From owner-freebsd-qa Fri Jan 11 7:40:31 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Received: from pan.ch.intel.com (chfdns01.ch.intel.com [143.182.246.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9485337B416 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 07:40:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from sedona.intel.com (sedona.ch.intel.com [143.182.218.21]) by pan.ch.intel.com (8.9.1a+p1/8.9.1/d: relay.m4,v 1.48 2001/12/13 16:27:50 root Exp $) with ESMTP id PAA21747 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 15:40:28 GMT Received: from chlx169.ch.intel.com (chlx169.ch.intel.com [143.182.225.37]) by sedona.intel.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1/d: sendmail.cf,v 1.14 2001/01/02 18:39:59 steved Exp $) with ESMTP id IAA07967 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 08:40:27 -0700 (MST) X-Envelope-To: X-Envelope-From: jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com Received: (from jreynold@localhost) by chlx169.ch.intel.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1/d: client.m4,v 1.3 1998/09/29 16:36:11 sedayao Exp sedayao $) id IAA15203; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 08:40:55 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: chlx169.ch.intel.com: jreynold set sender to jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com using -f From: John Reynolds~ MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15423.1927.369160.400912@chlx169.ch.intel.com> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 08:40:55 -0700 To: qa@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New cdboot ISO available In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: VM 6.99 under Emacs 20.7.1 Sender: owner-freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [ On Thursday, January 10, John Baldwin wrote: ] > > A new experimental CD bootstrap was recently added to -stable for the i386 > architecture that allows the full contents of the CD to be used when booting. > The method we currently uses relies on the BIOS emulating a floppy drive from a Here's some more test data John, SUCCESS: Asus P2B-DS (onboard AIC 7890) with the latest 1012B BIOS. I believe the scsi bios is v2.20, but I'd have to read the boot-up messages again to be sure. Worked like a charm from both CD-* devices hanging off the scsi bus. FAILURE: Dell Latitude CPx-J 650 laptop. The BIOS in this sucker I believe was the latest and is "A14" (going from memory--I don't have it in front of me, but I will double check and correct myself on the list if wrong). When I put this CD in the tray (and made sure that it was in the boot sequence) the laptop just "sat there" with a blank screen for approx 20 seconds, then proceed to give me my normal FreeBSD boot0 F1/F2 prompt for booting off the HDD. No error messages, no diagnostic messages, no nothing. I will do further testing with this laptop tonight to make sure I can boot off the 4.5-RC "regular" CD (to make sure my CD hasn't gone south). UNTESTED: I have an Abit BP6 (with the latest BIOS) that I will also check at lunch time. Thanks! -Jr -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | John Reynolds WCCG, CCE, CDS - Senior CAD Engineer | | Intel Corporation MS: CH6-210 Phone: 480-554-9092 pgr: 602-868-6512 | | jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com http://www-aec.ch.intel.com/~jreynold/ | =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-qa" in the body of the message