From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 3 14:33:35 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90B1C1065740 for ; Fri, 3 Aug 2012 14:33:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from psychosensor@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gg0-f182.google.com (mail-gg0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 498578FC1A for ; Fri, 3 Aug 2012 14:33:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ggnk4 with SMTP id k4so1096919ggn.13 for ; Fri, 03 Aug 2012 07:33:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=veYWFAgDDv1FTpCaMAtXklNf9xndKJ7OFuITMuRjaNE=; b=RbFJwTAkMQ94AI02v1DW+mDubPx0iNke8xKvS3Uc7PB2CMHFkklNI0LrZzkz+ImPHn 0csKg2JUI+yaWnqLEWqxCLmZGRdExSKky5ybL77YJV8R+d/o9+iENQWePRjME/ZrOFfh MvKAEI6M/GYACB9lguiggXI8AgKOJrnY6FUsxR0dN3xHBalQ7u3Osn1mSlIC07Ugqkab D2DIKVZWZpfsHqQUEYpZ9L36ZeRL91OXEsUb90GJDHsNHcX39ixYr+u2diodhh2Q7NZA odSMtWGhgr/0gioIs7uFXkkKuZdU/Axy5yQG+CWzsumkJgYgu4to6C5MIRg7d89fsERM gPzw== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.236.195.97 with SMTP id o61mr2104417yhn.17.1344004414570; Fri, 03 Aug 2012 07:33:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.212.9 with HTTP; Fri, 3 Aug 2012 07:33:34 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 17:33:34 +0300 Message-ID: From: Sergey Listopad To: jb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cant boot 9-RELEASE on Intel L440GX+ based system 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: Fri, 03 Aug 2012 14:33:35 -0000 2012/8/3 jb : > Sergey Listopad 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