I can confirm an issue posted Dec 3rd, freebsd-stable maillist, titled
4.9 install buglet.
I experience this bug running the install (various configurations) 100%
of the time. After install, after system reboot, the boot loader comes
up with F1: FreeBSD, and reboots continually forever.
If you look at the archive at the time I origionally posted, you'll find
some 4 others with the same issue. A resolution was posted.
I had inquired on how the issue could get included in the erratta and
got no reponse. The bug, erratta bit, and other issues with FreeBSD
left me uninclined to
On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 09:10:14AM -0400, Kevin Berrien wrote:
I can confirm an issue posted Dec 3rd, freebsd-stable maillist, titled
4.9 install buglet.
I experience this bug running the install (various configurations) 100%
of the time. After install, after system reboot, the boot loader
On Tue, 17 Apr 2018, Kevin Berrien wrote:
I can confirm an issue posted Dec 3rd, freebsd-stable maillist, titled
4.9 install buglet.
I experience this bug running the install (various configurations) 100%
of the time. After install, after system reboot, the boot loader comes
up with F1:
I've fixed the problem, but for the benefit of others...
Please qualify reboots continutally forever. It reboots after printing
the F1: FreeBSD message, or after you press a key, or what?
Yes, hitting a key. I would suppose if I let it time out it'd do the same.
This sounds like a BIOS
Thanks to Stuart Barkley detailed suggestion:
(From memory, YMMV) Reboot for the installation CD into sysinstall.
Select Configure then Fdisk. In fdisk select W this will cause
the MBR to be rewritten correctly (I always select the FreeBSD boot
manager, I don't know if that is necessary).
I
On 17 Apr 2018 09:10:14 -0400, Kevin Berrien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Have you tied installing with the corect date and year?
I would guess the system will mislike the date and year in some way.. I
know that it have if you are in the past.. (sysdate older than
installfiles.)
--
Heine Aarb
On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 at 09:10 -0400, Kevin Berrien wrote:
Check your system clock. Its way off.
I can confirm an issue posted Dec 3rd, freebsd-stable maillist,
titled 4.9 install buglet.
I experience this bug running the install (various configurations)
100% of the time. After install,
