bootstrap loader problem

[Don L. Belcher]

John Baldwin wrote:
> On Sunday 01 November 2009 7:35:55 pm Don L. Belcher wrote:
>  
>> New Dell 1737 laptop
>>
>> The following error occurs with versions 7.2 release and later
>> this message is from 8  RC2. All versions tried with 7.1 release and
>> earlier  work fine, I tried 7.1, 7.2 and 6.4. I rebuilt 8 RC2 CD with 
>> "loader"
>> from 7.1 release and the 8 RC2 comes up O.K. now.
>> I have two questions:
>> 1) is anybody familiar with this problem
>> 2) is it ok to install 8 RC2 using the 7.1 "loader"
>>
>> BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.02
>> Consoles: internal video/keyboard
>> panic: free: guard1 fail @ 0xbb797074 from  (diretory path to) 
>> common/console.c:94
>> --> Press a key (etc)
>>     
>
> I have not seen that before.  Can you try compiling a loader on 8 that 
> doesn't include GPT support?  (cd /sys/boot; make 
> LOADER_NO_GPT_SUPPORT=yes)
>   
Sorry it took so long. I installed to hard drive and the "loader" does 
not exhibit the problem.
The problem only shows up when booting from CD ROM. The boot from CD ROM 
works
OK using the "loader" built with make LOADER_NO_GPT_SUPPORT=yes
> A loader from 7.1 should work ok on 8.0.
>
>