System borked: loader stack overflow.

[Gavin Atkinson]

On Sun, 18 Jan 2009, Andrew Lankford wrote:
> I can't say what version of the loader it is that I'm using, but (following 
> Peter's advice, thanks), I've tried loader.old (about a week old) and the 
> latest loader (built yesterday), and both start.  Where each loader has a 
> problem appears to be reading (include-ing?) /boot/default/loader.conf .  The 
> spinner spins for a longer time than usual, and then the loader gives up with 
> the stack overflow.  Fortunately, I still got a prompt and am able to load 
> the latest kernel acpi and a what few other modules I need to boot 
> successfully and reply to your emails.

Hmm, there's also a new PR in (kern/130674) which sounds like the same 
issue, on -HEAD.

Gavin