From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 27 23:49:49 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 D64AD16A418 for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:49:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from shieronymus@gmail.com) Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com (fk-out-0910.google.com [209.85.128.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63EE013C45A for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:49:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from shieronymus@gmail.com) Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b27so4826298fka.11 for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:49:47 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=SaCv6ZzA4FNU9FIYHdepKMww/EVS3NwjjMxZmW7xKh4=; b=qHX4IphOGERAYbqdmMVzpAOyxGhQCMDNtB+c1AuyKM1Zz9wg96yU8k9tk/NZNdjSjjw4mpFzv+UfR+JTgGznPmrrApOMbO8yqCI4damEIqoY1v34j2R3hFxIPzu2YiHIifFT0erYCP7z5J7ZJafutEnK+5anzX/RIG1unRkWe+U= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=R5WSLZkaJJRWZJJn/5FG30IDgOhygMmIPh+M2DO1jnSxjdfCfd7ir8k4cr32IW2R3TL4VoqohKhKbWxd/z+PBV9FiYOw0K4u2D/nqlrjkhk7BlV9phTQlsnyY4M3z2TzVYN1j/XHKqhKOzjBJgp08T4fu/RmV85E6TjMcH/6jIc= Received: by 10.78.193.19 with SMTP id q19mr10648117huf.69.1198799387424; Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:49:47 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.140.2 with HTTP; Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:49:47 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <70d306230712271549j1fc5c31dm3a8d5acc04871c9e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:49:47 -0700 From: "Seth Hieronymus" To: delphij@delphij.net In-Reply-To: <47743135.50103@delphij.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <70d306230712240855j3ecd0000w7a7f87cadc15652a@mail.gmail.com> <47743135.50103@delphij.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 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 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 23:49:49 -0000 On Dec 27, 2007 4:11 PM, Xin LI wrote: > -----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----- > Thanks for the response! What you suggested worked -- I removed the SATA cables from both harddrives, and then was able to boot using the 7.0 BETA4 AMD64 LiveFS cd. It appears that the disk controller is not the problem. It is recognized by FreeBSD as (hand copied): atapci0: port 0xd200-0xd27f,0xd300-0xd3ff mem 0xf8236000-0xf8236fff,0xf8200000-0xf821ffff irq 19 at device 9.0 on pci0 Searching the dmesg, there are no other devices on irq 19. Not sure it matters, but one interesting thing is that the motherboard also has another SATA controller (irq 20 at device 15.0), which is: atapci1: Any ideas? Thanks, Seth