4.x > case on previous CDROM images for the Alpha... doesn't it > seem more likely that he's just running stale code? I'm running a freshly built make release of RELENG_4 Hardly stale. W/ -- | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message