From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 12 21:27:54 2009 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 C3E53106566C for ; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:27:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-px0-f178.google.com (mail-px0-f178.google.com [209.85.216.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 978378FC12 for ; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:27:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pxi8 with SMTP id 8so1855204pxi.27 for ; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:27:54 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=cZagt1TrmYXx5r5VO+x3NV2RESSQsZPaljieufZExmQ=; b=N8hPiPtnWF1hBgTG/G/yUnpDN8Ey7lWHgJYKDfOruRNchIBV5E+Gq2BUdk2IOlZ3e1 XxCsjrStV+HF8ZmD+9ElnQfJ/yCL9hZHUox27FzcjOmZUyu/qy8o9LYi2FZ8cCCkopFM SfVBMbTDZh63LBwjLBQO4Gb1ErFZ/g2Fus4Ww= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=FdSG91lEQlVPrS1YB1EVVqBm3fTuisuOiWkLJbY37fJmVWCzdaxuHtQ7X2KrNWpMK2 95QghNu5oOfWBli5PYKg/FBjQw+336Bmem7ZPbYpo0nq234scsyBVLG/Tp65Sf/gOaeB fV29zx7lO3g3CrYz1cEuodtDnFxzezKTnBW2o= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.75.14 with SMTP id x14mr367338wfa.151.1258061274056; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:27:54 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <5f67a8c40911121246m144ba07w707a1c268fb2102c@mail.gmail.com> References: <5f67a8c40911121246m144ba07w707a1c268fb2102c@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:27:54 -0600 Message-ID: <6201873e0911121327x8b5a16k86c5018582785396@mail.gmail.com> From: Adam Vande More To: Zaphod Beeblebrox Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD Stable Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.x hang-on-boot on Dell 1950 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: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:27:54 -0000 On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > I have a dell 1950 here on the floor. Since "1950" seems to refer to a lot > of things with a lot of configurations, I'm going to attempt to narrow that > down a bit. > > It's got 2x 2.33Ghz dual core pentiums (stepping 06-0F-6 according to the > bios) in it and it has an SAS RAID card that FreeBSD recognises. I've > upgraded the BIOS to 2.6.1. It has two SAS 70G drives in a RAID 1 > configuration and it has a DVD (although it will only boot from CDs). > > If it helps, it's between 2 and 3 years old, I think. > > If I allow the machine to boot normally, it stopps after checking the > floppy > (there is no floppy) with the following message: > > fdc0: port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0 > fdc0: does not respond > device_attach: fdc0 attach returned 6 > > If I boot the machine without ACPI, it seems to stop at the same place > (stopping after having checked the ata controller, which checks right > before > the floppy) > > If I boot the machine verbose, I get no more information --- it stopps at > the same place. > > I have tried this (so far) with 7.2-R and 7.1-R. Both do the same thing. > > Can you disable the floppy drive and controller? There are usually separate options on different screens. -- Adam Vande More