From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 3 13:51:49 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82BBC16A421 for ; Mon, 3 Oct 2005 13:51:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from mail27.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail27.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.29]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A24AE43D76 for ; Mon, 3 Oct 2005 13:51:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: (qmail 21037 invoked from network); 3 Oct 2005 13:51:43 -0000 Received: from dsl092-078-145.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO be-well.ilk.org) ([66.92.78.145]) (envelope-sender ) by mail27.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 3 Oct 2005 13:51:43 -0000 Received: by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix, from userid 1147) id AD06141; Mon, 3 Oct 2005 09:51:42 -0400 (EDT) Sender: lowell@be-well.ilk.org To: "Bill Schmitt (SW)" References: <433ED388.7060308@schmittnet.com> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 03 Oct 2005 09:51:41 -0400 In-Reply-To: <433ED388.7060308@schmittnet.com> Message-ID: <44psqm3dzm.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 49 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cannot Boot 5.4 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: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 13:51:49 -0000 "Bill Schmitt (SW)" writes: > I have a 300MHz Gateway that was resurrected with new memory (128MB) > and an additional Maxtor 60GB IDE hard disk to run FBSD about a year > and a half ago. At the time, when I tried to install an early 5.x > release (I don't recall which), I could boot the CD and go through the > installation, but the machine hung on the subsequent boot from the > Hard Disk. I tried 4.10, and it did the same thing, but I managed to > install 4.9 and have run that ever since. booting from the original > Maxtor 4.7GB (configured as the master) IDE drive with most storage on > the newer drive that I added. This week, the added (60GB) drive > started sending out error messages, and fsck just cycled through hours > of fixes and told me to run itself again when it completed. > > I've purchased a new 80GB hard disk and decided to try to install 5.4 > again. I installed the new disk in place of the original 4.7GB drive > with the dying drive left as a slave in the hopes that I might be able > to retrieve something from it. When I boot from the 5.4 ISO image, the > systems messages scroll through until the devices are recognized. The > last three lines listed are: > > ad0: 78533MB [159560/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA33 > ad1: 58644MB [119150/16/63] at ata0-slave UDMA33 > acd0: at ata1-master P104 > > At that point, it hangs and I see no activity at all. I've tried the > Boot FreeBSD (default), Boot FreeBSD with ACPI disabled options., and > Boot FreeBSD in Safe Mode options, but all have the same results. > > Before I go back to 4.9, can anyone suggest steps to resolve this or > point me to a resource that would help me resolve it? First of all, I would try 6.0. It's currently in beta, but some of the changes in device probing may help you. If that doesn't help, then take a look at your BIOS settings. Toggling such settings as "plug-and-play OS" might help you get further, here, particularly with "safe mode". You could also try a source upgrade; just be careful with keeping a bootable kernel around, as you may need to experiment to get a kernel that doesn't tickle whatever is funny about your hardware. Another point would be to look to that hardware. For one thing, make sure that the acd0 drive is *really* configured and cabled as the master on the second IDE bus. And that if anything else is on the same cable, you remove it. [It isn't being seen anyway.] Good luck.