From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 2 22:20:11 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B38C4106564A for ; Wed, 2 Mar 2011 22:20:11 +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 976078FC17 for ; Wed, 2 Mar 2011 22:20:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p22MKBTm088868 for ; Wed, 2 Mar 2011 22:20:11 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p22MKBjr088867; Wed, 2 Mar 2011 22:20:11 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 22:20:11 GMT Message-Id: <201103022220.p22MKBjr088867@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org From: Peter Jeremy Cc: Subject: Re: amd64/155135: Does Not Boot On a Very Standard Hardware X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Peter Jeremy List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:20:11 -0000 The following reply was made to PR amd64/155135; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Peter Jeremy To: John Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: amd64/155135: Does Not Boot On a Very Standard Hardware Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 07:44:08 +1100 --gBBFr7Ir9EOA20Yy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2011-Feb-28 22:49:13 +0000, John wrote: >I have pretty much standard computer hardware. Nothing exotic. Just C2D >with Intel chipset (ICH8) and NV 8400M GT. Can you please describe the hardware and BIOS you are using: What brand/model of motherboard, what BIOS? I presume you are booting off a physical DVD - in which case, where is the drive attached? > I attach "lshw" in html for easier reading. I'm not sure why you think that embedding 70kB of HTML into an otherwise plaintext report makes anything easier. And note that it contains virtually no useful information for these purposes. >Description: After a bunch of code, and loading something from DVD, I am p= resented for 3s with some options, i.e. the "bootloader choice". Shouldn't = it be the other way? First show me what I want to load, and then I chose wh= at to load, and after my choice the system loads? Why is it the other way r= ound? Every Linux distro does this. > >Should be: > >1.Load the options >2.Chose the option from install/live/this kernel/that kernel/this desktop = environment/ that desktop environment etc. >3.Then load what I have chosen. >4.Load the system Feel free to discuss the philosophy of loading and booting Unix kernels on an appropriate mailing list. See=20 http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Dboot&sektion=3D8 and http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Dloader&sektion=3D8 for a description of what actually happens. >Is: >1.Something loads, arrow is spinning... >2....still loading... >3."bootloader choice" appears for 3s >4.I hit enter (I chose 1st option if I am that fast to catch that 3s gap) >5.The system restarts the computer It's not clear what you mean by "bootloader choice" - this name does not appear in the boot code and your description of the load sequence doesn't make it clear which point in the load sequence you are referring to. Can you please advise exactly what is displayed and what the 1st choice actually is. Are you able to setup a serial console to capture the actual output? If not, are you able to post a photo? >>How-To-Repeat: >study the lshw output. Contains no relevant information. > Something is not right with the BSD kernel. If my interpretation of your description is correct, the kernel hasn't even been loaded so this seems unlikely. --=20 Peter Jeremy --gBBFr7Ir9EOA20Yy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.15 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk1urBgACgkQ/opHv/APuId6fwCfRU1tGkQNnYwM39Qftv7SEG+b Lh0AnAz+11X/qlHAErOG7DyCz5T4PuaZ =66P0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --gBBFr7Ir9EOA20Yy--