From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 17 06:10:28 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CEB81065672 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:10:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA9F08FC1C for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:10:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from kobe.laptop (adsl115-32.kln.forthnet.gr [77.49.234.32]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id mBH6AFe4010480 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:10:21 +0200 Received: from kobe.laptop (kobe.laptop [127.0.0.1]) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id mBH6ABGw047724; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:10:11 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id mBH6A9Wo047723; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:10:09 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) From: Giorgos Keramidas To: ThinkDifferently References: <21039625.post@talk.nabble.com> <21045931.post@talk.nabble.com> <49486B95.70803@ibctech.ca> <21046366.post@talk.nabble.com> <21046636.post@talk.nabble.com> <49487A15.2090103@ibctech.ca> <21047275.post@talk.nabble.com> <21047496.post@talk.nabble.com> Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:10:09 +0200 In-Reply-To: <21047496.post@talk.nabble.com> (ThinkDifferently's message of "Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:36:05 -0800 (PST)") Message-ID: <874p13fi2m.fsf@kobe.laptop> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-MailScanner-ID: mBH6AFe4010480 X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-3.86, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.54, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr X-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot 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, 17 Dec 2008 06:10:28 -0000 On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:36:05 -0800 (PST), ThinkDifferently wrote: > ThinkDifferently wrote: >> Another item of curiosity... I just now tried booting from a CentOS >> 5.2 DVD. It also hangs with a little window titled "Loading SCSI >> driver" that says "Loading ahci driver..." The funny thing is, I've >> tried turning off all RAID functionality in the BIOS. On my mobo, >> this entails setting it to IDE mode, instead of RAID or AHCI. That >> doesn't appear to do anything. > > I'm at my wit's end with this. I tried FreeBSD in every way I know > how, and they all hang. Did you try the 'safe-mode' option from the loader menu? Did you try disabling DMA for the CD-ROM by setting hw.ata.atapi_dma=0 from the loader prompt, like someone else suggested a few emails back?