Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:51:12 -0800 From: Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> To: Jo Rhett <jrhett@netconsonance.com> Cc: freebsd-stable Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Can I get a committer to mark this bug as blocking 6.4-RELEASE ? Message-ID: <492B21D0.5060906@delphij.net> In-Reply-To: <280616DD-A58F-4AE5-AB03-92C5F2C244EC@netconsonance.com> References: <A5A9A4D4-CD16-45FA-A2AC-62C4B5AE976D@netconsonance.com> <BEBF7B15-DECE-4872-9687-4AD4BE65DB05@netconsonance.com> <84E1EC10-5323-4A8C-AD60-31142621DB32@netconsonance.com> <200810271151.47366.jhb@freebsd.org> <C6DC3DB1-40FF-4896-81DB-EF37874428AF@netconsonance.com> <280616DD-A58F-4AE5-AB03-92C5F2C244EC@netconsonance.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jo Rhett wrote: > This is now filed as PR 129149 > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=129149 > > Given the nature of this bug, can I persuade someone to mark this as > blocking 6.4-RELEASE ? My wild guess is that this is somehow related to SMP handling since the installation process would install a SMP kernel, but the default CD-ROM kernel is UP for 6.x. Could you please try if you have the same problem with UP kernel? (Copy from LiveCD or something) > On Nov 5, 2008, at 3:41 PM, Jo Rhett wrote: >> On Oct 27, 2008, at 8:51 AM, John Baldwin wrote: >>> On Friday 24 October 2008 02:48:13 pm Jo Rhett wrote: >>>> So I booted up by CD and used Fixit mode to switch the system to boot >>>> via serial (keyboard detached), but this gathered me even less. >>>> >>>> /boot.config: -Dh >>>> Consoles: internal video/keyboard serial port >>>> BIOS drive A: is disk0 >>>> BIOS drive C: is disk1 >>>> BIOS drive D: is disk2 >>>> BIOS 639kB/4062144kB available memory >>>> >>>> FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1 >>>> (root@dessler.cse.b >>>> >>>> Plugging back in the monitor after lockup showed only a single char >>>> more: >>>> (root@dessler.cse.bu >>> >>> This confirms it is hanging in one of the two BIOS routines to output a >>> character. One thing you can do would be to boot up and do the >>> following: >>> >>> dd if=/dev/mem bs=0x400 count=1 of=idt.out >>> dd if=/dev/mem bs=64k iseek=15 count=1 of=bios.out >>> >>> Then place those files some place I can fetch them. >> >> Both files are at http://support.netconsonance.com/freebsd/ >> >> FYI, this is notable -- the keyboard does not respond at the boot >> prompt. I mean the menu where you can escape to the loader prompt, >> with the fat freebsd ascii art. No keyboard presses are observed >> here. This is also true for the boot menu on the 6.4 installation CD >> too. >> >> No problems with 6.2 or 6.3 >> >> -- >> Jo Rhett >> Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source >> and other randomness >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" - -- Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkkrIc8ACgkQi+vbBBjt66BVUACcDLDK7Ubugt2sto8WKAYfxF0L 93cAoI3bJ/7YcKQeVUmWTO9R2tOCOf6W =dEk9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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