Your problem is not that there is no /boot/loader but that there is no
/boot/kernel/kernel.
If you check for /boot/kernel while md0 is still mounted on / it's not
much use. You'd have to check /mnt/boot/kernel instead.
Maybe you have to do a "cp -Rp /boot /mnt" before rebooting or something.
Kind regards,
Alex.
----- Message from m...@ef.net ---------
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 19:07:33 -0700
From: Michael Warren <m...@ef.net>
Subject: [Soekris] Installing FreeBSD 8 on net5501: No /boot/loader
To: soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com
> I am trying to install FreeBSD 8 on a net5501 with an SATA drive and
> am having some issues post-install. I am following the document here:
> http://jdc.parodius.com/freebsd/pxeboot_serial_install_8.html.
>
> The 5501 installs fine, but after the machine reboots after the
> install, it can't successfully load FreeBSD.
>
> Here is what I see:
>
> -----
>
> 1 Seconds to automatic boot. Press Ctrl-P for entering Monitor.
>
> F1 FreeBSD
>
> F6 PXE
> Boot: F1
> No /boot/loader
>
> FreeBSD/i386 boot
> Default: 0:ad(0,a)/boot/kernel/kernel
> boot:
> No /boot/kernel/kernel
>
> -----
>
> I then repeated the installation, but ran the emergency shell before
> rebooting to see if I could gather any useful information. Here's
> what I found:
>
> -----
>
> # df
> Filesystem 512-blocks Used Avail
> Capacity Mounted on
> /dev/md0 8351 5431 2920 65% /
> devfs 2 2 0
> 100% /dev
> /dev/ad0s1a 925727744 7720152 843949376
> 1% /mnt
> devfs 2 2 0 100%
> /mnt/dev
> 10.255.255.20:/usr/local/freebsd8 16243556 10371560 4572512
> 69% /dist
>
> # ls -la /boot/kernel/kernel
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 11783145 Jul 18 19:55 /boot/kernel/kernel
>
> # cat /boot/loader.conf
> # -- sysinstall generated deltas -- #
> console="comconsole"
>
> # ls -al /boot/loader
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 262144 Jul 18 19:24 /boot/loader
>
> # ls -al /boot/
> total 2168
> drwxr-xr-x 7 root wheel 1024 Oct 16 11:47 .
> drwxr-xr-x 19 root wheel 512 Oct 16 11:47 ..
> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 7647 Jul 18 19:24 beastie.4th
> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 8192 Jul 18 19:24 boot
> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 512 Jul 18 19:24 boot0
> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 512 Jul 18 19:24 boot0sio
> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 512 Jul 18 19:24 boot1
> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 7680 Jul 18 19:24 boot2
> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 1201 Jul 18 19:24 cdboot
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jul 18 19:24 defaults
> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 878 Jul 18 19:25 device.hints
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jul 18 19:23 firmware
> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 2262 Jul 18 19:24 frames.4th
> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 7535 Jul 18 19:24 gptboot
> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 26895 Jul 18 19:24 gptzfsboot
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 31232 Jul 18 19:56 kernel
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 262144 Jul 18 19:24 loader
> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 5865 Jul 18 19:24 loader.4th
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 59 Oct 16 11:47 loader.conf
> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 15219 Jul 18 19:24 loader.help
> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 396 Jul 18 19:24 loader.rc
> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 512 Jul 18 19:24 mbr
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jul 18 19:23 modules
> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 512 Jul 18 19:24 pmbr
> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 264192 Jul 18 19:24 pxeboot
> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 703 Jul 18 19:24 screen.4th
> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 35136 Jul 18 19:24 support.4th
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jul 18 19:23 zfs
> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 33280 Jul 18 19:24 zfsboot
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 282624 Jul 18 19:24 zfsloader
>
> -----
>
> Also, here is the dmesg from the machine when it initially boots
> before doing the install:
>
> -----
>
> Copyright (c) 1992-2010 The FreeBSD Project.
> Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
> The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
> FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
> FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE #0: Mon Jul 19 02:55:53 UTC 2010
> r...@almeida.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
> Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
> CPU: Geode(TM) Integrated Processor by AMD PCS (499.90-MHz 586-class CPU)
> Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x5a2 Family = 5 Model = a Stepping = 2
> Features=0x88a93d<FPU,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,CX8,SEP,PGE,CMOV,CLFLUSH,MMX>
> AMD Features=0xc0400000<MMX+,3DNow!+,3DNow!>
> real memory = 536870912 (512 MB)
> avail memory = 506548224 (483 MB)
> kbd1 at kbdmux0
> K6-family MTRR support enabled (2 registers)
> ACPI Error: A valid RSDP was not found (20100331/tbxfroot-309)
> ACPI: Table initialisation failed: AE_NOT_FOUND
> ACPI: Try disabling either ACPI or apic support.
> pcib0: <Host to PCI bridge> pcibus 0 on motherboard
> pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
> pci0: <encrypt/decrypt, entertainment crypto> at device 1.2 (no
> driver attached)
> vr0: <VIA VT6105M Rhine III 10/100BaseTX> port 0xe100-0xe1ff mem
> 0xa0004000-0xa00040ff irq 11 at device 6.0 on pci0
> vr0: Quirks: 0x2
> vr0: Revision: 0x96
> miibus0: <MII bus> on vr0
> ukphy0: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> PHY 1 on miibus0
> ukphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> vr0: Ethernet address: 00:00:24:cd:5d:68
> vr0: [ITHREAD]
> vr1: <VIA VT6105M Rhine III 10/100BaseTX> port 0xe200-0xe2ff mem
> 0xa0004100-0xa00041ff irq 5 at device 7.0 on pci0
> vr1: Quirks: 0x2
> vr1: Revision: 0x96
> miibus1: <MII bus> on vr1
> ukphy1: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> PHY 1 on miibus1ukphy1:
> 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> vr1: Ethernet address: 00:00:24:cd:5d:69
> vr1: [ITHREAD]
> vr2: <VIA VT6105M Rhine III 10/100BaseTX> port 0xe300-0xe3ff mem
> 0xa0004200-0xa00042ff irq 9
> at device 8.0 on pci0
> vr2: Quirks: 0x2
> vr2: Revision: 0x96
> miibus2: <MII bus> on vr2
> ukphy2: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> PHY 1 on miibus2ukphy2:
> 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> vr2: Ethernet address: 00:00:24:cd:5d:6a
> vr2: [ITHREAD]
> vr3: <VIA VT6105M Rhine III 10/100BaseTX> port 0xe400-0xe4ff mem
> 0xa0004300-0xa00043ff irq 12
> at device 9.0 on pci0
> vr3: Quirks: 0x2
> vr3: Revision: 0x96
> miibus3: <MII bus> on vr3
> ukphy3: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> PHY 1 on miibus3
> ukphy3: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> vr3: Ethernet address: 00:00:24:cd:5d:6bvr3: [ITHREAD]
> isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 20.0 on pci0
> isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
> atapci0: <AMD CS5536 UDMA100 controller> port
> 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xe000-0xe0
> 0f at device 20.2 on pci0
> ata0: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0ata0: [ITHREAD]
> ata1: <ATA channel 1> on atapci0
> ata1: [ITHREAD]
> ohci0: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> mem 0xa0005000-0xa0005fff irq
> 15 at device 21.0 on pci
>
> ohci0: [ITHREAD]usbus0: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> on ohci0
> ehci0: <AMD CS5536 (Geode) USB 2.0 controller> mem
> 0xa0006000-0xa0006fff irq 15 at device 21.
> 1 on pci0
> ehci0: [ITHREAD]
> usbus1: EHCI version 1.0
> usbus1: <AMD CS5536 (Geode) USB 2.0 controller> on ehci0
> cpu0 on motherboard
> pmtimer0 on isa0
> orm0: <ISA Option ROM> at iomem 0xc8000-0xd27ff pnpid ORM0000 on isa0
> atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
> atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
> kbd0 at atkbd0
> atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> atkbd0: [ITHREAD]
> atrtc0: <AT Real Time Clock> at port 0x70 irq 8 on isa0
> ppc0: parallel port not found.
> uart0: <16550 or compatible> at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
> uart0: [FILTER]
> uart0: console (115200,n,8,1)
> uart1: <16550 or compatible> at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0
> uart1: [FILTER]
> Timecounter "TSC" frequency 499904356 Hz quality 800
> Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
> usbus0: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
> usbus1: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
> ad0: DMA limited to UDMA33, device found non-ATA66 cable
> md0: Preloaded image </boot/mfsroot> 4423680 bytes at 0xc0fb5504
> ad0: 476940MB <Seagate ST9500420AS 0002SDM1> at ata0-master UDMA33
> ugen0.1: <AMD> at usbus0
> uhub0: <AMD OHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus0
> ugen1.1: <AMD> at usbus1
> uhub1: <AMD EHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus1
> Root mount waiting for: usbus1 usbus0
> uhub0: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
> Root mount waiting for: usbus1
> uhub1: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
> Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/md0
> /stand/sysinstall running as init on serial console
>
> -----
>
> Does anyone have an idea what is going on here? I would appreciate
> some help.
>
> Thanks!
>
> - Mike
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