Can't boot normally - syslog?

[Tabor Kelly]

Edward Carmody wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Running a 5.2.1-Current box.  After we suffered a power outage, and the UPS went
> offline, the FBSD shut down ugly.
> 
> I get the usual messages scrolling by when I try to boot, but as soon as the
> drive gets mounted, I see nothing but zillions of scrolling messages without
> newlines:
> 
> =========================================
> logmsg: pri 166, flags 17, from oberon,g
> =========================================
> 
> over and over again.  I've let this run like this for an hour, and it shows no
> indication of stopping.  :(
> 
> I've booted into single-user mode, ran fsck, let it fix some inconsistencies it
> found, but when I try to reboot normally, I still get the same logmsgs over and
> over again.
> 
> Looks like syslog is looping, but I've no idea how to start fixing this.
> 
> Any pointers in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Ed Carmody

Not to poke fun at your situation, but have you considered a fresh 
install of 5.3? In the end it may take you less time than fixing your 
install of 5.2.1.

-Tabor Kelly