Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 17:33:34 +0300 From: Sergey Listopad <psychosensor@gmail.com> To: jb <jb.1234abcd@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cant boot 9-RELEASE on Intel L440GX+ based system Message-ID: <CAO_2TxPBLu6d=c8R=C-wCBMdH=cFzETkDC-eMzBm_XijGbqBsg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <loom.20120803T031118-282@post.gmane.org> References: <CAO_2TxPEfGv8ZSWUvO_ohwR25fJWb_q9PqH4gnE9-XHiVGmrSQ@mail.gmail.com> <loom.20120803T031118-282@post.gmane.org>
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2012/8/3 jb <jb.1234abcd@gmail.com>: > Sergey Listopad <psychosensor <at> gmail.com> writes: > >> >> Hi. >> >> I try to boot topic on retro dual PIII Intel L440GX+ based system. It >> is onboard AIC-7896 SCSI controller with 1 COMPAQ HDD. CDROM is IDE. >> When I try boot from installation CD, boot stuck on >> >> CD Loader 1.2 >> ... >> BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.02 >> Consoles: internal video/keyboard >> BIOS CD is cd0 >> BIOS drive A: is disk0 >> >> If I remove HDD, system (/boot/loader) boot from CD just fine. Then I >> insert HDD (hotswap) and able to install on it. But after reboot (with >> installation CD disk removed from drive) system unable to boot. And >> stuck on the same place, after >> ... >> BIOS drive A: is disk0 >> >> Maybe anybody can help me to resolve this issue. I can post any >> additional information which may be helpful. >> >> Thanx. >> > > This has been reported for FreeBSD and PC-BSD for quite some time. > > The booting sequence always looks like this: > ... > BIOS drive A: is disk0 <-------------------- last message seen > BIOS drive B: is disk1 <-------------------- or this > ... > > Based on Google search results: > - solved by disabling SATA in BIOS > - combination of IDE (ATA) and SATA disks caused a problem, disconnecting > either one solved it; it could also mean a problem with hd device driver > - old/buggy firmware; BIOS update solved the problem > - disable ACPI, or Firewire, or USB emulation, or ... in BIOS :-) > - "A wild guess could be that there's something on the RAID volume that's > keeping the boot loader from working. Maybe the partition table is wrong > in a subtle way? If you can get the RAID array to work *after* you boot > from a FreeBSD installation CD (i.e. boot the machine without the > drives, add drives later), try clearing the first megabyte of the array > (dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/yourdrive bs=1m count=1)." > - "With my rocketraid somethingsomething PCI-SATA2 card with disks > connected crashes the BTX loader. Connecting the disks to the internal > via epia motherboard solved the problem ... > I have a feeling that it might be some combinations of BTX, BIOS and > RAID firmware that causes these crashes." > - CC'ing John Baldwin on this, as he has knowledge of BTX's internals. > > For those of you who are adventurous: > http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/sys/boot/i386/loader/ > I'he updated BIOS and now all works as expected. System is bootable from installation CD with HDD connected, system bootable from HDD. Thanks for help. -- S.Listopad
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