Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 18:49:41 +0300 From: Alexander Moisseev <moiseev@mezonplus.ru> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd on Intel s5000pal - kernel reboots the system Message-ID: <818b2e65-9850-d11b-6fb5-77152a429aa6@mezonplus.ru> In-Reply-To: <20170418094422.GW1788@kib.kiev.ua> References: <4e16fe78-9a79-4cb6-8b49-9e74a807f358@norma.perm.ru> <20170418094422.GW1788@kib.kiev.ua>
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On 18.04.2017 12:44, Konstantin Belousov wrote: > On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 01:28:33PM +0500, Eugene M. Zheganin wrote: >> Hi, >> >> >> I need to install FreBSD on an Intel system with s5000pal mainboard. The >> problem is, that on the kernel loading stage, FreeBSD reboots the >> server. Like, always and silently, without trapping. I have plugged out >> all of the discrete PCI controllers, leaving only onboard ones. Still >> reboots. I was suspecting this is some kind of hardware problem, so I >> ran the memtest (no errors for two hours) and I've even switched the >> server (I have two identical ones). New server reboots too. So, looks >> like it's some kind of FreeBSD issue. I've updated the BIOS on both, >> tried to boot without ACPI - and this doesn't help (and without ACPI >> FreeBSD refuses to even start to load kernel). > You did not provide any information about your issue. It is not known > even whether the loader breaks for you, or a kernel starts booting and > failing. > > Ideally, you would use serial console and provide the log of everything > printed on it, before the reboot. > > What kind of boot do you use, legacy BIOS or EFI ? What version of > FreeBSD ? > I had exactly the same issue with s5000pal after updating from 10.3-RELEASE-p4 to 11-RELEASE amd64. The FreeBSD 11 installer cannot boot as well. I used legacy BIOS (I believe s5000pal doesn't support EFI). 10.3-RELEASE and previous FreeBSD versions worked well on s5000pal.
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