Problem with /boot/loader [A new patch]

John Baldwin jhb at freebsd.org
Sat Aug 9 21:02:27 UTC 2008


On Saturday 09 August 2008 09:02:12 am Eugene Grosbein wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 09, 2008 at 01:56:42PM +0200, Ulrich Spoerlein wrote:
> > > > The updated patch (same URL, new patch) is at
> > > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/patches/btx_hang.patch
> > >
> > > Sigh, it does not fix my problem described here:
> > >
> > > http://groups.google.ru/group/muc.lists.freebsd.stable/browse_thread/th
> > >read/538039f40b469e2a
> > >
> > > I've just updated my 7.0-STABLE to latest sources, applied your patch
> > > using "cd /usr/src; patch -p6 < ~/btx_hang.patch", it has applied
> > > cleanly. Then I've rebuilt and reinstalled kernel and world and
> > > rebooted. My problem persists as it was.
> >
> > I'm not sure about which piece of code you are talking here (boot0,
> > boot1, boot2, loader?) But if it's one of the former, you dont need to
> > installworld, but install new boot blocks using either fdisk -B or
> > bsdlabel -B (or both).
>
> As Subject: says, I'm talking about /boot/loader and its command prompt.

As you are getting BTX faults that is likely a separate issue.  You will need 
to get a copy of the BTX fault message somehow.

-- 
John Baldwin


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