conf/167101: FreeBSD 9.0 i386 boot-only image loader errors

m b markham_breitbach at ssimicro.com
Thu Apr 19 16:30:11 UTC 2012


>Number:         167101
>Category:       conf
>Synopsis:       FreeBSD 9.0 i386 boot-only image loader errors
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Apr 19 16:30:10 UTC 2012
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     m b
>Release:        /home/admin/FreeBSD-9.0-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso
>Organization:
>Environment:
can't uname-a until I can make the thing boot!
>Description:
Errors in boot files causing failure to boot.

It looks like someone has transposed a dash for an underscore in the loader.4th and the menu.rc files for this package.  Downloaded today (2012-04-19) from ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/i386/ISO-IMAGES/9.0/ 






>How-To-Repeat:
boot from FreeBSD-9.0-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso
>Fix:
#diff /wrong/loader.4th loader.4th
92c92
< include /boot/check-password.4th
---
> include /boot/check_password.4th


# diff /wrong/menu.rc menu.rc
8c8
< include /boot/menu-commands.4th
---
> include /boot/menu_commands.4th

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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