Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 16:15:22 +0200 From: Greg Byshenk <freebsd@byshenk.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: 7-STABLE bootloader not working on Asus TR-DLS Message-ID: <20080408141521.GE1317@core.byshenk.net> In-Reply-To: <47F777F4.9060507@demax.sk> References: <47F6A733.8060308@demax.sk> <20080405111153.GB2947@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <47F777F4.9060507@demax.sk>
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I'm piggybacking this onto the previous bootloader thread because I have
a suspicion that my problem may be related to the 'fix' for the prveious
problem.
I've got a machine (old-ish) that will not boot with the changes to
src/sys/boot/i386 in March.
It it a dual-p3 system running on an Asus tr-dls motherboard (with most
recent -- from 2002, but that is the most recent) BIOS updates:
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) III CPU family 1266MHz (1266.72-MHz 686-class CPU)
Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x6b1 Stepping = 1
Features=0x383fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE>
real memory = 2147463168 (2047 MB)
avail memory = 2091913216 (1995 MB)
ACPI APIC Table: <ASUS TR-DLS >
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs
cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 3
cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 0
When I install the most recent world (for example, a build of 7-STABLE from
01-04-2008), it simply fails to boot. No panic, no crash, but just stops.
I get to:
[...]
BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.02
Consoles: internal video/keyboard
BIOS drive A: is disk0
... and then nothing ... just hangs permanently
If I change back to 7-RELEASE, or to 7-STABLE as of 18-03-2008, there is
no problem at all. If I run the system with 01-04-2008 world, but copy
back in the contents of /boot from 18-03-2008, then there is again no
problem. I can copy in the 01-04-2008 kernel and run under that, and there
is no problem (it is running like that now). But I have to use the old
version of the booloader.
I'm not a coder, and haven't looked more deeply, but it appears that
something in here:
i386/src/sys/boot/i386/btx/btx/Makefile
i386/src/sys/boot/i386/btx/btx/btx.S
i386/src/sys/boot/i386/libi386/biosmem.c
i386/src/sys/boot/i386/libi386/biossmap.c
...has broken booting on this machine.
Any advice gladly accepted.
--
greg byshenk - gbyshenk@byshenk.net - Leiden, NL
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