From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 27 17:58:02 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D920106566B for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:58:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists+freebsd@internecto.net) Received: from mx1.internecto.net (polaris.internecto.net [IPv6:2a01:4f8:150:2343::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1BBA8FC14 for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:58:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by mx1.internecto.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A18CB298022; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:58:00 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mx1.internecto.net Received: from mx1.internecto.net ([176.9.245.29]) by localhost (polaris.internecto.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id tB+mbTcWLYP2; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:57:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (athena [192.168.1.10]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.internecto.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6C73729801F; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:57:58 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:55:18 +0200 From: Mark To: matt Message-ID: <20120327195518.23f5fe1a@internecto.net> In-Reply-To: <4F71EB26.9090508@gmail.com> References: <20120327182233.3c632624@internecto.net> <4F71EB26.9090508@gmail.com> Organization: Internecto SIS X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Awkward booting issue X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:58:02 -0000 On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:30:30 -0700 matt wrote: > On 03/27/12 09:22, Mark wrote: > > 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573L Gigabit > > Ethernet Controller 04:02.0 VGA compatible controller: XGI > > Technology Inc. (eXtreme Graphics Innovation) Z7/Z9 (XG20 core) > > 04:03.0 IDE interface: Integrated Technology Express, Inc. IT8213 > > IDE Controller > Can you disable any of these in BIOS? I can disable VGA with a jumper. It was disabled when I tried to boot. I'm not sure if this also disables the device's visibility but jumpering didn't help my problem. I can't disable the IDE interface. There seems to be no such option. > > Sometimes last message isn't the cause of the hang, I was having igb > issues a while ago that "ended" with ada, but were caused by igb > hanging shortly after attach. > > Disable everything you can to reduce the attachable devices and see if > it will still boot. This will help identify which device if any is > causing the hang Yes, I considered this. But even after having disabled everything that's possible in the bios, the boot issue persists... Mark