From nobody@FreeBSD.org Thu May 13 04:27:21 2004 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB22F16A4CE for ; Thu, 13 May 2004 04:27:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [216.136.204.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEFAB43D4C for ; Thu, 13 May 2004 04:27:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i4DBRLiu015052 for ; Thu, 13 May 2004 04:27:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i4DBRLkW015051; Thu, 13 May 2004 04:27:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200405131127.i4DBRLkW015051@www.freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 04:27:21 -0700 (PDT) From: "Muthu Mohan. T" To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: mountroot> prompt pressing enter gives panic X-Send-Pr-Version: www-2.3 >Number: 66605 >Category: ia64 >Synopsis: mountroot> prompt pressing enter gives panic >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-ia64 >State: closed >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu May 13 04:30:19 PDT 2004 >Closed-Date: Thu May 13 09:00:09 PDT 2004 >Last-Modified: Thu May 13 09:00:09 PDT 2004 >Originator: Muthu Mohan. T >Release: 5.2 - 20040502 snapshot >Organization: DELL >Environment: >Description: In the mountroot> prompt, just press the enter without giving any input. It gives kernel panic. >How-To-Repeat: 1. Setup the serial console. 2. Install FreeBSD. 3. Reboot 4. Create a EFI Boot Menu using EFI maintanence menu. 5. Boot into FreeBSD (Still use Serial Console). 6. Kernel will drops you in mountroot> prompt. 7. Just press enter without giving any input. (or 2 or 3 backspace and enter also gives kernel panic) 8. Kernel will panic and you will be dropped to db> shell. >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: marcel State-Changed-When: Thu May 13 08:57:27 PDT 2004 State-Changed-Why: This is normal behaviour. The kernel cannot continue without a root file system and when it asks the user as a last resort, the user has to provide one. When the user doesn't provide a root file system, the kernel can only panic. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=66605 >Unformatted: