From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 1 14:39:35 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAD1816A41F for ; Sat, 1 Oct 2005 14:39:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sebastian.ht@telia.com) Received: from pne-smtpout1-sn2.hy.skanova.net (pne-smtpout1-sn2.hy.skanova.net [81.228.8.83]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74C8743D45 for ; Sat, 1 Oct 2005 14:39:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sebastian.ht@telia.com) Received: from [192.168.0.101] (81.236.253.200) by pne-smtpout1-sn2.hy.skanova.net (7.2.060.1) id 4332AC78002017CE; Sat, 1 Oct 2005 16:39:34 +0200 In-Reply-To: <433E8123.80406@gmail.com> References: <433E7A97.9020109@gmail.com> <433E8123.80406@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v734) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <924BD2D4-2CC7-470F-98DC-6693F25BFEB7@telia.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Sebastian Holmqvist Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 16:39:53 +0200 To: Subhro X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) Cc: stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Problem booting FBSD 5.4-stable.. X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 14:39:36 -0000 On 1 Oct 2005, at 14:29, Subhro wrote: > Sebastian Holmqvist sat at his 'puter and typed on 10/1/2005 17:45: > >> >> On 1 Oct 2005, at 14:01, Subhro wrote: >> >> >>> Sebastian Holmqvist sat at his 'puter and typed on 10/1/2005 17:04: >>> >>> >>>> Specs: >>>> Amd Thunderbird 800 >>>> Abit KT7-raid (VIA KT133) >>>> >>>> 256 MB >>>> 30 GB IDE >>>> Cdrom >>>> Floppy >>>> >>>> Problem: The computer just prints three rows... >>>> >>>> 'Building the boot loader arguments >>>> Looking up /BOOT/LOADER... Found >>>> Relocating the loader and the BTX' >>>> >>>> ...and then reboots. >>>> >>>> >>> Did you try disabling fancy options like BIOS Shadowing, Power >>> Options, etc? Are you running the latest release of BIOS from >>> your mo'bo' manufacturer? Is the HDD and the CDROM on the same >>> cable? If yes, then what is the way they are attached? >>> >>> >>> >> Running the latest BIOS version yes. Also running Fail safe >> options with the exception on that I've but the cdrom on first >> boot device. >> The cable setup is IDE1 <- HD0 (M) <- Cdrom (S). So yes, they're >> on the same cable with manual M/S-setup. >> >> // Sebastian Holmqvist >> >> > Great. FreeBSD, unlike Linux and Windowz is very very fusy about > hardware. As per the IDE specs, the master drive should always be > at the end of the cable. The middle is occupied by the slave drive, > which is not your case. For a start, I would try fixing that. Also > it is recommended not to mix drive types on a single bus. Therefore > it would be highly recommended to move the optical drive to the > secondary bus. Also do not rely on CS. Ecplicitly jumper them as > master and slave. > > Thanks > S. > > -- > -----------------+------------------------------------------------- > | Subhro Sankha Kar > \ / | GSM: +919831064613 -- Fax: +919831832913 > \./ | MSN:subhro@subhro.org -- Yahoo: subhro82 > (0Y0) | ICQ: 203567534 -- AIM: bsdboy1982 > --ooO--(_)--Ooo--+------------------------------------------------- > > Alright. I've tried putting IDE <- CDrom (S) <- HD0 (M) and it didn't work. Then I tried IDE1 <- HD0 (M) and IDE2 <- CDrom (M) and that didn't work EITHER. This is feeling ridiculous. I'm trying the boot diskettes to test my luck. // Sebastian Holmqvist