OpenBSD 3.6 snapshot installs ok but hangs upon reboot

Madhusudan Singh · *nix forums Guru Wannabe Joined: 01 Mar 2005 Posts: 128

Christopher A. Kantarjiev wrote:

Christopher A. Kantarjiev · *nix forums beginner Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Posts: 47

I still can't get my bge to come up correctly. I installed a different NIC (a
Linksys dc), and am using that for the install. One thing that you should note
when installing sets from the network - even if you boot from a snapshot, as you
did, the default FTP directory to fetch the sets is the release directory, not
the snapshot directory. So the GENERIC kernel that gets written to your new boot
disk is the one that didn't work in the first place.

Could that be your problem? I've managed to install the system fine over the dc,
and have booted cleanly.

(I've noticed a couple other doubtful messages on boot, which I will post
separately.)

chris

Chris Kantarjiev · *nix forums beginner Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Posts: 27

Madhusudan Singh wrote:

Madhusudan Singh · *nix forums Guru Wannabe Joined: 01 Mar 2005 Posts: 128

Chris Kantarjiev wrote:

Chris Kantarjiev · *nix forums beginner Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Posts: 27

Madhusudan Singh · *nix forums Guru Wannabe Joined: 01 Mar 2005 Posts: 128

Hi

New to BSD here. Have been able to snatch some time for installing OpenBSD
from snapshot (the stable one was hanging on install). It seemed to install
ok, getting the sets over from the ftp server at openbsd.org, but upon
reboot, the machine hangs on :

biomask ef6d netmask ef6d ttymask ffef
pctr: user-level cycle counter enabled

(on a white text on blue background on dark background)

Have waited for nearly 10 minutes now, but it does not show any console
login.

Upon pressing <ctrl>+<alt>+<f6>, the screen goes blank, with a cursor
blinking on the top left corner.

The hardware in question is a Dell Poweredge Server SC420.

Thanks.

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