Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 21:20:02 GMT From: Peter Mulholland <darkmatter@blueyonder.co.uk> To: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/113160: [install] mountroot> prompt during first boot for installation Message-ID: <200803032120.m23LK27l077486@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR i386/113160; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Peter Mulholland <darkmatter@blueyonder.co.uk> To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Re: i386/113160: [install] mountroot> prompt during first boot for installation Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 20:29:07 +0000 Hello bug-followup, I get this as well using both FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE and FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE on an old Pentium 3 Intel i440BX based system with 128MB. The hardware is fine other than the BIOS not correctly handling large disks - to this end I have installed a Promise PDC20268 based card to handle the disk. Both CD images are verified correct - they function OK in another system I have tested them in, an Apple iMac. From=20the look of it, the md0 device is never being created, which of course leads the boot process to fail as that's where the root FS will be. There is no error message given though - just the absence of the creation of md0. Disconnecting the disk thats on the Promise controller makes no difference. I haven't tried removing the Promise controller but I don't see why that would be causing a problem anyway. Any ideas? --=20 Best regards, Peter mailto:darkmatter@blueyonder.co.uk
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