Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:47:34 +0100 From: ian j hart <ianjhart@ntlworld.com> To: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: unable to boot 7.0-RELEASE cdrom on supermicro 5015b-mt Message-ID: <200807221847.34935.ianjhart@ntlworld.com> In-Reply-To: <20080722163724.GA11757@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: <200807221727.52718.ianjhart@ntlworld.com> <20080722163724.GA11757@eos.sc1.parodius.com>
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On Tuesday 22 July 2008 17:37:24 Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 05:27:52PM +0100, ian j hart wrote: > > Same hardware as my other thread. > > http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/1U/5015/SYS-5015B-MT.cfm > > > > [using 2Gb RAM and SATA in legacy mode] > > > > I'd like to focus only on making the CDROM boot complete. > > > > Summary: hangs just after the CPUs are launched. > > > > 6.2-RELEASE works okay, no AHCI support > > 6.3-RELEASE works okay > > 7.0-RELEASE hangs > > 7.0-STABLE-200806-SNAPSHOT hangs > > 8.0-CURRENT-200806-SNAPSHOT hangs > > > > I thought I could do a binary search using the current snapshot boot-only > > CDs but they only go back to March. Are there any older ones available? > > Have you tried disabling ACPI to see if it makes any sort of difference? Yes, but I'm happy to re-try. Which method is "best"? Or is it 1 + 2 or 3? 1) BIOS 2) Beastie menu option 3) loader prompt set hint > > Also, AHCI should work just fine on those systems -- I know because I > have fairly extensive experience with Supermicro hardware, although what > you're using is newer than what I presently have. I don't know why > you're setting Compatible/Legacy mode on your controller (you mention > doing this in your other thread as well). Because I don't know what's wrong yet and AHCI support is newer than SATA support and this is a newish board? [At least 6.2 doesn't seem to support it and it has an AHCI legacy option!] I'd be happy to swap this over. Slight problem; the drives get renumbered, so I'd rather not swap back and forth. > > Below is what we use on our systems; factory defaults, then make the > following changes. (The G-LAN1 OPROM option you can do whatever you > want with -- it's specific to our environment). > > * Main > * Date > --> Set to GMT, not local time!!! > * Serial ATA > --> SATA Controller Mode --> Enhanced > --> SATA AHCI --> Enabled > > * Advanced > * Boot Features > --> Quiet Mode --> Disabled > --> Enable Multimedia Timer --> Enabled > * PCI Configuration > --> Onboard G-LAN1 OPROM --> Disabled > --> Large Disk Access Mode --> Other > * Advanced Processor Options > --> Intel(R) Virtualization Technology --> Enabled > --> C1 Enhanced Mode --> Enabled I've got as close as I can to this. This board also has an AHCI legacy option [disabled] which hides ports 5 and 6. I also disabled quickboot and POST errors. I assume multimedia timer is the same as HPET. Doesn't seem to be any disk translation option. I took the fans off 'flat out'. Thanks for your help. -- ian j hart
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