I recently saw highly odd behaviour of FreeBSD 4.9-p8: some of the "make installworld" messages were displayed on verbose boot w/ highly unusual characters... ... Additional daemons: syslogd May 20 13:07:12 moo /kernel: :>===> usr.sbin?tcpdchk May 20 13:07:12 moo /kernel: !18>===> usr.sbin/tcpdma??? May 20 13:07:12 moo /kernel: ?18>in?tall /O\240root -f whe%l ?mwsr.sbin/t?med/t)%edC May 20 13:07:12 moo /kernel: <>===> usr.sbin/tracer?ute May 20 13:07:12 moo /kernel: \^Q18>instAll -o root -g wheel -m 444 trptn8.gz /}sr/sharE/man/?an8 May 20 13:07:12 moo /kernel: :>=?=> usr.sbin/5sbdevs May 20 13:07:12 moo /kernel: ynstall -o root -g\240?leel -m 4?4 usbDevs.8.g? /us2/shire/man/mqn9 May 20 13:07:12 moo /kernel: ?8>\^]==> usr.sbin/vipw May 20 13:07:12 moo /kernel: <===>!usr.sbin/vnconfig May 20 13:07:12 moo /kernel: instAl,0=s -o`?oot -g ?heel -m 555 l -o r?ot -g wheel!mm 444 xten.1.gz /usr/share'man/m?n1 May 20 13:07:12 moo /kernel: ynstal? -s -o?root -g wh%el -m 555 ypserv ?usr/sbyl May 20 13:07:12 moo /kernel: ?>instell\240-o root "-g#wheel -m 444 'mhsc/src'uqr.sbin/named/../../contrmb/bind/doc/html-docdef.htmd /u?r/share/doc/bind/html/do?def.ht?l May 20 13:07:12 moo /kernel: <>?\^Y=> usr.sbkn/lpr/lp#\M^J<?18>in?tall -s -o root -g dae-?? -m 2555\240 lpc /usr/sbin May 20 13:07:12 moo /kernel: \^Q8>install -o voot /g wheel -m 4?40lpq.0.gz /urr/sjare/man/man1 May 20 13:07:12 moo /kernel: ?8>install -o`root -g wjeel -m 444 btxld.8.g? ?/usr/sHara/man/man8 May 20 13:07:12 moo /kernel: <?===>?usr.s"in/kgzip May 20 13:07:12 moo /kernel: \^X>===> usr.sbi?.m?table May 20 13:07:12 moo /kernel: \^X>===> us?.sbin/pC?t May 20 13:07:12 moo /kernel: ?18>===> usr.sbin/pcvv/vgaio May 20 13:07:12 moo /kernel: ===> usr&sbin/pcvt/sEt2061 May 20 13:07:12 moo /kernel: \^Q8>to ?ook !t d?e demos,$execute: May 20 13:07:12 moo /kernel: )nstall -s -o roo? -g wheml\240-m 555 sndcon?rol /usr/sbin\M^J<118<inctall =o root -g wheel )m\2404\^T4 random.4.gz /wsr/share/man/m?n4 May 20 13:07:12 moo /kernel: ?18>===> wsr.sbin/sgsc May 20 13:07:12 moo /kernel: ?>===6 usr.sbin/stallion/booucode May 20 13:07:12 moo /kernel: \^Q18>install -q ,o soot ?g wie%L -m 555 stdload /usr/s?in May 20 13:07:12 moo /kernel: ?8> May 20 13:07:12 moo /kernel: ?8?--------m-=-------------------------%-----------m-=/------ May 20 13:07:12 moo /kernel: ??8>oakewhawis0/usr/share/mqn May 20 13:07:12 moo /kernel: ?q8>iakgvhadis"/usr/share/openssl/man May 20 13:07:12 moo /kernel: !(>makewhatis /us?/share/perl/maN . Doing additional network setup: ... After "make installworld" ended on 13:05:56 EDT, computer was halt-ed, power turned off, then on, followed by "boot -v". - Parv --