Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 11:43:59 +0100 From: Olaf Greve <o.greve@axis.nl> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: BTX loader issues on AMD-64 machine... Message-ID: <44057AEF.7030605@axis.nl>
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Hi guys, To some of you, this message may bring about somewhat of a deja-vu feeling... The following is the case: I'm building a staging DB for some clients of mine (initially on my own FBSD-5.3 i386 test machine), and they delivered a staging machine, which has an AMD-64 Asus MoBo (with 739 socket, I think) with an Nvidia internal RAID controller, and perhaps also the dreaded Silicon 3115 internal RAID controller (so far that is the 'deja-vu' part). Now, I want to simply install FBSD 5.4 or 6.0 on that machine without bothering with the RAID drives (i.e. I simply want the machine to ignore the internal RAID controllers and set up FBSD on a single drive if need be). However... When trying to boot from the FBSD 5.4 and 6.0 install CD-ROMS, right after the boot menu I directly get a BTX loader error which dumps the machine's register's contents to the screen regardless of the boot mode I chose?!? This is something entirely new to me, and I wonder what causes it (on various similar machines I've never experienced this issue with FBSD 5.x AMD-64). It should be noted that the machine previously had W*nd*ws 2003 Server installed on it, and booting that results in a very nasty 'graphical' BSOD with some stuff about a 'stop error, yadih yadih yadah...'. Also, the Nvidia RAID controller complained about the RAID array being damaged. Now, I did enter the Nvidia RAID BIOS to try and disable RAID altogether and it wouldn't allow me to do so (nor was the MoBo's BIOS kind enough to grant me such an option) <SIGH>. :( Rebuilding it eliminated the complaints from the controller, but not the W*n BSOD, nor the BTX loader issues. Does anyone know if these BTX loader issues sound like something that might be caused by a defective HD (note: it already occurs right after selecting a boot mode from the install CD-ROM (at a point in time that I think it shouldn't have even accessed the HD?!?))? Tnx in advance, and cheers, Olafo
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