From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 9 22:53:41 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C56F16A494 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 2006 22:53:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (66-23-211-162.clients.speedfactory.net [66.23.211.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D95643D45 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 2006 22:53:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from zion.baldwin.cx (zion.baldwin.cx [192.168.0.7]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k99MrauX081356; Mon, 9 Oct 2006 18:53:36 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 14:56:23 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <4.2.2.20061005114011.00c0acd0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20061005114011.00c0acd0@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200610091456.23822.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (server.baldwin.cx [192.168.0.1]); Mon, 09 Oct 2006 18:53:36 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.3/2016/Mon Oct 9 12:58:54 2006 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.1 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00, DATE_IN_PAST_03_06 autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on server.baldwin.cx Cc: Joel Bradbury Subject: Re: Dell E521 won't boot FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 22:53:41 -0000 On Thursday 05 October 2006 15:42, Joel Bradbury wrote: > Well, it seemed like a good deal -- the new Dell E521 with an AMD 64 Athlon > 3200+, 1Gb memory, for $400 should make a decent, cheap server. But > FreeBSD just won't boot on it. I tried Release 6.1 (both amd64 and i386 > versions), as well as Releases 5.5 and 4.11. All give the same result when > trying to boot from the install cd: > > With the usb keyboard plugged in, the boot gets to a "panic: > ohci-add-done: addr 0x3bef1ba0 not found", and then it tries to reboot again. > With the keyboard unplugged, the ohci error never appears, but the boot > gets to a point of recognizing the SATA drive, and then just hangs. Last > message: "ad4: 152587MB at ata2-master SATA300" Did you try the 'Safe Mode' option? -- John Baldwin