Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:25:07 -0700 From: "Dave Overton" <dave@syix.com> To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: BSD 6 or 7 + Intel 3200 MCH chipset Message-ID: <004f01c88f77$19fe5e40$26714dd1@syix.com> In-Reply-To: <200803252320.39255.lists@jnielsen.net> References: <007501c88edf$5f274740$26714dd1@syix.com> <200803252320.39255.lists@jnielsen.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] > > On Tuesday 25 March 2008 09:19:00 pm Dave Overton wrote: > > Just put together a nice 1U box, Tyan Tank GT20, plugged in its 8gb > > ECC RAM, its 4 shiney new HDs and fired it up. Bios looks normal, > > reset the clock to something resembling today, and throw in > the Fbsd7 disk! > > > > No joy. > > > > I get just a hint of a "booting" line, then an instant > reboot, or with > > a 6 disk, I get a scrolling mess that I have no idea what it says. > > Partly guessing, but this sounds like the real-mode BTX > bootloader issue. > It's become increasingly common on newer hardware, and it's > not limited to USB devices like it used to be. Fortunately, > there is a good chance that jhb's recent BTX overhaul will > fix it. Unfortunately, it was only committed to -CURRENT two > weeks ago and MFC'ed to RELENG_6 and RELENG_7 one week ago so > I doubt there's a ready-to-use snapshot CD you can download > that includes it. > > If it were me I'd create a bootable USB stick (on another > machine) to verify that you can boot the server with the > latest boot blocks, then use it to do a manual install (or at > least bootstrap the process). But that's just me--I like that > sort of thing. It's also possible to roll your own > installation CD but I've never done.it. I do recall someone > posting an link to an image to one of the mailing lists, but > IIRC that was with a BTX patch older than the one that > actually got committed. Probably someone else on this list > has a better suggestion. > > JN > > > Tyan Tank GT20 model B5211 > > Tyan Toledo i3200R m/b > > Intel 3200 MCH chipset. Fixed with ISO built on March 25,2008 Fbsd7-Stable, in case anyone else find they have this problem. Probably fixed before that, but thats the one I used, and things are working great today. Thanks for the help guys. [-- Attachment #2 --] 0 *H 01 0 + 0 *H 5010 ֏<H 'MFWEy0 *H 01 0 UUS1 0 UUT10USalt Lake City1 0 U The USERTRUST Network1!0 U http://www.usertrust.com1604U-UTN-USERFirst-Client Authentication and Email0 080118000000Z 090117235959Z01503U ,Comodo Trust Network - PERSONA NOT VALIDATED1F0DU =Terms and Conditions of use: http://www.comodo.net/repository1 0 U (c)2003 Comodo Limited10U Dave Overton1 0 *H dave@syix.com0"0 *H 0 [U<,9_զ<)3FoOoH&kt :vЉy:b5ܘB#;^ ԭѴ*ϊ-&%Q*sW->Ha6X] ʣtqHK <BB6XhVc~, |(^HJ9D1Y L hW*İMqcF)}3Fq '#U ZS)$ߥa- oO#6 GXv 00 U #0g}ĝ&p KPH|=n}0 U fD:~uMy@?0U 0 U 0 0 U %0+ +10 `HB 0FU ?0=0; +10+0)+ https://secure.comodo.net/CPS0U 00LJHFhttp://crl.comodoca.com/UTN-USERFirst-ClientAuthenticationandEmail.crl0JHFDhttp://crl.comodo.net/UTN-USERFirst-ClientAuthenticationandEmail.crl0|+p0n06+0*http://crt.comodoca.com/UTNAAAClientCA.crt04+0(http://crt.comodo.net/UTNAAAClientCA.crt0U 0 dave@syix.com0 *H y}KU @)ʻ XPx} OHtΞ[n&TO~hN ;'bFY (i - 1_ԗj{ Zm#P/g~w%Xy6@`HZM6ʥ"iSA{!SG8W)ñ顏E#ԒQ$ 5Wuu۰9 hSr]ΰL-C1f1h0d001 0 UUS1 0 UUT10USalt Lake City1 0 U The USERTRUST Network1!0 U http://www.usertrust.com1604U-UTN-USERFirst-Client Authentication and Email ֏<H 'MFWEy0 + x0 *H 1 *H 0 *H 1 080326192507Z0# *H 1fsw%ݵhH&\ 0g *H 1Z0X0 *H 0*H 0 *H @0+0 *H (0+0 *H 0 +71001 0 UUS1 0 UUT10USalt Lake City1 0 U The USERTRUST Network1!0 U http://www.usertrust.com1604U-UTN-USERFirst-Client Authentication and Email ֏<H 'MFWEy0 *H 1Ǡ01 0 UUS1 0 UUT10USalt Lake City1 0 U The USERTRUST Network1!0 U http://www.usertrust.com1604U-UTN-USERFirst-Client Authentication and Email ֏<H 'MFWEy0 *H |Pտ2۴jL\PfǞB PCP? !H؈> ,U:.h72hj6B6-֣NkjOB[kq#ssiC?pWU(ZU7#JvaK*4㸬Vj2 YJ AzW}G0<op DLfvݯ37>Avc| ID<Zؤ)X8Kd˨ k J͌03Q )help
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