Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 19:42:26 +0200 From: Emanuel Strobl <Emanuel.Strobl@gmx.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: "Pratt, Benjamin E." <bepratt@stcloudstate.edu> Subject: Re: 5.3-BETAx Boot Problems Message-ID: <200409291942.31728.Emanuel.Strobl@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <22ECDF671FCD564398087D64CFCF46BD056E089C@EXCHANGE.campus.stcloudstate.edu> References: <22ECDF671FCD564398087D64CFCF46BD056E089C@EXCHANGE.campus.stcloudstate.edu>
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--nextPart5510702.IfkKrttLxr Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Am Mittwoch, 29. September 2004 18:53 schrieb Pratt, Benjamin E.: > Hello, I am still trying to get FreeBSD Beta to work but am running into > problems when my system boots. The boot problem appears to be occurring > just > after the IDE drives are detected but before the root file system is > mounted. > These are the last four lines of text that are displayed when I try to > boot > from either ISO or after running CVSUP: > > md0: Preloaded image </boot/mfsroot> 4423680 bytes at 0xc09b6c5c > ad0: 29314MB <IC35L030AVV207-0/V21OA66A> [59560/16/63] at ata0-master > UDMA66 > ATAPI_RESET time =3D 1630us > acd0: CDRW <Hewlett-Packard CD-Writer Plus 9100/1.0c> at ata1-master > UDMA33 It's possibly a bug in the new fdc code. I also have one system with a flop= py=20 which stops booting since beta6. Just remove device fdc from the kernel (or= =20 try to disable the Floppy Controller in the BIOS) and see if that helps.=20 Hadn't have time yet to look at -current if this bug is known and if=20 applicable create a PR. =2DMano > > When 5.2.1 or 6.0-CURRENT are installed on the system everything boots > fine > and the next line is: > > Mounted root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a. > > I looked at /var/log/messages and did not see any boot problems logged > when I > had CVSUPed to 5.3-BETA5 or 5.3-BETA6, attempted to boot, and then > re-booted > with the 5.2.1 kernel so that would suggest a problem mounting the file > system > for writing. > > The boot problems are occurring after I build the world, build the > kernel and > install the kernel but before I install the world. > > I looked at the GENERIC kernel from both the 5.2.1 and 5.3-BETA6 systems > and > the only options that 5.2.1 had and 5.3-BETA6 doesn't are: > > options PFIL_HOOKS > options INVARIANT_SUPPORT > > 5.3-BETA6 has two options and eight devices that 5.2.1 doesn't. The > options > are: > > options GEOM_GPT > options ADAPTIVE_GIANT > > The only two devices that I could possibly see affecting my system are: > > device mem > device io > > I do have 5.3-BETAx installed on two other systems so I can't imagine > why it's > not working on this one Dell Celeron system that want it to be on. I > don't > imagine that I'm the only one having this problem as I have seen other > cases > reported but I haven't found a solution other than going to 6.0-CURRENT > which > I would like to stay away from since it'll probably be a while before > it's > considered stable. > > Any help anyone can give would be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you, > > Ben > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --nextPart5510702.IfkKrttLxr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBWvQHBylq0S4AzzwRAvuiAJ9kyBiGzGGzu+C8Uwy7gX1dmxr5xwCcDXdT ifM5vZlQ9fBo16bebIxRSag= =K3V+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart5510702.IfkKrttLxr--
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