Whistle InterJet

All About the Whistle InterJet


FreeBSD 5.x boot problem


------------------------------------------------------------------------
When warm/cold booting an Interjet under FreeBSD 5.x, the following
error occurs.  The only workaround I've figured out so far is to reboot
from the boot loader "OK" prompt, as shown below.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Console: serial port
BIOS drive A: is disk0
BIOS drive C: is disk1
BIOS 639kB/7168kB available memory

FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1
(root@wv1u.btc.adaptec.com, Mon Feb 23 18:35:51 GMT 2004)
Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf
/boot/kernel/kernel text=0x45da18
elf32_loadexec: archsw.readin failed
/boot/kernel/kernel text=0x45da18
elf32_loadexec: archsw.readin failed
/boot/kernel/kernel text=0x45da18
elf32_loadexec: archsw.readin failed
Unable to load a kernel!
-
Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt.
Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel]...
/boot/kernel/kernel text=0x45da18
elf32_loadexec: archsw.readin failed
can't load 'kernel'

Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help.
OK reboot
Rebooting...
Console: serial port
BIOS drive A: is disk0
BIOS drive C: is disk1
BIOS 639kB/64512kB available memory

FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1
(root@wv1u.btc.adaptec.com, Mon Feb 23 18:35:51 GMT 2004)
Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf
/boot/kernel/kernel text=0x45da18 data=0x79550+0x47a2c syms=[0x4+0x57fa0+0x4+0x6a496]
/boot/kernel/snd_pcm.ko text=0x14d90 data=0x2634+0x10b8 syms=[0x4+0x2d00+0x4+0x3196]
/boot/kernel/snd_sbc.ko text=0x284c data=0x2cc+0x4 syms=[0x4+0x860+0x4+0x894]


 ZDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD?
 3                                         3
 3                                         3              ,        ,
 3                                         3             /(        )`
 3          Welcome to FreeBSD!            3             \ \___   / |
 3                                         3             /- _  `-/  '
 3                                         3            (/\/ \ \   /\
 3  1. Boot FreeBSD [default]              3            / /   | `    \
 3  2. Boot FreeBSD with ACPI enabled      3            O O   ) /    |
 3  3. Boot FreeBSD in Safe Mode           3            `-^--'`<     '
 3  4. Boot FreeBSD in single user mode    3           (_.)  _  )   /
 3  5. Boot FreeBSD with verbose logging   3            `.___/`    /
 3  6. Escape to loader prompt             3              `-----' /
 3  7. Reboot                              3 <----.     __ / __   \
 3                                         3 <----|====O)))==) \) /====
 3                                         3 <----'    `--' `.__,' \
 3                                         3              |        |
 3                                         3               \       /       /\
 3  Select option, [Enter] for default     3          ______( (_  / \______/
 3  or [Space] to pause timer  9           3        ,'  ,-----'   |
 @DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDY        `--{__________)


------------------------------------------------------------------------

All About the Whistle InterJet | my pages | feedback