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Date:      Fri, 5 Mar 2004 12:03:34 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To:        Nick Nelson <snelson@valdosta.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 5.2.1 Unbootable on my Hardware
Message-ID:  <20040305120154.L31036@carver.gumbysoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <4048AC8A.4060809@valdosta.edu>
References:  <4048AC8A.4060809@valdosta.edu>

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On Fri, 5 Mar 2004, Nick Nelson wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I've recently tried to install 5.2.1 on a new system of mine, basically
> it's an AMD 3000XP, Radeon9800 Pro, Corsair XMS RAM, Lanparty Ultra II
> (http://www.dfi.com.tw/Product/xx_product_spec_details_r_us.jsp?PRODUCT_ID=1524)
> with a SerialATA (Marvell 88i8030 chip), I have one SerialATA drive and
> one IDE drive.

The Marvell chip is the SATA bridge, not the ATA controller.  Its probably
the standard built-in nForce 2 ATA controller.

> I've tried booting off both the SATA drive and the IDE drive, each time
> it gets to:
>
> ---
>
> Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
> lo0: bpf attached
>
> ---
>
> and stops..I ran it with logging to get that much information. I've
> unplugged the SerialATA, which I thought would resolve it, but didn't.
> Any ideas?

Hm ... try booting without ACPI, and if that doesn't work, try safe mode.
Looks like the controller is locking up or something...

-- 
Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@gumbysoft.com          |  www.FreeBSD.org



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