boot issues

[Randy Bush]

>> i386, 7.2-stable from last summer
>> 
>> cvsupped releng_7
>> made and installed kernel
>> buildworld
>> boot -s
>> installworld
>> mergemaster
>> reboot
>> 
>> hung after beastie, just as it did the other month
>> 
>> booted -s
>> mount -2 /
>> /etc/rc.d/hostid start
>> /etc/rc.d/zfs start
>> looked around and all seemed ok
>> ^D
>> came up ok
>> 
>> and that is how it is running now
>> 
>> but why will it boot through -s and not from beastie?
> 
> Err, so what happens if you break into the boot loader prompt (option 6 IIRC) 
> and then just type 'boot', how far does it get before it hangs?

subsequent testing (waited for low time for users) show it boots just
fine.  i can not explain the anomaly.

randy