Something since June 8th clobbers my disk...

[Gary Kline]

On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 12:41:55PM -0600, Dan Allen wrote:
> 
> On 11 Jun 2009, at 5:41 PM, Paul B. Mahol wrote:
> 
> >Looks like boot(8) is problematic.
> 
> Okay, here is the June 13th noon update to this problem.
> 
> I once again installed a May 28th build.  Rebuilt world and kernel  
> from source.  Everything works great.  No custom kernel, just GENERIC.
> 
> I then merged in just /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/libi386 changes to June  
> 10th.  Rebuilt in /usr/src/sys/boot and installed it, no problem.
> 
> Then I merged in the latest from /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/loader,  
> rebuilt, installed, and BOOM.  DEATH TO DRIVE.  Disk label GONE  
> again.  Hangs after "BIOS drive C: is disk1" at boot.  Does not get to  
> memory check, let alone to the "Welcome to FreeBSD and choose a boot  
> option" screen.
> 
> CULPRIT REVEALED:
> So, there is only one file change in /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/loader  
> from June 8th to June 10th, which kills my machine very repeatably,  
> and that is the Makefile.
> 
> Something in /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/loader/Makefile is killing my drive.
> 
> What do I try next?
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> 
> Dan



	I just checked the timestamped on my ....i386/loader/Makefile.  The
	CVS/RCS v that may show you something is from 07jun09: 1.85.2.4 and if 
	you find what changed between your working build on 28may and failing 
	build, that might isolate it.   

	just my dime's worth :-)

	gary


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