[ this happened a month ago and i backed off ] i386, 7.2-stable from last summer cvsupped releng_7 made and installed kernel buildworld boot -s installworld mergemaster reboot hung after beastie, just as it did the other month booted -s mount -2 / /etc/rc.d/hostid start /etc/rc.d/zfs start looked around and all seemed ok ^D came up ok and that is how it is running now but why will it boot through -s and not from beastie? randy
On Wednesday 18 November 2009 2:19:45 am Randy Bush wrote:> [ this happened a month ago and i backed off ] > > i386, 7.2-stable from last summer > > cvsupped releng_7 > made and installed kernel > buildworld > boot -s > installworld > mergemaster > reboot > > hung after beastie, just as it did the other month > > booted -s > mount -2 / > /etc/rc.d/hostid start > /etc/rc.d/zfs start > looked around and all seemed ok > ^D > came up ok > > and that is how it is running now > > but why will it boot through -s and not from beastie?Err, so what happens if you break into the boot loader prompt (option 6 IIRC) and then just type 'boot', how far does it get before it hangs? -- John Baldwin
>> i386, 7.2-stable from last summer >> >> cvsupped releng_7 >> made and installed kernel >> buildworld >> boot -s >> installworld >> mergemaster >> reboot >> >> hung after beastie, just as it did the other month >> >> booted -s >> mount -2 / >> /etc/rc.d/hostid start >> /etc/rc.d/zfs start >> looked around and all seemed ok >> ^D >> came up ok >> >> and that is how it is running now >> >> but why will it boot through -s and not from beastie? > > Err, so what happens if you break into the boot loader prompt (option 6 IIRC) > and then just type 'boot', how far does it get before it hangs?subsequent testing (waited for low time for users) show it boots just fine. i can not explain the anomaly. randy