From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 27 23:11:59 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 087D616A417 for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:11:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@delphij.net) Received: from tarsier.delphij.net (delphij-pt.tunnel.tserv2.fmt.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f03:2c9::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0F7413C458 for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:11:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@delphij.net) Received: from tarsier.geekcn.org (unknown [202.108.54.204]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tarsier.delphij.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BADE528448 for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:11:57 +0800 (CST) Received: from localhost (unknown [202.108.54.204]) by tarsier.geekcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68926EC494A; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:11:57 +0800 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at geekcn.org Received: from tarsier.geekcn.org ([202.108.54.204]) by localhost (mail.geekcn.org [202.108.54.204]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id C-xUHOAhkhBb; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:11:52 +0800 (CST) Received: from charlie.delphij.net (pool-71-113-249-14.herntx.dsl-w.verizon.net [71.113.249.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tarsier.geekcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83D0BEC4940; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:11:51 +0800 (CST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=default; d=delphij.net; c=nofws; q=dns; h=message-id:date:from:reply-to:organization:user-agent: mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to: x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Ti/3+c21+upNlZkuuentC1tBOD1r/wrjRnrF+SwOFFH9OiKny7+cORL3wFwgvLSHT mSM+GfMcodOyPkkl7ugiQ== Message-ID: <47743135.50103@delphij.net> Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:11:49 -0600 From: Xin LI Organization: The FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071125) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Seth Hieronymus References: <70d306230712240855j3ecd0000w7a7f87cadc15652a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <70d306230712240855j3ecd0000w7a7f87cadc15652a@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Instant Reboot with 7.0 BETA4 LifeFS Disk X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: d@delphij.net List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:11:59 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Seth Hieronymus wrote: > In testing my Windows desktop with the 7.0 LiveFS disk ( > 7.0-BETA4-amd64-livefs.iso), I get an instant reboot when the CD is run. As > far as I can tell, no console messages are printed, so it seems the error > happens very early in the loading process. Other FreeBSD versions (6.2, > i386 7.0) also exhibit the same behavior. If left alone, the computer will > just continually reboot. > > The specs of the system are: > Soltek SL-k8TPro-939 (Via K8T800 Pro ATX) motherboard > AMD Athlon64 3800+ Newcastle 2.4GHz > Promise FastTrak 579 RAID Controller (PDC20579) > 2x Seagate Barracuda 7200 SATA 150 disks in RAID 1 > Re-badged Radeon 9600 Pro 256MB 128-bit DDR AGP video card > > My guess is that the disk controller is not supported. Should this cause an > instant reboot with a live filesystem disk? Is there anyway to debug this > since no console messages are printed? One guess: what if you disable and disconnect your hard disk? This will be helpful to narrow down the issue... Cheers, - -- Xin LI http://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHdDE0hcUczkLqiksRAnqZAJ9d5DvreJwI/gciL+xtBcone7uhuACfbakl p/pv89ZWt25HGL9I/4a8avU= =RApP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----