Upgrade issues, Install Kernel crashing

[Doug White]

On Mon, 21 Feb 2005, Matt Smith wrote:

> Doug,
>    I don't have a serial terminal.  And yes I have used safe mode.  It
> does the same thing

Can  you try putting one together? You just need another machine with a
null-modem cable.  We need to know where in the boot sequence it tanks.

>
>                                                  Matt
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug White [mailto:dwhite at gumbysoft.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 9:21 PM
> To: Matt Smith
> Cc: freebsd-stable at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Upgrade issues, Install Kernel crashing
>
> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005, Matt Smith wrote:
>
> >     I have a major issue.  I’m trying to do a 4.X to 5.X upgrade.  The
> > CD boots fine then I get to the FreeBSD 5.x boot selection menu, but
> > when I then an option to load a Kernel the kernel starts to load and
> > then I get a bunch of gibberish that goes by so fast I can’t read it
> > then the system reboots.  What is going on here?
>
> What system are you trying to install to? Can you try hooking up a
> serial
> console and booting to it to capture the messages? have you tried Safe
> Mode?
>
>

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