From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 21 15:51:14 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4617A106566C for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:51:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from unixmania@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 334D08FC22 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:51:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from unixmania@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id q2so303724uge.37 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:51:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=27z0gLuCyA41jcWv+ga32HM2JGfw4ee58339JZIY22Q=; b=N/3Fv58OxpXyTrldC3+mTe/5FiU1498DoZGQ0NaY7A2tAntgUxl9aBA4RcAcvUP/XF /xd3ZgW3Mrv7FmEdMo8nYmhMgif58D5Xp18bAnRXTd9eaigxlhnsxS8xEkmE0eHGIDWy WO4Ytn4Q8zlqFSOQNBuvr7xC3WI8m1JosbtkY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=l8f3Pg7+pQvRnY404TnqbU6QB2QKS159sDu2pLyxqW0QBAFxI0bO4xq6caex9b9dLy elycL5ZDGrDmeM0AvOj2HRNeedmNEBvioLrnoPKcus0LLBf3Olexa/KVEzmdwaMshKP7 d9rFXjGgFLGvnub4ymM0lTY6D6GW5XMIN0eoY= Received: by 10.66.232.9 with SMTP id e9mr1725505ugh.17.1216655471813; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:51:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.67.31.16 with HTTP; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:51:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:51:11 -0300 From: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" To: "Kevin K" In-Reply-To: <005301c8eb2d$113598c0$33a0ca40$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200807161353.m6GDrDFB058142@lurza.secnetix.de> <009301c8e797$1385e880$3a91b980$@com> <00b301c8e806$eeb3d5b0$cc1b8110$@com> <00b401c8e809$0ed63c50$2c82b4f0$@com> <20080717170601.b7f1f9ad.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <005301c8eb2d$113598c0$33a0ca40$@com> Cc: Torfinn Ingolfsen , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HP Pavilion dv2000 laptop wont boot off install cd X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:51:14 -0000 On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 9:26 AM, Kevin K wrote: >> On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:31:37 -0400 >> Kevin K wrote: >> >> > For 7.0-RELEASE, it >> > seemed to hang at "Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/md0". >> >> How long did you wait? If you didn't wait 10 or 15 minutes, please do. >> Various tests / probes take a long time to time out on some hardware. >> >> HTH >> -- >> Regards, >> Torfinn Ingolfsen > > > I tried the 7.0-release-amd64 200807 snapshot and it booted (after holding > the spacebar @ /boot/loader.conf). I have seen this on some HP notebooks. It seems that the CD drive does not to stabilize on time before booting, leading to some disk read errors. The trick is to press F9 (or F12, depending on the notebook model) to force the BIOS to show the boot device menu. Then, *after the CD drive stop spinning*, choose the boot from CD/DVD option. > It stopped at Trying to mount root from > ufs:/dev/md0". I waited about 30-45 minutes and it didn't continue from that > point -- the keyboard was also unresponsive. > > Does anyone know if this is a known issue? Try to disable kbdmux before booting. Jump to the loader prompt and type: set hint.kbdmux.0.disabled=1 boot -v -- If you think things can't get worse it's probably only because you lack sufficient imagination.