Re: -CURRENT boot problems: loader, kernel
Yes -- there was a temporary switch from gnu awk to the one-true-awk, which was backed out a few days later due to problems such as this. Upgrading should fix the problem (note that you might need to build and install the loader a second time, if your awk before buildworld is not gnu awk). Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Project [EMAIL PROTECTED] NAI Labs, Safeport Network Services On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Vincent Poy wrote: > Has this problem actually been fixed yet since I never saw any > followups to this thread? > > > Cheers, > Vince - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Vice President __ > Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] > WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ] > San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ] > HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[] > Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin > > > On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Joel M. Baldwin wrote: > > > > > So I'm not the only one having problems. . . > > > > FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.0 > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED], Fri Nov 9 01:58:33 PST 2001) > > name not found > > Assert failed: (false), function ficlCompileSoftcore, file softcore.c, > > line 291 > > > > I got the system running by: > > > > booting up with a set of 'fixit' floppies > > mounting the root drive > > cd'ing into /boot, > > mv loader loader.new > > cp loader.old loader > > reboot > > > > > > Robert Watson wrote: > > > > > > Upgraded a box to yesterday's -CURRENT, and am experiencing two problems: > > > > > > (1) the machine spins rebooting after loading /boot/loader. I don't get a > > > chance to interupt the boot once /boot/loader starts. Unfortunately, my > > > serial console support also seems to be broken, so I can't read the error > > > that flicks up before the reboot. > > > > > > (2) if I try to boot /boot/kernel/kernel directly, rather than via > > > /boot/loader, it hangs in the twiddling bar. > > > > > > If I load the old loader and kernel, things work fine. I'm currently > > > trying to diagnose the serial console problem, and will post more as I > > > figure something out. > > > > > > There are reports on that channel about other machines having the same > > > problem, so if you're upgrading, make sure to keep an old loader around. > > > > > > Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Project > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] NAI Labs, Safeport Network Services > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: -CURRENT boot problems: loader, kernel
Thanks Robert. So it was the awk that David O'Brien imported and then backed out that was causing it. I'm still on the October 26, 2001 current and seem to be using gnu awk. Cheers, Vince - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Vice President __ Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ] San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ] HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[] Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Robert Watson wrote: > Yes -- there was a temporary switch from gnu awk to the one-true-awk, > which was backed out a few days later due to problems such as this. > Upgrading should fix the problem (note that you might need to build and > install the loader a second time, if your awk before buildworld is not gnu > awk). > > > Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Project > [EMAIL PROTECTED] NAI Labs, Safeport Network Services > > On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Vincent Poy wrote: > > > Has this problem actually been fixed yet since I never saw any > > followups to this thread? > > > > > > Cheers, > > Vince - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Vice President __ > > Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] > > WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ] > > San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ] > > HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[] > > Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin > > > > > > On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Joel M. Baldwin wrote: > > > > > > > > So I'm not the only one having problems. . . > > > > > > FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.0 > > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED], Fri Nov 9 01:58:33 PST 2001) > > > name not found > > > Assert failed: (false), function ficlCompileSoftcore, file softcore.c, > > > line 291 > > > > > > I got the system running by: > > > > > > booting up with a set of 'fixit' floppies > > > mounting the root drive > > > cd'ing into /boot, > > > mv loader loader.new > > > cp loader.old loader > > > reboot > > > > > > > > > Robert Watson wrote: > > > > > > > > Upgraded a box to yesterday's -CURRENT, and am experiencing two problems: > > > > > > > > (1) the machine spins rebooting after loading /boot/loader. I don't get a > > > > chance to interupt the boot once /boot/loader starts. Unfortunately, my > > > > serial console support also seems to be broken, so I can't read the error > > > > that flicks up before the reboot. > > > > > > > > (2) if I try to boot /boot/kernel/kernel directly, rather than via > > > > /boot/loader, it hangs in the twiddling bar. > > > > > > > > If I load the old loader and kernel, things work fine. I'm currently > > > > trying to diagnose the serial console problem, and will post more as I > > > > figure something out. > > > > > > > > There are reports on that channel about other machines having the same > > > > problem, so if you're upgrading, make sure to keep an old loader around. > > > > > > > > Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Project > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] NAI Labs, Safeport Network Services > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: -CURRENT boot problems: loader, kernel
On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Falco Krepel wrote: > Yes, Robert wrote: > > >Looks like it was a delayed affect of the awk change; recovering via > >/boot/loader.old and rebuilding and installing src/sys seemed to get > >things under control. > > This solve the problem. Thanks. Cheers, Vince - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Vice President __ Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ] San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ] HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[] Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: -CURRENT boot problems: loader, kernel
Yes, Robert wrote: >Looks like it was a delayed affect of the awk change; recovering via >/boot/loader.old and rebuilding and installing src/sys seemed to get >things under control. This solve the problem. -- Falco KrepelPhone: +49-(0)30-3463-7276 Fraunhofer FOKUSFax:+49-(0)30-3463-8276 Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10589 BerlinWWW:http://www.fokus.fhg.de/usr/krepel To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: -CURRENT boot problems: loader, kernel
Has this problem actually been fixed yet since I never saw any followups to this thread? Cheers, Vince - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Vice President __ Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ] San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ] HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[] Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Joel M. Baldwin wrote: > > So I'm not the only one having problems. . . > > FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.0 > ([EMAIL PROTECTED], Fri Nov 9 01:58:33 PST 2001) > name not found > Assert failed: (false), function ficlCompileSoftcore, file softcore.c, > line 291 > > I got the system running by: > > booting up with a set of 'fixit' floppies > mounting the root drive > cd'ing into /boot, > mv loader loader.new > cp loader.old loader > reboot > > > Robert Watson wrote: > > > > Upgraded a box to yesterday's -CURRENT, and am experiencing two problems: > > > > (1) the machine spins rebooting after loading /boot/loader. I don't get a > > chance to interupt the boot once /boot/loader starts. Unfortunately, my > > serial console support also seems to be broken, so I can't read the error > > that flicks up before the reboot. > > > > (2) if I try to boot /boot/kernel/kernel directly, rather than via > > /boot/loader, it hangs in the twiddling bar. > > > > If I load the old loader and kernel, things work fine. I'm currently > > trying to diagnose the serial console problem, and will post more as I > > figure something out. > > > > There are reports on that channel about other machines having the same > > problem, so if you're upgrading, make sure to keep an old loader around. > > > > Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Project > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] NAI Labs, Safeport Network Services > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: -CURRENT boot problems: loader, kernel
So I'm not the only one having problems. . . FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED], Fri Nov 9 01:58:33 PST 2001) name not found Assert failed: (false), function ficlCompileSoftcore, file softcore.c, line 291 I got the system running by: booting up with a set of 'fixit' floppies mounting the root drive cd'ing into /boot, mv loader loader.new cp loader.old loader reboot Robert Watson wrote: > > Upgraded a box to yesterday's -CURRENT, and am experiencing two problems: > > (1) the machine spins rebooting after loading /boot/loader. I don't get a > chance to interupt the boot once /boot/loader starts. Unfortunately, my > serial console support also seems to be broken, so I can't read the error > that flicks up before the reboot. > > (2) if I try to boot /boot/kernel/kernel directly, rather than via > /boot/loader, it hangs in the twiddling bar. > > If I load the old loader and kernel, things work fine. I'm currently > trying to diagnose the serial console problem, and will post more as I > figure something out. > > There are reports on that channel about other machines having the same > problem, so if you're upgrading, make sure to keep an old loader around. > > Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Project > [EMAIL PROTECTED] NAI Labs, Safeport Network Services > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: -CURRENT boot problems: loader, kernel
Looks like it was a delayed affect of the awk change; recovering via /boot/loader.old and rebuilding and installing src/sys seemed to get things under control. Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Project [EMAIL PROTECTED] NAI Labs, Safeport Network Services On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Robert Watson wrote: > > Upgraded a box to yesterday's -CURRENT, and am experiencing two problems: > > (1) the machine spins rebooting after loading /boot/loader. I don't get a > chance to interupt the boot once /boot/loader starts. Unfortunately, my > serial console support also seems to be broken, so I can't read the error > that flicks up before the reboot. > > (2) if I try to boot /boot/kernel/kernel directly, rather than via > /boot/loader, it hangs in the twiddling bar. > > If I load the old loader and kernel, things work fine. I'm currently > trying to diagnose the serial console problem, and will post more as I > figure something out. > > There are reports on that channel about other machines having the same > problem, so if you're upgrading, make sure to keep an old loader around. > > Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Project > [EMAIL PROTECTED] NAI Labs, Safeport Network Services > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
