From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 22 07:38:28 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-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 0603616A41C for ; Wed, 22 Jun 2005 07:38:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brian@box201.com) Received: from host78.ipowerweb.com (host78.ipowerweb.com [66.235.200.178]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBE7643D49 for ; Wed, 22 Jun 2005 07:38:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brian@box201.com) Received: from c-67-190-22-43.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([67.190.22.43] helo=electricblue) by host78.ipowerweb.com with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DkzoS-00023K-Vy; Wed, 22 Jun 2005 00:38:26 -0700 From: "Brian Duke" To: "'Craig Kleski'" , Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 01:37:49 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 thread-index: AcV2rf3VzbDCFadMSH26DHr2u0JtvwABebDwABIrzpA= X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - host78.ipowerweb.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - box201.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Message-Id: <20050622073827.DBE7643D49@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Cc: Subject: RE: BTX loader fails on Gateway ALR 9200 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: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 07:38:28 -0000 > > Please give freebsd version. Also, what other operating systems have > > failed to load for you? How exactly does the boot fail? Any error > > messages? Describe in detail. > > > > I have an abundance of information all I need to know is what to say that > will help. > > The OS I am loading is currently FreeBSD 5.3 > I went to adaptec and found some information about FreeBSD 4.11 so I > tried. > I can get Solaris 10 to load but it fails to find the raid as a valid > drive. > Fedora Core 2 also boots and says it can't find a drive. > The Raid boots up fine and builds with no faults. > > When I install a little 850 meg IDE drive and set that to master, > Still the btx loader dies. Here is what the final screen says: > > /boot/kernel/acpi.ko text=0x3fbfc data=0x1c04+0x112c > syms=[0x4+0x72f0+0x4+0x97c7] > / > int=0000000d err=00000000 efl=00030002 eip=00005755 > eax=00000001 ebx=00000008 ecx=000039ff edx=00000082 > esi=0000579c edi=0000e873 edi=000003ba esp=0000037e > cs=f000 ds=0040 es=f000 fs=9dc0 gs=f000 ss=9c46 > cs:eip=2e 0f 01 14 0f 20 c0 0c-01 0f 22 c0 eb 00 8e db > 8e c3 8e e3 8e eb 0f 20-c0 24 fc 0f 22 c0 ea 78 > ss:esp=11 64 08 00 01 00 00 00-00 f0 c0 9d 02 02 51 e8 > 05 00 c2 ee 05 00 00 f0-00 00 1a 7d c4 5e dd e6 > BTX Halted > > I think I copied all that correctly. > Has anyone got a quick idea why this fails right off? Does this mean I need to set the same flags as what Adi Pircalabu suggested in the "help !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" thread? " When the boot menu appears, try this: - escape to loader prompt - set hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" - set hint.atkbd.0.flags="0x9" - boot" Would this help me? In this case I'm lost here.