Re: Hello and a small problem with 8.0-RELEASE (amd64)
On Thu, 2010-02-11 at 14:00 -0700, Sean McCullough wrote: Hello, freebsd-stable folks! I sincerely hope I am in the correct place to inquire about a small problem I am having implementing FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE on my AMD Athlon-64 machine. This machine runs FreeBSD 7.2 (amd64 version) without the slightest problem; but when I attempt to load 8.0 onto the machine, I can't even get sysinstall to put the kernel on to boot it. Attempting to compile and install the 8.0 kernel from source code results in a kernel which locks up at boot time after emitting a message stating attempting to mount volumes; a reboot of this system results in a bootloader prompt and an error message stating that no bootable kernel can be found. Can you provide a verbose dmesg -a from the system while it is running 7.2? It would be useful if you could also boot 8.0 with verbose messages, and mark on it where exactly you see the hang, as I don't know where the attempting to mount volumes message is coming from (I don't see it on my 8.0 machine, and I can't see it anywhere in the source). Thanks! Gavin ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Hello and a small problem with 8.0-RELEASE (amd64)
2010/2/12 Sean McCullough wo...@frii.com: Hello, nicholasbug! On 2/11/2010 4:34 PM, nickolas...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/2/11 Sean McCullough wo...@frii.com: Any ideas as to how to get the 8.0-RELEASE running on my amd64 machine would be appreciated greatly. If I need to ask elsewhere, please recommend accordingly. Try binary update (use freebsd-update). Thank you for the suggestion. Unfortunately, the machine in question has no access to highspeed internet service and has dialup only. I need to be able to install the new OS from CD/DVD successfully. No disrespect intended, but I'd like to be able to live to see the solution implemented. :-) I've had the same problem, I've reinstall OS from CD. ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Hello and a small problem with 8.0-RELEASE (amd64)
On 2010-Feb-11 14:00:57 -0700, Sean McCullough wo...@frii.com wrote: This machine runs FreeBSD 7.2 (amd64 version) without the slightest problem; but when I attempt to load 8.0 onto the machine, I can't even get sysinstall to put the kernel on to boot it. How are you doing this? Normally you would only use sysinstall to install a fresh system from CD/DVD. Note that (at least last time I looked) actually copying the kernel to disk is one of the last steps it does and isn't explicitly selected from the menus. Attempting to compile and install the 8.0 kernel from source code results in a kernel which locks up at boot time after emitting a message stating attempting to mount volumes; Is this the exact message or is it Trying to mount root...? Can you provide the exact boot messages? Either setup a serial console or use ScrollLock, scroll back, photograph each screen of boot messages, post them somewhere and mail a URL. a reboot of this system results in a bootloader prompt and an error message stating that no bootable kernel can be found. Can you provide details of your hardware setup? Motherboard, what the boot disk is (PATA/SATA) and what the physical disk address is (which controller/channel). -- Peter Jeremy pgpPemVrezk0a.pgp Description: PGP signature
Hello and a small problem with 8.0-RELEASE (amd64)
Hello, freebsd-stable folks! I sincerely hope I am in the correct place to inquire about a small problem I am having implementing FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE on my AMD Athlon-64 machine. This machine runs FreeBSD 7.2 (amd64 version) without the slightest problem; but when I attempt to load 8.0 onto the machine, I can't even get sysinstall to put the kernel on to boot it. Attempting to compile and install the 8.0 kernel from source code results in a kernel which locks up at boot time after emitting a message stating attempting to mount volumes; a reboot of this system results in a bootloader prompt and an error message stating that no bootable kernel can be found. Any ideas? Thank You! Garrett Cooper of the freebsd-bugs list recommended I ask the above questions here: Hi Sean, Could you try the stable@ mailing list please? Thanks! -Garrett Any ideas as to how to get the 8.0-RELEASE running on my amd64 machine would be appreciated greatly. If I need to ask elsewhere, please recommend accordingly. Thank You again, Sean McCullough ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Hello and a small problem with 8.0-RELEASE (amd64)
Hello, nicholasbug! On 2/11/2010 4:34 PM, nickolas...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/2/11 Sean McCullough wo...@frii.com: Any ideas as to how to get the 8.0-RELEASE running on my amd64 machine would be appreciated greatly. If I need to ask elsewhere, please recommend accordingly. Try binary update (use freebsd-update). Thank you for the suggestion. Unfortunately, the machine in question has no access to highspeed internet service and has dialup only. I need to be able to install the new OS from CD/DVD successfully. No disrespect intended, but I'd like to be able to live to see the solution implemented. :-) thank you again -- Sean ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Hello and a small problem with 8.0-RELEASE (amd64)
On Thu, 11 Feb 2010, Sean McCullough wrote: Thank you for the suggestion. Unfortunately, the machine in question has no access to highspeed internet service and has dialup only. I need to be able to install the new OS from CD/DVD successfully. Posting the make and model of the machine or at least the motherboard might be helpful. CPU and RAM, too. Are you certain the CPU is amd64? -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
