Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:58:53 -0800 (PST) From: Cameron <hiryu@eleventhhourfx.com> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't boot MSI p6n-sli (nforce 650i) system Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0802281758470.7897@neo-zeon.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0802281734240.7448@neo-zeon.de> References: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0802281734240.7448@neo-zeon.de>
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Sorry about the repeat. On Thu, 28 Feb 2008, Cameron wrote: > Hello, > > I'm unable to successfully boot FreeBSD 7.0R for amd64 on my MSI p6n-sli > motherboard (nvidia 650i chipset). I don't have a dmesg to show at the the > moment (though I > may be able to get one). This is a quad core system > > Disabling apic doesn't help, in fact the boot process doesn't even get as far > when apic is disabled (it just gets stuck mounting md0 or something like > that). > Disabling acpi seems to have the same result as disabling apic. > > It gets stuck right after it brings up the remaining 3 cores (seems to always > bring them up in the order of 3, 1, and 2 if that matters). > > Just before bringing up the cores it detects my LSI Logic SATA 150-4 raid > controller (I doubt the controller itself is the problem, maybe it's an issue > with the amd64 > version of this controller). > > Turning on verbosity doesn't really seem to tell me anything more other than > after the 3 remaining cores are brought up, I get a single line message along > the lines > of: > > amr0: new geom (something very similiar to that). > > Where amr0 refers to the LSI Logic sata raid controller (obviously). > > Seems other people have had trouble with FreeBSD and the 650 chipset with the > nforce ide and/or sata controller. Interestingly if I reset the machine > without first > powering down and attempt to boot Linux, the boot gets stuck and fails with > this message slowly repeated over and over: > hda: interrupt lost > (hda is the first primary IDE drive of course) > > > This message ONLY happens if attempt to boot the FreeBSD 7.0R CD and simply > press the reset button (which seems to indicate it's not my raid controller). > I have not > got this message on this system prior to this. > > Interestingly I tried NetBSD 4.0 a little ways back and it seemed to have > trouble readin the disk geomtry of the first primary IDE drive (I believe the > FreeBSD driver > is based on the NetBSD driver or vice versa). > > Hope I've provided enough useful information (except a dmesg for now). > > Has anyone else had trouble with FreeBSD on nforce 650i based motherboards? > How about just my MSI p6n-sli board? Should I try FreeBSD for i386 to see if > that makes > any difference? > > Thanks! > > -Cameron > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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