From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 6 21:20:08 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10189106564A for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2012 21:20:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCE578FC14 for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2012 21:20:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q86LK7fe040571 for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2012 21:20:07 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q86LK7vD040556; Thu, 6 Sep 2012 21:20:07 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 21:20:07 GMT Message-Id: <201209062120.q86LK7vD040556@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org From: John Baldwin Cc: Subject: Re: amd64/171355: FreeBSD 9.1rc1 (and 10-HEAD) not booting on HP Pavilion g6 2147sl X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: John Baldwin List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2012 21:20:08 -0000 The following reply was made to PR amd64/171355; it has been noted by GNATS. From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Cc: Stefano Marinelli , freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, Alexander Motin , re@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64/171355: FreeBSD 9.1rc1 (and 10-HEAD) not booting on HP Pavilion g6 2147sl Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 14:10:12 -0400 On Wednesday, September 05, 2012 4:14:48 pm Stefano Marinelli wrote: > > >Number: 171355 > >Category: amd64 > >Synopsis: FreeBSD 9.1rc1 (and 10-HEAD) not booting on HP Pavilion g6 2147sl > >Confidential: no > >Severity: non-critical > >Priority: low > >Responsible: freebsd-amd64 > >State: open > >Quarter: > >Keywords: > >Date-Required: > >Class: sw-bug > >Submitter-Id: current-users > >Arrival-Date: Wed Sep 05 20:20:03 UTC 2012 > >Closed-Date: > >Last-Modified: > >Originator: Stefano Marinelli > >Release: 9.1-rc1 > >Organization: > >Environment: > impossible to obtain - machine stops at boot > >Description: > Hi, > I tried to install FreeBSD 9.1-rc1 (amd64 and i386, no difference) on the HP Pavilion g6 2147sl. The installation disk's loader runs, the kernel starts to boot then hangs. No strange messages come out (even with verbose output turned on) and the boot process stops there. Everything seems to be recognised in a proper way (usb3, ahci, re0 network card, etc). > I've done some tests (thanks to the suggestions on the ##freebsd irc channel's people) but no success and no further information to add. I can't even go to ddb. But if I remove the cd from the tray, the status change gets detected and the kernel prints something on the screen. > > 9.0 can boot, but it's almost unusable as both the re0 and the wifi interface aren't detected and there isn't any support for power management so fans are running all the time. > > It seems to stop after USB recognition. But I guess it's already finished> with usb... Does 9.1 fail to recognize the on-board disk? I've seen several reports of 9.1 failing to discover certain SSD's but working ok with spinning disks on IBM laptops where 9.0 worked fine. -- John Baldwin