From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 1 18:20:55 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25BAD16A41F for ; Sat, 1 Oct 2005 18:20:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from software@schmittnet.com) Received: from host.idesigns.net (host.idesigns.net [209.239.38.159]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C234F43D45 for ; Sat, 1 Oct 2005 18:20:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from software@schmittnet.com) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (seymour-cuda1-69-173-83-136.albyny.adelphia.net [69.173.83.136]) by host.idesigns.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j91IKn0j023568 for ; Sat, 1 Oct 2005 14:20:52 -0400 Message-ID: <433ED388.7060308@schmittnet.com> Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 14:20:56 -0400 From: "Bill Schmitt (SW)" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Cannot Boot 5.4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 18:20:55 -0000 I have a 300MHz Gateway that was resurrected with new memory (128MB) and an additional Maxtor 60GB IDE hard disk to run FBSD about a year and a half ago. At the time, when I tried to install an early 5.x release (I don't recall which), I could boot the CD and go through the installation, but the machine hung on the subsequent boot from the Hard Disk. I tried 4.10, and it did the same thing, but I managed to install 4.9 and have run that ever since. booting from the original Maxtor 4.7GB (configured as the master) IDE drive with most storage on the newer drive that I added. This week, the added (60GB) drive started sending out error messages, and fsck just cycled through hours of fixes and told me to run itself again when it completed. I've purchased a new 80GB hard disk and decided to try to install 5.4 again. I installed the new disk in place of the original 4.7GB drive with the dying drive left as a slave in the hopes that I might be able to retrieve something from it. When I boot from the 5.4 ISO image, the systems messages scroll through until the devices are recognized. The last three lines listed are: ad0: 78533MB [159560/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA33 ad1: 58644MB [119150/16/63] at ata0-slave UDMA33 acd0: at ata1-master P104 At that point, it hangs and I see no activity at all. I've tried the Boot FreeBSD (default), Boot FreeBSD with ACPI disabled options., and Boot FreeBSD in Safe Mode options, but all have the same results. Before I go back to 4.9, can anyone suggest steps to resolve this or point me to a resource that would help me resolve it? Bill