On 05/16/18 05:42, Nan Xiao wrote: > Hi Peter & Otto, > > Thanks very much for your response! > > My laptop is very old: Fujitsu LifeBook T5010 > (https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2352819,00.asp) . > > During booting, it shows: > >>>OpenBSD/amd64 BOOT 3.39
"very old" and "amd64" is the first warning sign. (or maybe it just means I need to upgrade my hw :) ) > Then it flashes one line (I can't see that line clearly, and it > should display load something), and the system will reboot again. > > The system will loop the above flow, reboot again and again. That's close (though not precisely what I recall, but it's been a few years) to what happens if you run amd64 on a 32 bit only proc. > Now I doubt it is related to partition issue, but not sure. > I divided the whole disk (MBR) into 2 partitions: > >>From offset 64, 4G swap, the left is mounted as '/'. > > This method at least works for OpenBSD 6.2. it's also possible your BIOS doesn't support loading data from "big" disks. Your new kernel might have landed higher than your BIOS can read. There are reasons your One Big Partition isn't recommended. > On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 5:07 PM, Otto Moerbeek <o...@drijf.net> wrote: >> On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 04:51:24PM +0800, Nan Xiao wrote: >> >>> Hi misc@, >>> >>> Greeting from me! >>> >>> Maybe a dumb question here. I want to use -current snapshot, and >>> my current OBSD is 6.3. So I download the newest -current bsd.rd, >>> and use it to upgrade. It prompts me the upgrade is success, but >>> the system can't boot. So I think this method only applies to system >>> is already -current, right? Because I can't find answer from >>> https://www.openbsd.org/faq/current.html, just want to confirm it. Nope. As long as you move FORWARD, all is good. -current is just a step along the way to next -release, the next -release is just a spot in the -current continuum. Nick.
