From owner-freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 1 19:40:01 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-i386@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 988B3106566C for ; Sun, 1 Mar 2009 19:40:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 740848FC12 for ; Sun, 1 Mar 2009 19:40:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n21Je1xC001010 for ; Sun, 1 Mar 2009 19:40:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n21Je1rx001009; Sun, 1 Mar 2009 19:40:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 19:40:01 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200903011940.n21Je1rx001009@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Roy Badami Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 538881065670 for ; Sun, 1 Mar 2009 19:37:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41A298FC17 for ; Sun, 1 Mar 2009 19:37:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n21JbkZh038240 for ; Sun, 1 Mar 2009 19:37:46 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n21JbkUZ038239; Sun, 1 Mar 2009 19:37:46 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200903011937.n21JbkUZ038239@www.freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 19:37:46 GMT From: Roy Badami To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: i386/132230: 7.1-RELEASE /boot/loader non-functional on Asus A7N266 X-BeenThere: freebsd-i386@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: I386-specific issues for FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:40:01 -0000 >Number: 132230 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: 7.1-RELEASE /boot/loader non-functional on Asus A7N266 >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-i386 >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Mar 01 19:40:01 UTC 2009 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Roy Badami >Release: 7.1-RELEASE-p3 >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD giles.gnomon.org.uk 7.1-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE-p3 #0: Sun Mar 1 11:34:51 GMT 2009 roy@ giles.gnomon.org.uk:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GILES i386 >Description: The /boot/loader provided with FreeBSD 7.1 won't boot an Asus A7N266 motherboard. This is a SCSI machine using an Adaptec 2940 Ultra SCSI card, although I suspect that that's not relevent, since the two reports cited below don't mention SCSI. Symptom is that the machine spontaneously reboots after loading the kernel but before booting it. This was observed after upgrading from 6.3 to 7.1, and is also observed when booting from disc 1 of the 7.1 CD distribution. As a workaround, I replaced /boot/loader with one from a 6.3 CD and this boots my 7.1 system fine. This appears to be the same problem that has been reported here: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?p=14825 and here: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-i386/2008-July/007103.html but I can't find PR's for either of these so am reporting here. Both users are seeing the FreeBSD 7 loader fail to boot an A7N266 motherboard. (The latter mentions PR i386/113160 but this seems to be unrelated) >How-To-Repeat: Either 1. Attempt to boot from a 7.1 CD on an A7N266 system Or 2. Take an A7N266 system running (say) 6.3 and perform a source upgrade to 7.1 >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: