From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 12 22:28:04 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D20E1065670 for ; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 22:28:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from falkman@gamozo.org) Received: from que11.charter.net (que11.charter.net [209.225.8.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 177298FC0A for ; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 22:28:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from imp10 ([10.20.200.15]) by mta31.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.09.02.04 201-2219-117-106-20090629) with ESMTP id <20110712221006.KDYJ3994.mta31.charter.net@imp10> for ; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:10:06 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.115] ([75.135.75.204]) by imp10 with smtp.charter.net id 7AA61h0024QU3rf05AA6Xa; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:10:06 -0400 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=G6Q69DB3AUoJKS2BpLRaz8MQ2NORN7h5HRzrJMPOhRw= c=1 sm=1 a=CpZYxkIGCHkA:10 a=1oZn42fZWVAA:10 a=EZ1XIdwCItEA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=HEs2YkztZRVyeANDsLw8Eg==:17 a=yArUfgI9z4XnWFJVbgcA:9 a=4V3MPM6CZksUHslxwK8A:7 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=HEs2YkztZRVyeANDsLw8Eg==:117 Message-ID: <4E1CC63D.6040606@gamozo.org> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:10:05 -0500 From: Brandon Falk User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.18) Gecko/20110616 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: System Fails to Boot (Deadlock?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 22:28:04 -0000 Hello, My machine somehow fails to boot into FreeBSD (off the cd, since it fails to boot, I can't install it in the first place). It goes through and ends up stopping deadlock style. No printouts of errors (besides a ppc problem, which is not fatal) and no crash/oops/panic. It just... stops and locks up. I know my motherboards PCI system has failed, as well as lan (getting a new one tomorrow), which is probably what is causing the problem. The thing is that Windows 7 and Linux happen to boot just fine on my machine, so although my system has a failing motherboard and may cause errors, I still feel like it shouldn't be causing this much of an issue on boot. I tried verbose logging and got no more information anyways. It will be nearly impossible to diagnose this error so I'm looking for tips on where to look. I'm an avid programmer and I could fix the problem if I were able to find it. I could just compile custom kernels to give printout and debug messages every step, but that would be a long process if there is a better way. Keep in mind I do not have FreeBSD installed, no serial or parallel ports, and I'm booting from a CD. Once I get the new motherboard I will probably not care about fixing this problem, as I'd be replacing it. So this is more of an overnight deal that I'd like to look into. System: Intel i7 970 24GB ram Asus Sabertooth X58 motherboard If you need more system info, I'd be glad to give it. -Brandon Falk