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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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_004A_01C88F3C.6D63DCD0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > 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. 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