Re: Upgrading -stable -> -current, boot failure?
On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Mike Meyer wrote: > I've got a system with 4.1-STABLE installed. I mount -current sources > on it, do make buildworld/buildkernel/installkernel/installworld and > reboot. The boot loader runs, gives me the "booting default in..." > countdown, prints "|", and then stops. After thrashing the disks (with > *no* boot messages), I get a prompt from init. > > Since the same sources build and boot properly elsewhere, I assume > I've missed a step. I normally run mergemaster after installworld and > rebooting singleuser. Could someone provide the clue I've not got? Do you have an /boot/device.hints? This file tells the kernel where to find devices at boot time, including a console. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: Upgrading -stable -> -current, boot failure?
>> Original Message << On 10/11/00, 9:53:07 AM, Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Upgrading -stable -> -current, boot failure?: > I've got a system with 4.1-STABLE installed. I mount -current sources > on it, do make buildworld/buildkernel/installkernel/installworld and > reboot. The boot loader runs, gives me the "booting default in..." > countdown, prints "|", and then stops. After thrashing the disks (with > *no* boot messages), I get a prompt from init. > Since the same sources build and boot properly elsewhere, I assume > I've missed a step. I normally run mergemaster after installworld and > rebooting singleuser. Could someone provide the clue I've not got? > thanx, > Surely you configured the hints stuff ? Best regards, Salvo (running PRE_SMPNG without any problems -- so far) To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
RE: Upgrading -stable -> -current, boot failure?
On 11-Oct-00 Mike Meyer wrote: > I've got a system with 4.1-STABLE installed. I mount -current sources > on it, do make buildworld/buildkernel/installkernel/installworld and > reboot. The boot loader runs, gives me the "booting default in..." > countdown, prints "|", and then stops. After thrashing the disks (with > *no* boot messages), I get a prompt from init. > > Since the same sources build and boot properly elsewhere, I assume > I've missed a step. I normally run mergemaster after installworld and > rebooting singleuser. Could someone provide the clue I've not got? You are missing /boot/device.hints. Boot the system and you can get into multiuser fine (or you should be able to, at least), then cp /sys/i386/conf/GENERIC.hints /boot/device.hints and edit to taste. > thanx, >-- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
