recompiled 6.0 does not boot -- need help !!

[martinko]

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