how to use /boot/loader to load the kernel ?

[Adrian Pircalabu]

On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 22:08:49 -0800
"Drew Tomlinson" <drew at mykitchentable.net> wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adrian Pircalabu" <adip at gmx.net>
> To: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 1:33 AM
> Subject: Re: how to use /boot/loader to load the kernel ?
> 
> 
> > On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 11:28:53 +0200
> > Adrian Pircalabu <adip at gmx.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > What can I do to use /boot/loader to load the kernel ? I can not
> > > use various commands like top (nlist failed), vmstat( undefined
> > > symbols:_kmemstatistics _bucket _zlist).
> > > My fstab looks like this:
> > > /dev/ad0s1b none            swap    sw              0       0
> > > /dev/ad0s2a /               ufs     rw,async        1       1
> > > /dev/ad0s2e /boot           ufs     rw,async        2       2
> > > /dev/ad0s2f /home           ufs     rw,async        2       2
> > > /dev/acd0c /cdrom          cd9660  ro,noauto       0       0
> > > proc /proc           procfs  rw              0       0
> > >
> > > I read the sections from handbook regarding boot stages, but I
> > > could not find any clue. What other info should I provide to you?
> > > Thank you.
> >
> > The problem arised after I upgraded from 4.7-RELEASE to 4-STABLE
> 
> Most likely your world and kernel are out of sync.  Read UPDATING and
> follow the instructions carefully.
I read /usr/src/UPDATING file, and I am afraid this issue has something
to do with my partitioning layout. Right before boot2 I get this "No
/boot/loader" error. After that, it starts loading /kernel and I get
another error - "loader metadata missing". In /boot directory everything
seems ok, all files are in the proper place, /boot/loader is 555. Could
this be any sort of limitation in machine's BIOS ?

> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Drew
> 
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Adi Pircalabu