From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 26 05:47:17 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 21DBC16A418 for ; Wed, 26 Dec 2007 05:47:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tundra@tundraware.com) Received: from ozzie.tundraware.com (ozzie.tundraware.com [75.145.138.73]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BABD313C442 for ; Wed, 26 Dec 2007 05:47:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tundra@tundraware.com) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (viper.tundraware.com [192.168.0.2]) (authenticated bits=0) by ozzie.tundraware.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id lBQ5lEOb096789 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 25 Dec 2007 23:47:14 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from tundra@tundraware.com) Message-ID: <4771EAE1.4010501@tundraware.com> Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 23:47:13 -0600 From: Tim Daneliuk Organization: TundraWare Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: FreeBSD Mailing List References: <4771D6B2.6090608@tundraware.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-tundraware.com-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-tundraware.com-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-tundraware.com-MailScanner-From: tundra@tundraware.com X-Spam-Status: No Subject: Re: CDROM Boot Hangs But Only Under 6.x X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: tundra@tundraware.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 05:47:17 -0000 illoai@gmail.com wrote: > 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). I just swapped out the optical drive with a CD-RW - exact same symptoms. Fiddling w/BIOS, seems to make no difference, though I am still poking at it. I am utterly lost - never seen very standard hardware like this that FreeBSD could/would not boot and run on ... -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Daneliuk tundra@tundraware.com PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/