Would you please file a PR so this doesn't get lost? http://freebsd.org/send-pr.html
Thanks! -a On 14 April 2014 06:08, Troyax <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the follow-up Haowu, it didn't work in itself but helped me find a > work-around. I ran the following (slightly different) commands on my USB > image: > gpart bootcode -b /boot/boot0 da0 > gpart bootcode -p /boot/boot1 -i 1 da0 > gpart set -a active -i 1 da0 (with a warning message "gpart: attrib > 'active': Device not configured") > But it ended up with the same behaviour: the bootstrap stops (and reboot the > machine) right before the "loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf" output > message, which got me thinking that the problem may be in the stage 3. > > So I tried with a fresh fbsd10 USB image with only the /boot/loader from my > fbsd9.2 (I mounted the USB stick and cp-ed the file) and voila, it works. > I took a very quick look at the /sys/boot/i386/loader code, and the major > (only?) difference I found there was the NANDFS support. But I don't know if > it is used for the USB image and there are probably lots of other possible > cause - it needs a more expert look I think. > > Troyax. > > On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 10:43:31AM +0800, Haowu Ge wrote: >> Try this? >> gpart bootcode -b /mnt2/boot/boot0 da0 >> gpart bootcode -b /mnt2/boot/boot1 /dev/da0s1 >> gpart set -a active -i 1 da0 >> >> >> 2014-04-11 21:54 GMT+08:00 Troyax <[email protected]>: >> >> > > Hello, since there's no answer yet, and it seems to be a bootloader >> > related problem, would you try the following? >> > > * Create a 10.0 memory stick >> > > * From your 9.2 environment, copy the bootcode to the memory stick: >> > > # gpart bootcode -b /boot/boot da0 >> > > * Try and see if it boots >> > >> > I have just tried your suggestion, but the result is the same. To be more >> > precise, BTX loader 1.02 seems to launch the loader correctly; but it stops >> > (and reboots the machine) very early on loading the kernel. > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-amd64 To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
