From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 19 20:37:41 2011 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 94C9B106567E for ; Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:37:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from qmta09.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta09.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.96]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 422D08FC1C for ; Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:37:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from omta18.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.90]) by qmta09.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id mgEk1h0051wpRvQ59kdgfx; Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:37:40 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([67.180.84.87]) by omta18.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id mkdc1h00x1t3BNj3ekdctz; Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:37:37 +0000 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 1F5BA102C1C; Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:37:35 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:37:35 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: V?clav Zeman Message-ID: <20111019203735.GA46366@icarus.home.lan> References: <4E9DD0E6.9080902@sh.cvut.cz> <20111019182653.92e68de5.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <4E9F2EF7.8000403@sh.cvut.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4E9F2EF7.8000403@sh.cvut.cz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: booting 8.2 on Gigabyte GA-790XTA-UD4 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: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:37:41 -0000 On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 10:11:35PM +0200, V?clav Zeman wrote: > On 10/19/2011 06:26 PM, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > > On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:17:58 +0200 > > V?clav Zeman wrote: > > > >> I am having problems booting the FreeBSD 8.2 CD image on > >> GA-790XTA-UD4(rev. 1.0). The last thing that I can see is "BIOS drive A: > >> is disk0". Is this completely not supported? Can I do anything to > >> install FreeBSD on such box? > > Have you done the usual stuff? > > - if not running the latest BIOS, try to update > I did update from revision F2 to F3 of the BIOS. > > > - try to fiddle with relevant settings in BIOS > I did try to turn the HDD setting to IDE from SATA > > > - Try another release of FreeBSD (older or newer), or a new snapshot > The FreeBSD 9 BETA3 DVD image does not boot either. > > > - Google "name of board + FreeBSD" > I have not found anything using that search. Here we go again, with manufacturers shoving 6 bazillion ICs on a motherboard, doing nothing but making a mess... The GA-790XTA-UD4 has a three (3) SATA controllers on it, and one IDE/PATA controller on it. * AMD SB750 southbridge - 1x IDE/PATA - 6x SATA ports (labelled SATA2_0 through SATA2_5 on the board; these are the light blue SATA ports) * Marvell 88SE9128 - 2x SATA600 ports (labelled GSATA3_6 and GSATA_7 on the board; these are the white SATA ports) * JMicron JMB362 - 2x eSATA (SATA300) ports (on backplane) So which SATA ports is your hard disk hooked up to? If the drive is hooked to the Marvell or the JMicron, you probably won't get anywhere. Hook it to the light blue ports, preferably port SATA2_0. Next comes the insanity that is the system BIOS for this board, given the number of SATA controllers on it. * OnChip IDE Channel --> Enabled, assuming you plan on using the IDE/PATA port, otherwise you can safely disable it * OnChip SATA Controller --> Enabled * OnChip SATA Type --> AHCI - The above 3 are controlled by the AMD SB750 southbridge * Onboard ESATA Controller -> Disabled - This is the JMicron JMB362 chip * Onboard SATA3 Controller --> Disabled - This is the Marvell 88SE9128 chip Also, any reference you see to something called "GRAID" or "GigabyteRAID" is 100% in reference to the Marvell chip -- on this board anyway. Don't mess with it. Next question: what *exact model* of hard disk are you using? Please be specific. Next question: do you actually have a floppy drive hooked up to this system? If not, please disable it in the system BIOS and see if you get further. If so, please make sure the floppy cable is connected properly (when its backwards, usually the drive LED will be lit at all times, and any disk you have in there will be completely destroyed). BTW, the floppy is controlled by the iTE IT8720 chip on the board and nothing else. You should also disable the "Onboard 1394 Function" (used for Firewire), as this has caused some problems in the past for FreeBSD users (myself included). Maybe it has since been fixed, but it's one thing to disable as a precaution, though it shouldn't affect things during boot-up. Finally, you can try disabling the "Onboard USB 3.0 Controller" to see if somehow that's causing problems (especially if you have a USB-based storage drive (Flash, etc.) hooked up at the time -- that might appear as a bootable device to the bootloader). All of this info, BTW, is in the user manual. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, US | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP 4BD6C0CB |