From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 11 11: 9: 6 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [204.156.12.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77D0E37B41E for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 11:09:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (doug@localhost) by fledge.watson.org (8.11.6/8.11.5) with SMTP id g0BJ8rR82891; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 14:08:53 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from doug@safeport.com) X-Authentication-Warning: fledge.watson.org: doug owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 14:08:52 -0500 (EST) From: doug X-Sender: doug@fledge.watson.org Reply-To: doug To: Robert Suetterlin Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help: System hangs during boot (if hd connected to promise 100TX2). In-Reply-To: <20020111150745.GE159@robert2.mpe-garching.mpg.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG You have been very throrough so I only mention this in that you did not, but did you try boot -c (and then visual) to see if this machine has an irq confilict in a way the other one does not? Also I had similiar problems with a Dell PE-300 and got great pointers from the hardware list. Mobile is another choice. On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Robert Suetterlin wrote: > Hello! > > I have a proliant ml 350, on which I try to install freebsd. > During the initial bootup the system hangs. I use FBSD4.4-release. I > tried installing from cdrom (iso images from freebsd.org) and over FTP. > > When I unplug a Promise UDMA100 TX2 Controller which is in the machine, > it boots ok. If I replug the Controller and unplug all connected > harddrives it still boots. When I connect any Harddisk to any > IDE-Channel it hangs during bootup. > > I have a second ml350 with almost identical hardware (less memory and an > additional multiport serial IO) which also contains an Promise U100TX2 > and has one HD connected. That second machine boots fine. > > Both ml350 have identical Bios Settings and IRQ Settings (except the > second machine uses one more IRQ for the multiport serial card). And I > configure the kernel on both machines identical: I remove all Network > Adapters, I remove all but floppy from storage, I remove PC Card. I > also tried not removing anything, not removing PC Card, additionally > removing Parallel Port, but with no real effect. Eccept that adding > more kernel parts delais the hang, and removing Parallel Port makes it > occur earlier. > > I really do not know what to diagnose next, booting with `boot -v` > didn't reveal any problems. The machine hangs while output is still in > bright mode. As it is mentioned very often in boot hangs I tried `set > hw.pcic.intr_path=1` and `set hw.pcic.irq=0` but with no visible effect. > > > Regards, Robert S. > > -- > Robert Suetterlin (robert@mpe.mpg.de) > phone: (+49)89 / 30000-3546 fax: (+49)89 / 30000-3950 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message