From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 26 05:17:22 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88F5716A421 for ; Wed, 26 Dec 2007 05:17:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from illoai@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com (rv-out-0910.google.com [209.85.198.187]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62B4C13C4D1 for ; Wed, 26 Dec 2007 05:17:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from illoai@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id l15so2807328rvb.43 for ; Tue, 25 Dec 2007 21:17:22 -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:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=6HPQrDEzdyZsuHNK9uIrc801bpOQLHAPTJTVjK6/mdI=; b=eayqRctaOc3HtJwoU8Rl41a7DNSQYxk5lhrPhXBzl4HqwxXj2VRyyKyapu6BrMc+31GTBooqOao6uenNpNIsQMW2YnrsJ4v/pD9dEUVE/f+pWVUyEjoAQXqclPcXY1IEccBGLK8T3VJ3Gbq3yJfXkwa/b9MfNsCWG0e+4X0BVd8= 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:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=SEryxPsRDeeCQJGT3y0h2hu+2t73NL01NuNC2nr1F6A0d2C9S0Kji/D28nL1G+Jk9Iu1AhETarz0LMCLJiRtObS5CIzDLRnfLUULKeO3jTM122mgkHCrK4wLilqJTr3ljldoA46tiPgeVrrKsZoYam31jHC13Zl9i7fOZpiPmEQ= Received: by 10.141.83.15 with SMTP id k15mr3079252rvl.120.1198644782489; Tue, 25 Dec 2007 20:53:02 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.141.141.7 with HTTP; Tue, 25 Dec 2007 20:53:02 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 22:53:02 -0600 From: "illoai@gmail.com" To: tundra@tundraware.com In-Reply-To: <4771D6B2.6090608@tundraware.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <4771D6B2.6090608@tundraware.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: CDROM Boot Hangs But Only Under 6.x X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 05:17:22 -0000 On 25/12/2007, Tim Daneliuk wrote: > I am building a new server out of both older and brand new > components. It is based on a Pentium D 925 and ABIT LG-95Z > mobo. The DVD-RW is a Lite-On about a year old with very > low hours on it. > > So ... here's a fun one: I can boot and install FreeBSD 4.x (CD) > or Novell SUSE Enterprise Linux Desktop 10 SP1 (DVD) via the > DVD. But attempting to do this with 6.x (I have tried 6.2R and > 6.3-PRE disk #1) causes a hang during boot. The loader gets > as far as showing the vertical bar that ordinarily "spins" > to show intitial kernel loading progress and the the machine > just sits there. There is some further activity on the optical > drive at this point and then the cursor sort of jumps around a bit. > > I've not yet tried swapping the optical drive out - though I doubt > this is the problem since I can load the other OSs. I've tried > removing and moving memory sticks in case this is a flakey > memory problem - no change. I've tried removing the only > two cards in the machine: 3COM 905C-TX and an Adaptec 2940UW - > no change. > > I have one last ditch thing I will try later tonight which is > to force the DVD IDE port into PIO mode and out of DMA mode. > But that's it. I am stumped. Ideas anyone? > If it is not hardware, check your bios settings (and mayhap set back to default or very conservative) (of which the PIO trick may work). Also, 7.0 ran extremely well for me back in Sept., you might try it as an alternative. HTH -- --