From owner-freebsd-bugs Tue Nov 14 18:10: 7 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 921DD37B4CF for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2000 18:10:03 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id SAA61955; Tue, 14 Nov 2000 18:10:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 18:10:03 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200011150210.SAA61955@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: "Michael C . Wu" Subject: Re: kern/22852: Abit KT/7 Raid makes install hang Reply-To: "Michael C . Wu" Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR kern/22852; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Michael C . Wu" To: xgote@chromatics.net Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/22852: Abit KT/7 Raid makes install hang Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 20:00:27 -0600 On Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 01:52:58PM -0800, xgote@chromatics.net scribbled: | | >Number: 22852 | >Category: kern | >Synopsis: Abit KT/7 Raid makes install hang | >Confidential: no | >Severity: serious | >Priority: medium | >Responsible: freebsd-bugs | >State: open | >Quarter: | >Keywords: | >Date-Required: | >Class: sw-bug | >Submitter-Id: current-users | >Arrival-Date: Tue Nov 14 14:00:01 PST 2000 | >Closed-Date: | >Last-Modified: | >Originator: Dave Yerrington | >Release: 4.0 | >Organization: | Chromatics Networks | >Environment: | n/a | >Description: | Whenever I try to install bsd on a abit kt7/raid (ata/100) using an | IBM Deskstar 30g, it locks up in the installation right after you label | your partitions and it goes to make a new file system.. it seems to | make it just fine, but then it just hangs there and the hard drive | stops working. I have tried installing bsd onto the drive when | I have put the cable onto a regular ata/33 interface and it works just fine, but after I install it and then move it to an ata/100 in |terface, it asks me to mount something.. I have tried everything I | could think | of given what it tells me in the startup. It says the drive is being detected | at starup as "ad4", when I try to mount the root, it seems successful but then | puts me into single user mode and I can't mount the other partitions. Also the | raid uses a highpoint controller (some weird bios software), their website is: highpoint-tech.com This is not a problem of FreeBSD, nor is it "weird HPT bios software problem." The boot loader expects the root partition to be on ad4. Solution: Set in KT7 board bios: boot sequence: EXT/ATA, C, A During the ten second countdown to kernel loading, push any key other than enter. Upon showing a prompt, type: lsdev (look through each device and find the root partition) set currdev="disk4sxxxx" (depending on the location of your root partition) boot In the future, please search -questions archives first. In addition, please set currdev in /boot/loader.conf | | Thanks | >How-To-Repeat: | Install BSD 4.0 on a KT7/Raid machine. | >Fix: | | | >Release-Note: | >Audit-Trail: | >Unformatted: | | | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org | with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message ------------------------- -- +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | keichii@peorth.iteration.net | keichii@bsdconspiracy.net | | http://peorth.iteration.net/~keichii | Yes, BSD is a conspiracy. | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message