panic in 8-CURRENT

[韓家標 Bill Hacker]

Hiroki Sato wrote:
> I got the following panic with the Oct 14 8-CURRENT kernel.  A 2-way
> (Opteron) box running GENERIC FreeBSD/i386 kernel with serial console
> access, and typing some keys just after "Trying to mount..." line
> appears seems to prevent this panic.  Without typing any keys the box
> remain stopped after displaying the line, and then typing a key will
> cause this panic.  Whether the panic occurs depends on the time
> between displaying the line and typing a key.
> 

*snip*

..serial console...

Things to check:

Are you set to headless all the time? Or does that change during the bootup?

What of /etc/ttys?

Thinking that even if you are experienced in adjusting these to work with serial 
terminal (HP-200-LX here), it is easy to forget to edit the requisites when 
loading up a brand-new snapshot.

Bill