From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 14 17:19:29 2009 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 26AA1106566B for ; Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:19:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from thierry.herbelot@laposte.net) Received: from smtp4-g21.free.fr (smtp4-g21.free.fr [212.27.42.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 880B38FC0C for ; Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:19:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp4-g21.free.fr (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp4-g21.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EE2F4C811B for ; Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:19:23 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail.herbelot.nom (bne75-4-82-227-159-103.fbx.proxad.net [82.227.159.103]) by smtp4-g21.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CCDA4C8184 for ; Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:19:21 +0100 (CET) Received: from tulipe.herbelot.nom (tulipe.herbelot.nom [192.168.2.5]) by mail.herbelot.nom (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id nAEHJHux018791; Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:19:18 +0100 (CET) From: Thierry Herbelot To: Peter Beckman Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:19:11 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 References: <200911141720.38432.thierry.herbelot@laposte.net> In-Reply-To: X-Warning: Windows can lose your files X-Op-Sys: Le FriBi de la mort qui tue X-Org: TfH&Co X-MailScanner: Found to be clean MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200911141819.12000.thierry.herbelot@laposte.net> Cc: "freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: Dell M600 Blade: 6.4 works, 7.x and 8.x fail to boot 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: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:19:29 -0000 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/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------