recompiled 6.0 does not boot -- need help !!

[Chris]

martinko wrote:
> martinko wrote:
> 
>> Bartosz Fabianowski wrote:
>>
>>>> thanks, but the issue is with the loader itself
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Telling it to use loader.old should definitely work around that
>>> problem. Unless, of course, the problem lies within something that
>>> starts even earlier. In this case, you could always use a 6.0 CD to
>>> restore the original, working, files.
>>>
>>> - Bartosz
>>
>>
>>
>> i tried to interrupt booting process as you advised in previous email
>> but that didn't work. i spotted some text from grub, then something
>> like [FreeBSD-a.out ..... and then reset.
>>
>> anyway, i've fixed it for now by booting from CD and renaming
>> /boot/loader.old to /boot/loader
>> i'll try to investigate on this later on.
>>
>> thank you for your help!
>>
>> martin
>>
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> 
> hello again,
> 
> i've just cvsuped to 6.0-stable and recompiled & reinstalled world &
> kernel and guess what ?!? -- loader is still broken!!!
> this time my machine is not reset, it just hangs. and i had to boot from
> cd and replace loader with the original 6.0-R. :-(
> this definetely needs to get fixed. i'll be happy to help someone more
> experienced, of course.
> 
> regards,
> 
> martin

Show us what's in /boot/loader.conf


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Best regards,
Chris

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