From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 15 03:18:06 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43FB91065672 for ; Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:18:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from beckman@angryox.com) Received: from nog.angryox.com (nog.angryox.com [70.164.19.87]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE77A8FC18 for ; Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:18:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nog.angryox.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nog.angryox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1CB12C3C53; Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:18:04 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=angryox.com; h=date:from :to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type; s=powerfulgood; bh=nUrA1yP4qd6rjliQOxPaZNgbdBY=; b= 0ijzRDP3/VxaDcJKj+w2HGQyaHtYhEKIjG5cGq4BXC5aSWNdl08fKOGvYgSLPCqk RsZUQy71mtijaZsWiaZpSSgXWLzcKol6v/4IjpbZIbV3rzFEyMFpve/ceoohlS1X xgvGm5ZjhJ9nieVYtUWdCz9UfkCKghz9i194rfUJkz8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=angryox.com; h=date:from:to :cc:subject:in-reply-to:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=powerfulgood; b=da0UF0DrE2bjOCB3c68jo3nz cixGt/J93y2+S1vJ4OOD/OanSubf39GdQxWkw82/imS/yB6+Rr7aUItXkYnhinWL ZehDQAkTycbCJMeRyoW0GAIOydGnX2PLZdFaGA0ubwCC52zVaZ+g3zaMu5BCbz0Y zylmfA1f1ucTrjWBw4w= Received: by nog.angryox.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id A0CE22C3C21; Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:18:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nog.angryox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 885F82C3C1E; Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:18:04 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:18:04 -0500 From: Peter Beckman To: Thierry Herbelot In-Reply-To: <200911141819.12000.thierry.herbelot@laposte.net> Message-ID: References: <200911141720.38432.thierry.herbelot@laposte.net> <200911141819.12000.thierry.herbelot@laposte.net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="0-1245317476-1258255084=:10412" Cc: "freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: Dell M600 Blade: 6.4 works, 7.x and 8.x fail to boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:18:06 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-1245317476-1258255084=:10412 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 14 Nov 2009, Thierry Herbelot wrote: > Le Saturday 14 November 2009, Peter Beckman a =C3=A9crit : > [SNIP] >>>>> >>>>> then, one of the first steps would be a the dmesg of both a succeed= ing >>>>> and a failing kernels (verbose !) >>>> >>>> I tried the bootonly ISOs for 7.x and 8.x, both amd64 and i386, al= l of >>>> which fail to boot on the Dell M600. >>> >>> aha ! >>> >>> anyway, even with a CDROM, you can boot *verbose* and note where the = boot >>> stops (even if there won't be a serial console, write down the blocki= ng >>> device probe) >> >> Can you shoot me a link to the docs on how to do this? I haven't be= en >> able to find out how. > > speaking from memory : just before the kernel starts, you should have t= he > *loader* menu (with the ASCII graphics depicting beastie), where you ca= n > choose between boot options, and option 5 is boot verbose (like 4 is bo= ot > single) Not sure I have any more. Since I'm not in front of the console, and since the iDRAC only allows a "video" capture of the console, I made a video. http://drop.io/rk0eoap The Verbose option was selected, but it hung at the same place it did. = I was using the 8.0-RC3 bootonly iso. It hung just after isab0, isa0 and atrtc0 loaded. The last line: atrtc0: registered as a time-of-day clock (resolution 1000000us) The machine is just fine, I installed NetBSD 5.0.1 on it, and I have FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE running on another blade adjacent to it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------= -- Peter Beckman Internet G= uy beckman@angryox.com http://www.angryox.co= m/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------= -- --0-1245317476-1258255084=:10412--