Re: boot/loader broken?

Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
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> On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 06:57:28AM +0200, Ian FREISLICH wrote:
> > Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > > On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 03:00:44PM +0200, Ian FREISLICH wrote:
> > > > Hi
> > > >=20
> > > > After a build/install today, I can't boot my boxes:
> > > >=20
> > > > BTX loader 1.00  BTX version is 1.01
> > > > Consoles: internal video/keyboard
> > > > BIOS drive C: is disk0
> > > > BIOS 633kB/2096000kB available memory
> > > >=20
> > > > FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1
> > > > (ianf_at_testbed, Tue Oct  3 08:22:43 SAST 2006)
> > > >                                                                      =
>     =3D
> > >       =20
> > > > can't load 'kernel'
> > > >=20
> > > > Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help.
> > > > OK ls
> > > > open '/' failed: input/output error
> > > > OK lsdev
> > > > cd devices:
> > > > disk devices:
> > > >     disk0:   BIOS drive C:
> > > > pxe devices:
> > > >=20
> > > > I don't know what else I can get of interest from this interface.
> > > > It's happened to 2 of my test servers.  They rebooted fine before
> > > > the upgrade.
> > > >=20
> > > Does it work if you boot with /boot/loader.old?
> >=20
> > Doh!  Now why didn't that occur to me?  It works with loader.old.
> >=20
> Could you please check if reverting sys/boot/i386/btx/btx/btx.S to
> rev. 1.38 fixes your problem, and if it does, apply next revisions
> one by one and tell us where it stops working?

I'm currently doing this.

It's version 1.41 that breaks things for me.

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Ian Freislich