From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 3 16:59:52 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82DD910656B6 for ; Tue, 3 Nov 2009 16:59:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rui.pfcosta@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f176.google.com (mail-qy0-f176.google.com [209.85.221.176]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CDC78FC23 for ; Tue, 3 Nov 2009 16:59:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk6 with SMTP id 6so2939798qyk.3 for ; Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:59:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=RrQDUNv6yninmZN12RAbi/3ABZoNAaaTYEXgO05ue+M=; b=uCgXLRj06evpNPue4ekaGRRD48kxCU0gheMtGZbZ6juDtkjiW2pkss14y77/f8n/tD 6VrbDioPIL2SK2Opcq+pdIALqHFBTJIx2r3o20jn6wbXlu7Hs656rgZa/8KUuFwMmQ7B T28HSqTrCGgp2RuTwZXCFcgfmC0Mmgp191oog= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=NPj6xCT4CCfXWhV0PqKwhe/hZdxqPCNwyxGbqG+F+gpE2ls4ZYYwmbWHxHLbZLugQr bWvzSqLA4d+3sD4rscnibzD4fDGzb0UO67KXdoQZZ5TPLauaz2mgBZ4lVIaqKdBHUFNv 3xrRCF04ENARRswdunZpt0BEzB+GX5hE97pHs= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.162.129 with SMTP id l1mr18476hbd.206.1257265869159; Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:31:09 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 16:31:09 +0000 Message-ID: From: Rui Costa To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Installation boot sequence freeze X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:59:52 -0000 When installing freebsd (7.2, 8.0 betas, rc1, rc2 - AMD64) on a Clevo M540SR laptop (chipset VIA VN896), after menu option selection, the boot process freezes at "Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/md0". On verbose booting it freezes giving some mode information: md0: Preloaded image 4194304 bytes at 0xffffffff80c4be40 ATA PseudoRAID loaded flowtable cleaner started warning: no time-of-day clock registered, system time will not be set accurately Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/md0 Start_init: trying /sbin/init Start_init: trying /sbin/oinit Start_init: trying /sbin/init.bak Start_init: trying /rescue/init Start_init: trying /stand/sysinstall I've tried already several boot hints (any of them with success) such as: apic.0.disabled = 1 sio.0.disasabled = 1 sio.1.disabled = 1 fdc.disabled = 1 kbdmux.0.disabled = 1 A possible solution I found over the internet would be to disable USB 2.0 support on bios, but bios options are very limited and won't allow me to do that. FreeBSD 6.4 install and later upgrade to 7.0 went flawlessly, but upgrade to 7.2 brings up the freezes again on boot.