I have been using FreeBSD for many years, on many i386 32bits platforms, from servers, to workstations, to laptops, and I have learnt my way through kernel customization.
But things have gone kind of wierd for the last year since I moved my laptop (a Lenovo R61I / Intel Pentium Dual CPU T2310 @ 1.46GHz ; 686-class CPU / 4GB)
Many of the default (GENERIC) kernels I compile simply do not boot due to not being able to open the device (dev/ad0s2a) for mounting it on / .
I have video-recorded the login process fast-paced messages of these unbootable generic kernels for clues, and the following error message was often displayed in the very beginning of the boot process :
"Cannot load /boot/loader.conf"
I should say that my /boot/loader.conf is actually a symlink to a file on the same slice (I never found anywhere this was an issue)
Could this be the cause of the problem I'm encountering, and what would it mean ?
I'm puzzled and any clue would be a great help.
Franck
/etc/src.conf
/boot/loader.conf (a symbolic link to ../root/.../loader.conf)
But things have gone kind of wierd for the last year since I moved my laptop (a Lenovo R61I / Intel Pentium Dual CPU T2310 @ 1.46GHz ; 686-class CPU / 4GB)
Many of the default (GENERIC) kernels I compile simply do not boot due to not being able to open the device (dev/ad0s2a) for mounting it on / .
I have video-recorded the login process fast-paced messages of these unbootable generic kernels for clues, and the following error message was often displayed in the very beginning of the boot process :
"Cannot load /boot/loader.conf"
I should say that my /boot/loader.conf is actually a symlink to a file on the same slice (I never found anywhere this was an issue)
Could this be the cause of the problem I'm encountering, and what would it mean ?
I'm puzzled and any clue would be a great help.
Franck
/etc/src.conf
Code:
WITHOUT_DEBUG=foo
WITH_IDEA=foo
WITHOUT_ACCT=foo
WITHOUT_APM=foo
WITHOUT_ASSERT_DEBUG=foo
WITHOUT_ATM=foo
WITHOUT_BIND_ETC=foo
WITHOUT_BIND_LARGE_FILE=foo
WITHOUT_BIND_LIBS=foo
WITHOUT_BIND_LIBS_LWRES=foo
WITHOUT_BIND_MTREE=foo
WITHOUT_BIND_NAMED=foo
WITHOUT_BIND_XML=foo
WITHOUT_BLUETOOTH=foo
WITHOUT_BSNMP=foo
WITHOUT_CDDL=foo
WITHOUT_CTM=foo
WITHOUT_FLOPPY=foo
WITHOUT_GPIB=foo
WITHOUT_INET6=foo
WITHOUT_INFO=foo
WITHOUT_IPFW=foo
WITHOUT_IPX=foo
WITHOUT_KERBEROS=foo
WITHOUT_KERBEROS_SUPPORT=foo
WITHOUT_NCP=foo
WITHOUT_NETGRAPH=foo
WITHOUT_SENDMAIL=foo
WITHOUT_RCMDS=foo
/boot/loader.conf (a symbolic link to ../root/.../loader.conf)
Code:
verbose_loading="YES"
autoboot_delay="3" # Delay in seconds before autobooting,
bitmap_load="NO" # No bitmap during load
splash_bmp_load="NO"
firmware_load="YES"
procfs_load="YES"
kern.maxusers="16"
kern.maxfiles="2500"
kern.geom.debugflags=16
acpi_load="YES"
acpi_ibm_load="YES"
acpi_video_load="YES"
# Wireless networking
wlan_load="YES"
wlan_amrr_load="YES"
# Intel Pro Wireless 3945ABG
if_wpi_load="YES"
wpifw_load="YES"
legal.intel_wpi.license_ack="1"
sound_load="YES"
snd_hda_load="YES"
logo_saver_load="NO"
linux_load="NO"