I fixed it... My release file was wrong. I had each app listed like:<div><br></div><div>{kernel,"2.14.5",load},</div><div><br></div><div>But once for each app I removed the ', load' and so just had:</div>
<div><br></div><div>{kernel,"2.14.5",load},</div><div><br></div><div>It works fine. Odd that systools:make_script creates a boot file fine though if it can't run it.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
2011/10/22 Tristan Sloughter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tristan.sloughter@gmail.com">tristan.sloughter@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
And I do see it loaded if I just run 'erl':<div><br></div><div><div>1> regs().</div><div><br></div><div>** Registered procs on node nonode@nohost **</div><div>Name          Pid      Initial Call            Reds Msgs</div>
<div>application_controlle <0.6.0>    erlang:apply/2           437   0</div><div>code_server      <0.19.0>   erlang:apply/2          270601   0</div><div>erl_prim_loader    <0.3.0>    erlang:apply/2          324250   0</div>
<div>error_logger      <0.5.0>    gen_event:init_it/6         220   0</div><div>file_server_2     <0.18.0>   file_server:init/1          85   0</div><div>global_group      <0.17.0>   global_group:init/1         59   0</div>
<div>global_name_server   <0.12.0>   global:init/1            50   0</div><div>inet_db        <0.15.0>   inet_db:init/1           251   0</div><div>init          <0.0.0>    otp_ring0:start/2         2614   0</div>
<div>kernel_safe_sup    <0.28.0>   supervisor:kernel/1         58   0</div><div>kernel_sup       <0.10.0>   supervisor:kernel/1        1562   0</div><div>rex          <0.11.0>   rpc:init/1              35   0</div>
<div>standard_error     <0.21.0>   erlang:apply/2            9   0</div><div>standard_error_sup   <0.20.0>   supervisor_bridge:standar      41   0</div><div>user          <0.24.0>   group:server/3            36   0</div>
<div>user_drv        <0.23.0>   user_drv:server/2          450   0</div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/10/22 Tristan Sloughter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tristan.sloughter@gmail.com" target="_blank">tristan.sloughter@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Nevermind, file_server module registeres as file_server_2:<div><br></div><div>-define(FILE_SERVER, file_server_2). Â Â Â % Registered name<div>
<div></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/10/22 Tristan Sloughter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tristan.sloughter@gmail.com" target="_blank">tristan.sloughter@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Though I can point out I actually have no file_server_2...<div><br></div><div><div>find ~/otp/ -name *file_server*</div>
<div>/home/dotcloud/otp/lib/kernel-2.14.4/src/file_server.erl</div><div>/home/dotcloud/otp/lib/kernel-2.14.4/ebin/file_server.beam</div>
<div>/home/dotcloud/otp/lib/kernel-2.14.5/src/file_server.erl</div><div>/home/dotcloud/otp/lib/kernel-2.14.5/ebin/file_server.beam</div><div><br></div><div>Hmm..</div><div><div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">
2011/10/22 Tristan Sloughter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tristan.sloughter@gmail.com" target="_blank">tristan.sloughter@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Right, there isn't much I can do in that respect though since I can't get into a shell when loading the boot file.<div>
<br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Tristan<div><div></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/10/22 Motiejus Jakštys <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:desired.mta@gmail.com" target="_blank">desired.mta@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 10:11:39AM -0500, Tristan Sloughter wrote:<br>
> I have a .rel file and successfully create the boot/script files with<br>
> systools:make_script but when I try to load the boot file it crashes with an<br>
> error I can't find reference too anywhere online. Does anyone have an idea<br>
> on what might be wrong?<br>
><br>
> $ erl<br>
> Erlang R14B04 (erts-5.8.5) [source] [64-bit] [smp:4:4] [rq:4]<br>
> [async-threads:0] [kernel-poll:false]<br>
><br>
> Eshell V5.8.5 Â (abort with ^G)<br>
> 1> systools:make_script("ctdemo", [local]).<br>
> ok<br>
> 2> q().<br>
> ok<br>
><br>
> $ erl -boot ctdemo<br>
> {"init terminating in<br>
> do_boot",{noproc,{gen_server,call,[file_server_2,{open,"./.erlang",[read]},infinity]}}}<br>
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</div>In a nutshell, gen_server is complaining that process file_server_2 is<br>
not running.<br>
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Check application:loaded_applications(), global_registered_names(),<br>
appmon:start() for troubleshooting.<br>
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Hope this helps<br>
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