Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:19:11 +0200 From: Thierry Herbelot <thierry.herbelot@laposte.net> To: Peter Beckman <beckman@angryox.com> Cc: "freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Dell M600 Blade: 6.4 works, 7.x and 8.x fail to boot Message-ID: <200911141819.12000.thierry.herbelot@laposte.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0911141202580.10412@nog.angryox.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0911131436000.10412@nog.angryox.com> <200911141720.38432.thierry.herbelot@laposte.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0911141202580.10412@nog.angryox.com>
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Le Saturday 14 November 2009, Peter Beckman a écrit : [SNIP] > >>> > >>> then, one of the first steps would be a the dmesg of both a succeeding > >>> and a failing kernels (verbose !) > >> > >> I tried the bootonly ISOs for 7.x and 8.x, both amd64 and i386, all of > >> which fail to boot on the Dell M600. > > > > aha ! > > > > anyway, even with a CDROM, you can boot *verbose* and note where the boot > > stops (even if there won't be a serial console, write down the blocking > > device probe) > > Can you shoot me a link to the docs on how to do this? I haven't been > able to find out how. speaking from memory : just before the kernel starts, you should have the *loader* menu (with the ASCII graphics depicting beastie), where you can choose between boot options, and option 5 is boot verbose (like 4 is boot single) TfH > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Peter Beckman Internet Guy > beckman@angryox.com http://www.angryox.com/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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