From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 11 18:34:53 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC10C16A47B for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:34:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ysidhu@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31F3744158 for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:12:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ysidhu@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c24so267365ana for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:13:37 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=rdyGaEthGajOAocelm/uGblwOA+wnRDkmjLbVpl/OpGHFiImCHRseCYb5z4U+vjqvHTFPEGLRv2FJKOLgwREu9eTjdNLPQoBocS6sb0BoTmdhzBvImPT2KDBj4uKImWjzWouPDXYXhMzRjB5KeVQ4/u4lPRaksxvQKOFeclAFjI= Received: by 10.78.118.19 with SMTP id q19mr3338835huc.1165860816093; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:13:36 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.149.7 with HTTP; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:13:35 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:13:35 -0800 From: "Y Sidhu" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Cannot Load FreeBSD 6.2 64 bit and maybe other versions as well 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, 11 Dec 2006 18:34:53 -0000 I am a newbie and have gone though past posts and have been looking at the last couple of weeks of posts go by. I have not seen anything similar to my problem. I cannot load an OS except under ACPI-Disabled. I can boot into safe mode, but cannot configure a working network interface. Therefore, I cannot send in a dmesg output. Here is some data I have gathered: Details a. SuperMicro X7DBR-8+ / X7DBR-I+ b. Intel 3.2 GHz Xeon dual core dual cpu, K8 class cpu c. BIOS - Phoenix (just upgraded to 1.2A from 1.1C) The upgrade has had no affect on this problem as far as I can tell. d. Dual Ethernet - Intel Pro/1000 Network Connection Version 6.2.9. em0 is IRQ 5 at device 0.0 on pci4. em1 is IRQ 11 at device 0.1 on pci4. Also, when I am booted in safe mode, in dmesg, there is an entry "em IRQ 10 at device 2.0 on pci5." e. SCSI - Adaptec version 4.3. AIC 7902 Ultra 320, PCI-X ID=7 f. One 73 GB Seagate Cheetah 10K.7 SCSI hard drive, Model ST3207LC. I have tested this and another drive out without any media errors. The Adaptec adapter sees the drive and capacity fine. g. When I try to boot normally, the messages scroll by and the system freezes at: "waiting 5 seconds for SCSI devices to settle" h. When I disable ACPI either under the BIOS's settings or select Disable ACPI when loading FreeBSD, the system loads but I cannot get the ethernet interface to come up. ifconfig shows all the right values. I have also used route delete default and route add default - to no avail. There is a message which pops up saying "em0: watchdog timeout - resetting" Looking into dmesg output, I see: em0 link state changed to UP and em0 link state DOWN repeat over and over again. i. 1 GB ram and have tested it with memtest 86 without any errors. My Gut a. Something is causing a good old fashioned IRQ conflict. I have 1 drive and 1 cdrom on this machine. b. The SCSI ACPI79xx driver is not there or not loading Hoping I am looking for a nudge in the right direction. -- Yudhvir Singh Sidhu