Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 18:10:24 GMT From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/47451: 5.0 GENERIC(sysinstall CD) locks during boot onProliant ML530 Message-ID: <200408201810.i7KIAOPc046710@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/47451; it has been noted by GNATS. From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.org Cc: Sergei Kolobov <sergei@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/47451: 5.0 GENERIC(sysinstall CD) locks during boot onProliant ML530 Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 10:48:53 -0400 On Friday 20 August 2004 02:20 am, Sergei Kolobov wrote: > On 2004-08-18 at 15:33 -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > > On Wednesday 18 August 2004 12:10 pm, Sergei Kolobov wrote: > > > uhci0: <Intel 82371AB/EB (PIIX4) USB controller> port 0-0x1f at device > > > 20.2 on pci0 pcib0: unable to route slot 20 INTD > > > uhci0: Could not allocate irq > > > device_probe_and_attach: uhci0 attach returned 6 > > > > This might be indicative of the problem. Can you try the following > > tweaks to the BIOS setup: > > > > 1) Ensure that PnP OS is set to "no" > > The closest equivalent I could find for this is "Primary Operating > System: Other". Remember - this is Compaq hardware, and they have > nothing even distantly resembling "normal" Award/Phoenix BIOS. > Instead, you have to use that (EISA) System Configuration Utility > from the System Partition or SmartStart CD-ROM. You might try some of the different operating system settings there and see if they help. I would try them all to be honest and see if any of them allow the install CD to boot ok. > > 3) Enable USB in the BIOS if it is disabled. > > There no USB-related option at all. In fact, there are *NO* USB ports > in this server (it is circa '98-99). Isn't it funny the kernel found > some USB controller, is it? Hmm, it's probably in the chipset but the manufacturer might have chosen not to install any USB ports for some reason. > Believe it or not, but I was finally able to install 5.2.1 on this > hardware. After you mentioned that USB might be causing this, > I have compiled a custom kernel on another 5.x machine (which happened > to be my laptop running a recent -CURRENT) and put it on the kernel > floppy, replacing GENERIC in kernel.gz. Voila - it booted without > a problem, and I was able to use sysinstall on regular console (as > opposed to serial console I had to use to capture the previous boot > log). > > What I still do not understand - why then it would boot the same GENERIC > kernel without a problem when the system was already installed? > What is the difference between the boot process for install CD/floppy > and the installed system? The 5.2.1 install floppies don't use GENERIC but a stripped down kernel. The install CD should use GENERIC though if you boot off of the CD and don't use any floppies. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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