Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 23:53:10 -0700 From: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> To: "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org List" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 9.2 Boot Problem Message-ID: <186472F9-A97B-4863-81BC-67BE788D5E9A@lafn.org> In-Reply-To: <175D3755-BB9B-4EAD-BDAD-06E9670E06AB@lafn.org> References: <175D3755-BB9B-4EAD-BDAD-06E9670E06AB@lafn.org>
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On 4 April 2014, at 21:08, Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> wrote: > I put this out on Questions, but got no responses. Hopefully someone = here has some ideas. >=20 > FreeBSD 9.2. All of my systems are hanging during boot right after = the screen that has the picture. Its as if someone hit a space on the = keyboard. However, these systems have no keyboard. If I plug one in, = or use the serial console, and enter a return, the boot continues = properly. >=20 > The boot menu is displayed along with Beastie. However, the line that = says Autoboot in n seconds=85 never appears. It just stops there. = These are all new installs from CD systems. I just used freebsd-update = to take a toy server from 9.1 to 9.2 and it doesn't exhibit this = behavior. It boots properly. I have updated one of the production = servers with the latest 9.2 changes and it still has the issue. I first = thought that some config file did not get updated properly on the CD. I = have dug around through the 4th files and don't see anything obvious = that would cause this. I have now verified that all the 4th files in = boot are identical (except for the version number. They are slightly = different). I don't believe this is a BIOS setting issue as FreeBSD 7.2 = didn't exhibit this behavior. All 4 systems are on totally different = motherboards. >=20 > I tried setting loader_logo=3D"none" in /boot/config.rc and that = eliminated the menu and Beastie. I think the system completed booting, = but the serial console was then dead. It did not respond or output = anything. I had to remove that and reboot to get the console back = again. >=20 > I need to get this fixed as these are production servers that are = essentially unmanned so its difficult to get them back up again. =20 No response here either. Surely someone must know the loader. I have = been digging through the code, and can't find any differences between = the systems that work and those that don't. Is there any way to debug = this? Is there a way to find out where the loader is sitting waiting on = input from the terminal. That might give a clue as to why it didn't = autoboot.
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