From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 7 21:18:19 2009 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 7ED8E106566C for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 21:18:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr12.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr12.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13E858FC21 for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 21:18:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr12.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n77LHhla046045; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 23:17:43 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 22A43BA9B; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 23:17:43 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 23:17:43 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: jalmberg@identry.com Message-ID: <20090807211743.GA48236@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <4d4e09680908061012q6ea8aeacm875c556eaea7a54f@mail.gmail.com> <4A7B1B41.7090507@unsane.co.uk> <4d4e09680908061733v21602321x252a7111a7648ad6@mail.gmail.com> <4A7C074C.9060303@unsane.co.uk> <4d4e09680908070825h6f42e692t8cf0baa4f10f9cc@mail.gmail.com> <20090807154009.GB39621@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <4d4e09680908070926y40c6463au2666fd0b085ab3af@mail.gmail.com> <20090807165707.GA51779@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <4d4e09680908071318p66a6e76bwedda5f88623e019d@mail.gmail.com> <4d4e09680908071341i2d503819h2d6a55b885db5b56@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="HlL+5n6rz5pIUxbD" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4d4e09680908071341i2d503819h2d6a55b885db5b56@mail.gmail.com> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot failure 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: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:18:20 -0000 --HlL+5n6rz5pIUxbD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 04:41:57PM -0400, Identry wrote: > > Okay, back in the data center. I ran fsck_ffs -fp on my root file > > system and it returned with no errors. It just printed some > > information about number of files, used, free space, etc., ending with > > the interesting fact of .3% fragmentation. > > > > Then I reran it without the -fp and it printed Phase 1 - Phase 5, no > > errors, and again some info on the files. That's good news. Then at least your filesystems are OK. > > So, it looks like there is nothing wrong with the root partition. > > Which again raises the question, why won't it mount during the boot > > process? > > > > I'm going to try booting with verbose logging and see what that last > > line printed is... >=20 > Well, something got worse. After running fsck_ffs with no errors, I > tried to boot the machine. It got to the point where it printed: >=20 > > Booting from BIOS Partition 0 > PS2 keyboard detected > PS2 mouse detected >=20 > and it just hangs at that point. Well, if it won't load the OS from disk, but you can mount the partitions when booting from CD, I'd guess that there could be some issue with your MegaRAID card. It could be that the megaraid card needs more time to get ready than a normal boot gives it. Are you sure that the card is OK? If you can get your hands on a spare megaRAID card, maybe you should try to switch them?=20 If not, you're booting from the drives attached to this card, yes? So reboot and try to get inside the BIOS of the card and see if that can tell you something... When booting the card should display a message about how to enter the cards setup. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --HlL+5n6rz5pIUxbD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkp8mfcACgkQEnfvsMMhpyX7twCgpbrOHGr8/Cz+TCWku92FAXBD VvkAn3d5OjMKTI+TKo5tYzHBFpUB3FbU =n8tG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HlL+5n6rz5pIUxbD--