Re: 9.2 Boot Problem

On 4 April 2014, at 21:08, Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> wrote:

> I put this out on Questions, but got no responses. Hopefully someone here=
 has some ideas.
> =

> FreeBSD 9.2.  All of my systems are hanging during boot right after the s=
creen that has the picture.  Its as if someone hit a space on the keyboard.=
  However, these systems have no keyboard.  If I plug one in, or use the se=
rial console, and enter a return, the boot continues properly.
> =

> The boot menu is displayed along with Beastie.  However, the line that sa=
ys Autoboot in n seconds=85 never appears.  It just stops there.  These are=
 all new installs from CD systems.  I just used freebsd-update to take a to=
y server from 9.1 to 9.2 and it doesn't exhibit this behavior.  It boots pr=
operly.  I have updated one of the production servers with the latest 9.2 c=
hanges and it still has the issue.  I first thought that some config file d=
id not get updated properly on the CD.  I have dug around through the 4th f=
iles and don't see anything obvious that would cause this.  I have now veri=
fied that all the 4th files in boot are identical (except for the version n=
umber.  They are slightly different).  I don't believe this is a BIOS setti=
ng issue as FreeBSD 7.2 didn't exhibit this behavior.  All 4 systems are on=
 totally different motherboards.
> =

> I tried setting loader_logo=3D"none" in /boot/config.rc and that eliminat=
ed the menu and Beastie.  I think the system completed booting, but the ser=
ial console was then dead.  It did not respond or output anything.  I had t=
o remove that and reboot to get the console back again.
> =

> I need to get this fixed as these are production servers that are essenti=
ally unmanned so its difficult to get them back up again.  =

No response here either.  Surely someone must know the loader.  I have been=
 digging through the code, and can't find any differences between the syste=
ms that work and those that don't.  Is there any way to debug this?  Is the=
re a way to find out where the loader is sitting waiting on input from the =
terminal.  That might give a clue as to why it didn't autoboot.

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