i386/84555: boot2 unable to load kernel directly.

[trasz]

>Number:         84555
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       boot2 unable to load kernel directly.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-i386
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
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>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Aug 04 17:30:22 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     trasz
>Release:        5.4-RELEASE-p12
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD traszkan.ds7 5.4-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p5 #0: Sun Jul 24 17:02:14 CEST 2005     trasz at traszkan.ds7:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TRASHCAN  i386

>Description:
      according to boot(8) man page, 'it is possible to dispense with
the third stage altogether'.  however, 'hitting a key' and specyfing
'0:ad(0,a)/boot/kernel/kernel' results in hard hang (impossible to
reboot with crtl-alt-del) at spinner (/-\|).  booting '0:ad(0,a)/boot/
loader' works ok.

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