From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 1 02:21:49 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A74716A420 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 02:21:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from greg@fastserve.net) Received: from server.fastserve.net (fastservenetwork.net [216.176.199.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7E5E43D48 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 02:21:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from greg@fastserve.net) Received: from tech.fastserve.net (tech.fastserve.net [216.176.203.54]) by server.fastserve.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k212LmP9028212; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 18:21:48 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 18:17:00 -0800 From: Greg Goodman X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.53d) Personal X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <55-1932875418.20060228181700@fastserve.net> To: Chuck Swiger In-Reply-To: <44038B94.7090409@mac.com> References: <122-2030100400.20060227151635@fastserve.net> <44038B94.7090409@mac.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re[2]: 6.0 problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Greg Goodman List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 02:21:49 -0000 Hello Chuck, Thanks for your help we updated the bios on the Supermicro motherboard and it fixed the problem. Monday, February 27, 2006, 3:30:28 PM, you wrote: CS> Greg Goodman wrote: CS> [ ... ] >> When freebsd6.0 boots it will hang at the part that says >> Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec >> >> The system is running a Supermicro motherboard with dual 3.2 gig Xeon cpus >> and 2 gig ram. Also running an Adaptec raid 5 card. >> >> If we boot up in safe mode it boots fine. CS> Ah, that was a useful bit of information to mention. Booting in safe mode CS> disables ACPI and the APIC, which also means that SMP will not be enabled. You CS> might try hunting around for an updated BIOS for the motherboard, or try CS> tweaking the power-management/ACPI section of your BIOS. CS> However, if you can boot a working system using safe mode, you can also try to CS> use cvsup to update the system to 6.1-PRERELEASE, and see whether that works CS> better for you. CS> Otherwise, someone with more knowledge than I have will need to take a closer CS> look; you could help this process by putting your dmesg output on a webserver CS> somewhere and posting a link to it. If you build a new kernel, you can include CS> mechanisms to break to a debugger, which might prove useful in that you can get CS> a backtrace showing where the kernel is wandering off when it hangs. -- Best regards, Greg Goodman mailto:greg@fastserve.net CEO Fastserve Network http://www.fastserve.net (213)673-4440 ext 204 600 West 7th Street Suite 310 Los Angeles Ca. 90017 The Net Never Sleeps And Neither Do We