Re: Unable to boot FreeBSD 8.0-p3

2010-07-01 Thread GNUbie
Hello Andrew, On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Andrew J. Caines a.j.cai...@halplant.com wrote: GNUbie, Kindly check the screenshot at http://imagebin.org/102605 for the screen output during bootup. I don't know how to recover this system and hopefully someone could help me on how to do it.

Re: Unable to boot FreeBSD 8.0-p3

2010-07-01 Thread M. Vale
2010/7/1 GNUbie gnu...@gmail.com Hello Andrew, On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Andrew J. Caines a.j.cai...@halplant.com wrote: GNUbie, Kindly check the screenshot at http://imagebin.org/102605 for the screen output during bootup. I don't know how to recover this system and

Re: Unable to boot FreeBSD 8.0-p3

2010-07-01 Thread GNUbie
Hello MV, On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 10:52 PM, M. Vale maurov...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, do you have VirtualBOX installed ? Also do you add any module to /boot/loader.conf ? like vboxdrv ? No, I don't have. It's a plain/single FreeBSD 8.0-p3 system as my home server. Regards, GNUbie

Re: Unable to boot FreeBSD 8.0-p3

2010-07-01 Thread GNUbie
Hello MV, On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 11:47 PM, M. Vale maurov...@gmail.com wrote: Hum strange I've seen this occur on 2 types of situations: 1 - virtualbox or other module loaded at boot time 2 - Hardware problem To fix it you have a list of small options. The first one is by booting with

Re: Unable to boot FreeBSD 8.0-p3

2010-07-01 Thread Michal
I am currently running memtest86 here on my livecd. If there is no error, then this could be something else. I've seen memtest pass but it still be a RAM problem. ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Unable to boot FreeBSD 8.0-p3

2010-07-01 Thread GNUbie
Hello Michal, On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 12:02 AM, Michal mic...@ionic.co.uk wrote: I am currently running memtest86 here on my livecd. If there is no error, then this could be something else. I've seen memtest pass but it still be a RAM problem. So, what can you recommend in order to confirm

Re: Unable to boot FreeBSD 8.0-p3

2010-07-01 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Thu, Jul 01, 2010 at 11:59:43PM +0800, GNUbie wrote: Hello MV, On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 11:47 PM, M. Vale maurov...@gmail.com wrote: Hum strange I've seen this occur on 2 types of situations: 1 - virtualbox or other module loaded at boot time 2 - Hardware problem To fix it you

Re: Unable to boot FreeBSD 8.0-p3

2010-07-01 Thread GNUbie
Hello Jeremy, On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 12:06 AM, Jeremy Chadwick free...@jdc.parodius.com wrote: Kernel crash dumps are not enabled by default.  You need to define the following in /etc/rc.conf before that will happen: dumpdev=auto Ok. So, the line Cannot dump. Device not defined or

Re: Unable to boot FreeBSD 8.0-p3

2010-07-01 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 12:06:06AM +0800, GNUbie wrote: Hello Michal, On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 12:02 AM, Michal mic...@ionic.co.uk wrote: I am currently running memtest86 here on my livecd. If there is no error, then this could be something else. I've seen memtest pass but it still be

Re: Unable to boot FreeBSD 8.0-p3

2010-07-01 Thread GNUbie
Hello Michal, On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 12:13 AM, Michal mic...@ionic.co.uk wrote: So, what can you recommend in order to confirm if the RAM is faulty or not? Some different sticks That I need to buy another 1GB stick tomorrow. Regards, GNUbie ___

Re: Unable to boot FreeBSD 8.0-p3

2010-07-01 Thread GNUbie
Hello Jeremy, On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 12:15 AM, Jeremy Chadwick free...@jdc.parodius.com wrote: Simple: replace the RAM, file for an RMA, etc..  If there's no warranty or the warranty has expired and you need brand recommendations for a new purchase: Crucial is excellent, avoid Corsair at all

Re: Unable to boot FreeBSD 8.0-p3

2010-07-01 Thread Michal
On 01/07/2010 17:20, GNUbie wrote: Hello Jeremy, On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 12:15 AM, Jeremy Chadwick free...@jdc.parodius.com wrote: Simple: replace the RAM, file for an RMA, etc.. If there's no warranty or the warranty has expired and you need brand recommendations for a new purchase: Crucial

Re: Unable to boot FreeBSD 8.0-p3

2010-07-01 Thread GNUbie
Hello Mark, On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 12:22 AM, Mark Blackman m...@exonetric.com wrote: GNUbie wrote: Moving forward, what are your recommendations in order for me to be able to boot from my system? Boot from a live CD of some recent/reasonable vintage, mount the filesystems and try to

Re: Unable to boot FreeBSD 8.0-p3

2010-07-01 Thread GNUbie
Hello Michal, On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 12:22 AM, Michal mic...@ionic.co.uk wrote: You can file an RMA with kingston if you have the serial number (I think) it should be on the sticks Ok then. I will try to contact a local Kingston office in my place. Thank you. Regards, GNUbie

Re: Unable to boot FreeBSD 8.0-p3

2010-07-01 Thread Mark Blackman
GNUbie wrote: Hello Mark, On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 12:22 AM, Mark Blackmanm...@exonetric.com wrote: GNUbie wrote: Moving forward, what are your recommendations in order for me to be able to boot from my system? Boot from a live CD of some recent/reasonable vintage, mount the filesystems and

Re: Unable to boot FreeBSD 8.0-p3

2010-07-01 Thread Mark Blackman
GNUbie wrote: Moving forward, what are your recommendations in order for me to be able to boot from my system? Boot from a live CD of some recent/reasonable vintage, mount the filesystems and try to reinstall the old kernel installation? probably as simple as a 1. move installed kernel

Re: Unable to boot FreeBSD 8.0-p3

2010-07-01 Thread GNUbie
Hello Mark, On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 12:36 AM, Mark Blackman m...@exonetric.com wrote: sorry, i'd have to dig out the 8.0 installer to give you precise instructions. The general idea is to boot from the kernel on the CD, then at the main menu there is a fixit option which should get you to

Re: Unable to boot FreeBSD 8.0-p3

2010-07-01 Thread GNUbie
Hello Scott, On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 12:52 AM, Scott Sanbeg ssan...@gmail.com wrote: I had the same thing happening while running in VirtualBox. Tested on a bare-metal machine afterward the results were the same - following the how-to's on running a ZFS root, or a ZFS swap device, or a gmirror

Re: Unable to boot FreeBSD 8.0-p3

2010-07-01 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 12:14:28AM +0800, GNUbie wrote: Hello Jeremy, On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 12:06 AM, Jeremy Chadwick free...@jdc.parodius.com wrote: Kernel crash dumps are not enabled by default.  You need to define the following in /etc/rc.conf before that will happen:

Re: Unable to boot FreeBSD 8.0-p3

2010-07-01 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 12:51:33AM +0800, GNUbie wrote: Hello Mark, On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 12:36 AM, Mark Blackman m...@exonetric.com wrote: sorry, i'd have to dig out the 8.0 installer to give you precise instructions. The general idea is to boot from the kernel on the CD, then at

Re: Unable to boot FreeBSD 8.0-p3

2010-07-01 Thread GNUbie
Hello Jeremy, On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 1:05 AM, Jeremy Chadwick free...@jdc.parodius.com wrote: 3) Have you tried downloading a 8.1-RC1 LiveFS CD and seeing if it boots, works, etc?  You might be able to start to recovery your system from there. I just booted the FreeBSD 8.0 DVD but whenever I

RE: Unable to boot FreeBSD 8.0-p3

2010-07-01 Thread Scott Sanbeg
FreeBSD 8.0-p3 Hello Jeremy, On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 12:06 AM, Jeremy Chadwick free...@jdc.parodius.com wrote: Kernel crash dumps are not enabled by default.  You need to define the following in /etc/rc.conf before that will happen: dumpdev=auto Ok. So, the line Cannot dump. Device not defined

Re: Unable to boot FreeBSD 8.0-p3

2010-07-01 Thread GNUbie
Hello Scott, On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 1:17 AM, Scott Sanbeg ssan...@gmail.com wrote: For me, GNUbie, it was a matter of laying out UFS filesystems. The system comes up just fine with this and has run rock-solid for 3 weeks or so now. I am currently scripting a configuration for creating a RAID-1

RE: Unable to boot FreeBSD 8.0-p3

2010-07-01 Thread Scott Sanbeg
] Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 10:00 AM To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: ssan...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Unable to boot FreeBSD 8.0-p3 Hello Scott, On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 12:52 AM, Scott Sanbeg ssan...@gmail.com wrote: I had the same thing happening while running in VirtualBox. Tested on a bare

Re: Unable to boot FreeBSD 8.0-p3

2010-07-01 Thread GNUbie
Hello all, On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 1:20 AM, GNUbie gnu...@gmail.com wrote: I just booted the FreeBSD 8.0 DVD but whenever I choose the fixit, it is asking me for a live filesystem CD/DVD. So now, I am downloading the FreeBSD 8.0 and 8.1-RC1 livefs.iso then I will burn them. I realized that

Re: Unable to boot FreeBSD 8.0-p3

2010-07-01 Thread Garrett Cooper
On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Mark Blackman m...@exonetric.com wrote: GNUbie wrote: Moving forward, what are your recommendations in order for me to be able to boot from my system? Boot from a live CD of some recent/reasonable vintage, mount the filesystems and try to reinstall the old

Re: Unable to boot FreeBSD 8.0-p3

2010-07-01 Thread Garrett Cooper
On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Garrett Cooper yanef...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Mark Blackman m...@exonetric.com wrote: GNUbie wrote: Moving forward, what are your recommendations in order for me to be able to boot from my system? Boot from a live CD of some

Re: Unable to boot FreeBSD 8.0-p3

2010-07-01 Thread Lowell Gilbert
GNUbie gnu...@gmail.com writes: I realized that choosing fixit, it doesn't know that the LiveFS cd is inside an external USB DVD drive which I cannot mount the filesystem on my HDD. I can't parse that sentence well enough to figure out what you mean. Taking a wild guess: I think what you

Unable to boot FreeBSD 8.0-p3

2010-06-27 Thread GNUbie
Hello all, I just joined this mailing list because I don't know where to look for help. I hope someone can help me on my problem. I first installed FreeBSD 8.0 a few weeks after it was officially released. It was working fine and was able to upgrade it until 8.0-p3. The system was last rebooted

Re: Unable to boot FreeBSD 8.0-p3

2010-06-27 Thread Andrew J. Caines
GNUbie, Kindly check the screenshot at http://imagebin.org/102605 for the screen output during bootup. I don't know how to recover this system and hopefully someone could help me on how to do it. Can you boot the old kernel[1]? [1] See