From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 19 13:29:03 2006 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 29C9B16A407; Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:29:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeff.cross@averageadmins.com) Received: from S1.cableone.net (s1.cableone.net [24.116.0.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3AFD43D45; Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:29:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jeff.cross@averageadmins.com) Received: from [192.168.15.2] (unverified [24.117.124.174]) by S1.cableone.net (CableOne SMTP Service S1) with ESMTP id 75019160 for multiple; Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:29:01 -0700 Message-ID: <450FF0A6.8050602@averageadmins.com> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:29:10 -0500 From: Jeff Cross User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Adam Martin References: <450F00C6.1060805@averageadmins.com> <450F1222.3080800@averageadmins.com> <6fa2f8cabbdfa2691be6e491de2b9936@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <6fa2f8cabbdfa2691be6e491de2b9936@FreeBSD.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IP-stats: Incoming Last 1, First 17, in=16, out=0, spam=0 X-External-IP: 24.117.124.174 X-Abuse-Info: Send abuse complaints to abuse@cableone.net Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell PE850 and FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE - Boot Issues 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: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:29:03 -0000 Adam Martin wrote: > > On 2006 Sep 18 , at 17:54, Adam Martin wrote: > >> >> On 2006 Sep 18 , at 17:39, Jeff Cross wrote: >> >>> Adam Martin wrote: >>>> >>>> On 2006 Sep 18 , at 16:25, Jeff Cross wrote: >>>> >>>>> I am trying to run FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE on a Dell PowerEdge 850 with >>>>> some >>>>> booting issues. I have searched the archives and found someone >>>>> having a >>>>> problem with the machine "booting too fast" but my problem is a little >>>>> different. My machine hangs up after the following line is displayed >>>>> during boot: >>>>> >>>>> acd0: CDROM at ata0-master UDMA33 >> >> [ Trimmed for brevity ] > > Sorry to double reply, Jeff. I just realized something. The box > that I've been developing AutoFS on, here at FSL is a Dell Power Edge SE > 1425. I dunno how much hardware there is in common, but I think we use > the same cdrom drive. The one in my PE is a thin-profile drive... it > seems to be the exact part that I had in an old Dell Inspiron. (The > drive has no tray motors, just an electro-mechanical latch which keeps > it closed, and unlocks to let a spring pop out the tray by a few > millimetres.) > > Have you tried removing the cdrom drive from the mainboard? Also > how did you install, from CDROM? I have seen an issue like this once > before, back in 5.2.1 and 5.3, when trying to get it to boot on some > older laptop hardware. The kernel wouldn't boot from some media, but > would from others. > > You may want to try someone's custom compiled kernel, not the stock > kernels... But at this point, it is beyond the scope of a simple fix. > I am curious to know, however, because I have not seen this behavior. > > Regards, > > -- > Adam David Alan Martin > > > > The CD-ROM you described is exactly what is in the PE850. I haven't tried unplugging it from the motherboard but will give that a try today. I installed from the CD and everything went as expected. My only issue is that I _have_ to use verbose logging at boot in order to get it to come up. Strange... Jeff Cross http://www.averageadmins.com/