After an update stable doesn't boot

Lowell Gilbert freebsd-stable-local at be-well.ilk.org
Thu Oct 23 14:02:21 PDT 2008


"Reinhold" <freebsd at violetlan.net> writes:

> A little update.
>
> I can boot into freebsd using the life cd and can mount the disk when I'm
> in fixit.
>
> But from there on I have no idea what to do to fix this problem.

Try reinstalling the bootloader.  You can do that by going into the
sysinstall disk partitioning screens, but not changing any slice or
partitioning settings.

> Can any one please help
>
> Thanks
>
> On Thu, October 23, 2008 19:51, Reinhold wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>>
>> I just did a system update and after I've rebooted it doesn't boot up any
>>  more. All I'm getting is a blank screen with a curser blinking at the top
>> left corner of the screen.
>>
>> This system was running 7.0-STABLE
>>
>>
>> Any ideas as to how I can get it back up?
>>
>>
>> Regards
>> Reinhold
>>
>>
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