cannot boot system built today

[Doug White]

On Mon, 31 May 2004, Lee Harr wrote:

> > > So, now... what could be the difference that allows the cd to boot, but
> > > not the same kernel booting from the hard drive?
> >
> >Corruped /boot/loader?
> >
> >It would be nice to have more detail, like output.
> >
>
>
> I posted boot messages ("boot -sv") from several non-working
> kernels (around the time of 4.10-release) as well as a working
> boot from early March.

You're complaining about two distinct problems here, unless I'm
misinterpreting you.

> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2004-May/007407.html
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2004-May/007411.html
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2004-May/007428.html
>
> Not sure what else to show...  should I attach my serial console to get
> the cd boot messages?

Yes please.

Also, Lite-on drives are known to have buggy firmware. Does removing the
CDROM drive make it boot?

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