loader.conf problem

[Paul A. Procacci]

On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 06:05:24PM -0400, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 04:26:13PM -0500, Paul A. Procacci wrote:
> > Gents,
> >
> > I recent build of FreeBSD8-STABLE (amd64)is not parsing /boot/loader.conf
> > properly.  While the machine boots I am getting the following error:
> >
> > > \
> > \: unknown command
> > \
> > --
>
> Please provide:
>
> - Contents of /boot/loader.conf
> - ls -l /boot
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> | Jeremy Chadwick                                   jdc at parodius.com |
> | Parodius Networking                       http://www.parodius.com/ |
> | UNIX Systems Administrator                  Mountain View, CA, USA |
> | Making life hard for others since 1977.              PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
>

Something I should have provided.  Sorry.

%cat /boot/loader.conf
geom_mirror_load="YES"

%ls -l /boot/
total 748
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel    7643 Apr 28 15:54 beastie.4th
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel    8192 Apr 28 15:54 boot
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel     512 Apr 28 15:54 boot0
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel     512 Apr 28 15:54 boot0sio
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel     512 Apr 28 15:54 boot1
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel    7680 Apr 28 15:54 boot2
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel    1201 Apr 28 15:54 cdboot
drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel     512 Apr 28 15:54 defaults
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel     699 Apr 27 22:40 device.hints
drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel     512 Nov 21 08:29 firmware
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel    2258 Apr 28 15:54 frames.4th
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel    7535 Apr 28 15:54 gptboot
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   25219 Nov 21 08:30 gptzfsboot
drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel   11776 Apr 28 15:53 kernel
drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel   11776 Apr 27 22:36 kernel.old
-r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  184320 Apr 28 15:54 loader
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel    5861 Apr 28 15:54 loader.4th
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel      41 Apr 27 23:52 loader.conf
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   15219 Apr 28 15:54 loader.help
-r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  184320 Apr 27 22:38 loader.old
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel     396 Nov 21 08:30 loader.rc
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel     512 Apr 28 15:54 mbr
drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel     512 Apr 28 15:56 modules
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel     512 Apr 28 15:54 pmbr
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  186368 Apr 28 15:54 pxeboot
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel     699 Apr 28 15:54 screen.4th
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   35132 Apr 28 15:54 support.4th
drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel     512 Nov 21 08:29 zfs
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   33280 Nov 21 08:30 zfsboot

%md5 /boot/*
MD5 (/boot/beastie.4th) = d7d88e7385f2eb456e2628ffb81dce5c
MD5 (/boot/boot) = 91296cd94bc075de685318df2a4afc9f
MD5 (/boot/boot0) = d5019f554b1a6649dd64e479b36ae90d
MD5 (/boot/boot0sio) = 4f2616f956de41c0949f07ba234edfdb
MD5 (/boot/boot1) = fe3c577c089ac9db8f31abaa081ea945
MD5 (/boot/boot2) = bc4e2df8bf72a7e3b70e34a800638097
MD5 (/boot/cdboot) = f2fe4225957001913769f3d1b247d5e4
MD5 (/boot/defaults) = 4553259374ff97e232e86f813c16a8b8
MD5 (/boot/device.hints) = 992bdbbdb069a4300384e3fe1eb92fd0
MD5 (/boot/firmware) = 09f25114d80dbd121f92ffc126f33e85
MD5 (/boot/frames.4th) = 7e9e14adeb0179c96dfc2e4de31687ce
MD5 (/boot/gptboot) = 72e2bb50b09650320b25ec7a09f5b68e
MD5 (/boot/gptzfsboot) = e5a49dd7837df4093d4c1051566fe7bf
MD5 (/boot/kernel) = 13c4c3d256c2993ba9525fc34b98907e
MD5 (/boot/kernel.old) = 0e73c4caf72fd22594339a6d814516a7
MD5 (/boot/loader) = e459148bffaca8e0fc2633759499d62d
MD5 (/boot/loader.4th) = ef3d7bcf3a6f8fdeed3dee4eca86473e
MD5 (/boot/loader.conf) = 098bd0fbe26459911454967ded77af16
MD5 (/boot/loader.help) = b553af5cf09e399b1ce850991ef386c4
MD5 (/boot/loader.old) = 845f8d0e5c9eec3b45ac76ce2c553620
MD5 (/boot/loader.rc) = 73e4ee17ce1f287f529211cd2cb6c170
MD5 (/boot/mbr) = db3f526667d01f5851ef3d0ddafb86db
MD5 (/boot/modules) = fcf04f3c1546b550b3e12ba6d84750c5
MD5 (/boot/pmbr) = 6daee450f256507904e0aebe78187cf6
MD5 (/boot/pxeboot) = 4d75944d497e98a4a1f5bfe1719ee944
MD5 (/boot/screen.4th) = 47d16a951e9f88f52ff0811cdebeeb26
MD5 (/boot/support.4th) = 04feeb00e7f52a81744713365524e5cf
MD5 (/boot/zfs) = 91bb533338c037aae3afcadec85b553d
MD5 (/boot/zfsboot) = 9232895a063604025059b5b42fddf0fc

Thanks,
--
Paul A. Procacci
Manager, UNIX Support Services
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