9.2 Boot Problem
Chris H
bsd-lists at bsdforge.com
Wed Apr 9 20:46:28 UTC 2014
>
> On 9 April 2014, at 11:29, "Chris H" <bsd-lists at bsdforge.com> wrote:
>
>>>
>>> On 4 April 2014, at 21:08, Doug Hardie <bc979 at lafn.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I put this out on Questions, but got no responses. Hopefully someone here has some
>>>> ideas.
>>>>
>>>> FreeBSD 9.2. All of my systems are hanging during boot right after the screen that has
>>>> the picture. Its as if someone hit a space on the keyboard. However, these systems
>>>> have
>>>> no keyboard. If I plug one in, or use the serial console, and enter a return, the boot
>>>> continues properly.
>>>>
>>>> The boot menu is displayed along with Beastie. However, the line that says Autoboot in
>>>> n
>>>> seconds… never appears. It just stops there. These are all new installs from CD
>>>> systems.
>>>> I just used freebsd-update to take a toy server from 9.1 to 9.2 and it doesn't exhibit
>>>> this behavior. It boots properly. I have updated one of the production servers with
>>>> the
>>>> latest 9.2 changes and it still has the issue. I first thought that some config file
>>>> did
>>>> not get updated properly on the CD. I have dug around through the 4th files and don't
>>>> see
>>>> anything obvious that would cause this. I have now verified that all the 4th files in
>>>> boot are identical (except for the version number. They are slightly different). I
>>>> don't
>>>> believe this is a BIOS setting issue as FreeBSD 7.2 didn't exhibit this behavior. All 4
>>>> systems are on totally different motherboards.
>>>>
>>>> I tried setting loader_logo="none" in /boot/config.rc and that eliminated the menu and
>>>> Beastie. I think the system completed booting, but the serial console was then dead.
>>>> It
>>>> did not respond or output anything. I had to remove that and reboot to get the console
>>>> back again.
>>>>
>>>> I need to get this fixed as these are production servers that are essentially unmanned
>>>> so
>>>> its difficult to get them back up again.
>>>
>>>
>>> No response here either. Surely someone must know the loader. I have been digging
>>> through
>>> the code, and can't find any differences between the systems that work and those that
>>> don't.
>>> Is there any way to debug this? Is there a way to find out where the loader is sitting
>>> waiting on input from the terminal. That might give a clue as to why it didn't autoboot.
>>>
>> OK. This is the first I've seen of your post. I'm not going to profess
>> being an expert. But I might suggest adding the following to
>> loader.conf(5)
>>
>> verbose_loading="YES"
>> boot_verbose="YES"
>>
>> This raises the "noise level". Maybe that will help to provide you with
>> a bit more information, as to what, or if, your booting. DO have a look
>> through /boot/defaults/loader.conf for more hints, as to what, and how
>> you can control the boot process. As well as /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
>> In fact, you can pre-decide what, and how, to boot. Even passing by the
>> boot menu entirely.
>
> Thanks Chris. I did that and here is what I get:
>
> Rebooting...
> cpu_reset: Stopping other CPUs
> /boot.config: -Dh
> Consoles: internal video/keyboard serial port
> BIOS drive A: is disk0
> BIOS drive C: is disk1
> BIOS 640kB/2087360kB available memory
>
> FreeBSD/x86 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1
> (doug at zool.lafn.org, Tue Apr 8 20:30:20 PDT 2014)
> Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf
> Warning: unable to open file /boot/loader.conf.local
> /boot/kernel/kernel text=0xdb3171 data=0xf3c04+0xbb770 syms=[0x4+0xeda80+0x4+0x1b8ebf]
> zpool_cache...failed!
> \
> H[Esc]ape to loader prompt_ _____ _____
> | ____| | _ \ / ____| __ \
> | |___ _ __ ___ ___ | |_) | (___ | | | |
> | ___| '__/ _ \/ _ \| _ < \___ \| | | |
> | | | | | __/ __/| |_) |____) | |__| |
> | | | | | | || | | |
> |_| |_| \___|\___||____/|_____/|_____/ ``` `
> s` `.....---.......--.``` -/
> + Welcome to FreeBSD + +o .--` /y:` +.
> | | yo`:. :o `+-
> | 1. Boot Multi User [Enter] | y/ 3;46H /
> | 2.-- / |
> | |
> | 4. Reboot | `: :`
> | | `: :`
> | Options: / /
> | 5. Configure Boot [O]ptions... .- -.
> | -- -.
> | `:` `:`
> | .-- `--.
> | .---.....----.
> +-----------------------------------------+
>
> FreeBSD `Nakatomi Socrates' 9.2
>
>
> Now it waits for a return. I have tried changing the logo, setting the autoboot timeout and
> a couple others. The only thing that did anything different was setting the logo to an
> invalid value. Basically the console was dead after that, but the system did boot. I never
> see the Auto Boot in n seconds message. Its also interesting that the list of options above
> appears incomplete. On the working system, items 1 through 5 are all present. I have now
> checked all the cksum's for all the files in /boot and they are all the same.
>
Hmmm. Looks like you're going to make me do all your research, for you. ;)
You /did/ read the contents of /boot/defaults/loader.conf. Yes? I'm guessing
that you've also already read loader.4th(8), and the other related info.
Now this is pure supposition; as it appears that you're looking for a serial
console. I'd /speculate/ that you want to turn all that NASTY ANSI stuff OFF
That's why your not seeing the complete menu -- hear that Devin!
I'm going to post just this much for now, just to get you started. I know
what else you need/are looking for. But need to find the /correct/ syntax --
paraphrasing, just won't get it. :)
--Chris
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