Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 23:15:28 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cls@raggedclown.net> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: New install won't boot off A7V133 Message-ID: <20021204221528.GA3925@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <20021203145733.87854.qmail@web41113.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20021203145733.87854.qmail@web41113.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 06:57:33AM -0800, Scott I. Remick wrote: > In article <ashllk$28g0$1@FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw>, you say... > > On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 08:19:36PM -0800, Scott I. Remick wrote: > > > I just got in an ATA133 30GB drive that I am going to dedicat to FreeBSD > on > > > my main system (an Asus A7V133). I took off the existing 20GB (Win2000), > put > > > the 30GB in its place (primary master). I boot from a 4.7-REL CD I made, > > > install goes fine... it detects the controllers, drive, I partition the > > > whole thing for FreeBSD, setting the auto defaults, etc etc. Everything > > > goes swell. Then I'm done, I reboot, take out the CD... and it just > sits > > > there when it should be booting from the drive. > > > > > I can't tell you the solution, but by pure chance I too have been > > fiddling with installs on a A7V133 system with a 30GB drive. I am > > convinced there is a bug in the BIOS because it doesn't honour the boot > > order you set in the BIOS sometimes. I did a quick experiemental install > > of 5.0 just to see. It all went fine, and did indeed boot. However it > > then refused to boot anything other than the HD, Despite the boot order > > being FD, CD, HD. I got around this by rather drastic means,,,but if it > > happens again I shall be..mmm..pissed off :) > > > > Although this is not what you are seeing, it is a bit of a co-incidence. > > Cliff, > > Just to confirm: you get beyond the POST, to the hardware info screen, where > you should normally start seeing the boot process, correct? Mine just sits > there at that point. Scott, Yes..got beyond POST, and started booting. I supect my booting problem may have been from a creaky CD drive, which has been replaced today. 5DP2 is now loading as we speak. > > A few things I haven't done yet that I intend on are installing MS-DOS to > the drive, as well as using a different drive, in order to determine whether > it is FreeBSD or the specific hard drive. > > What brand drive is yours, out of curiosity? Mine is an IBM DeskStar. > It is a Western Digital 40 GB UDMA100 WD400BB. As I always do I downloaded the disk diagnostic for it and run all the test etc. It went fine. > What BIOS version are you using? I know there's a 1010 beta out for this > board, but I'm hesitant to try it until I've done some other things (as I > use this computer for Win2K also). > 1.0A which I guess is quite old ? I avoid flashing BIOS unless I am sure it is a problem. > It is interesting that 5.0 boots for you... if it were truly a problem with > the A7V133's BIOS I'd expect 5.0 to not boot also. > I have all sorts of IRQ conflicts I need to sort out. Also it does not like the onboard Ethernet and possibly the South Bridge chipset, but I am not sure about that yet. I have done test installs of Linux as well, and it bitches a bit, but also installed. But I have hardly done extensive testing on it yet. > Anyhow, I will be troubleshooting this some more tonight. Maybe others will > pipe in throughout the course of today with more ideas. > Yup. Well I will keep you informed. The installations I am doing are really just in the nature of tests. I will try 4.7-Stable tomorrow, which is probably what I will end up using on it (no reason I haven't tried it yet, I have just mislaid the CD, and I am feeling too lazy to burn another one tonight :). -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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