From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 5 17:40:23 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA20722 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 17:40:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from palmer.demon.co.uk (palmer.demon.co.uk [158.152.50.150]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA20644 for ; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 17:39:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from palmer.demon.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by palmer.demon.co.uk (sendmail/PALMER-1) with ESMTP id BAA24200; Thu, 6 Jun 1996 01:38:30 +0100 (BST) To: Brian Candler cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: FreeBSD boot problem In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 06 Jun 1996 00:31:46 -0000." <199606052342.AAA03014@typhoon.dial.pipex.net> Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 01:38:28 +0100 Message-ID: <24198.834021508@palmer.demon.co.uk> Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Brian Candler wrote in message ID <199606052342.AAA03014@typhoon.dial.pipex.net>: > However, when I restart, press F1 for the boot manager to select the BSD > partition, and hit Enter at the boot: prompt, the system just hangs. Here > is what I get: > > >> FreeBSD BOOT @ 0x10000: 637/15616 k of memory > Use hd(1,a)/kernel to boot sd0 when wd0 is also installed > Usage: [[wd(0,a)]/kernel][-abcCdhrsv] > Use ? for file list or press Enter for defaults > > Boot: {here I hit Enter} > | Wild guess; You have a Promise 2300 EIDE controller? There are known problems with this controller, but I don't think an easy fix is possible as it involves disabling the cards BIOS. I'm not even sure if anyone has figured out WHY the BIOS boot loader hangs ... it shouldn't. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info