From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 27 04:55:57 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBDF116A419 for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2007 04:55:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from thenudnik@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.246]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7025B13C448 for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2007 04:55:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from thenudnik@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c14so570166anc.13 for ; Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:55:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=k1uKVfsTtxgUrQq/7n6R/HYzq+TboSNLWLeNzqpXN4o=; b=HI5Hdh2om6zbAvbs4is0qEEw3G+DyDXWNbgqBsmoPAQiiNWIjrcZ8rWhMWHRc1KGDInw8sb5POHHEsapgzSggpGpvccNLJLbr7lUcpj26JZ7cHI/Dl3Fd4SjMXwNyzTdl5runXnODdfsou5nuPUSAOzqjFas7XqDHEDH/eePCSk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=WUOH0hWAQhHo/FkvWANNY6YIO2EHs1yNwMGc0NIXmto4pmG5liGsYIobsSB8DHAWT52ITqQrtpy3kls28tG6RlJf/du2IRa/jnzvbwZsChnBM13RF7EQl/Ts3BteloVq0NGubccef5LO8UBKaEgUjREUhPRnTY100QE2E1mdPh4= Received: by 10.100.167.3 with SMTP id p3mr13789314ane.69.1198731356802; Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:55:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.2.2? ( [71.52.21.176]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 7sm10643344agb.20.2007.12.26.20.55.55 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:55:55 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4773305A.9050706@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:55:54 -0500 From: "David M. Patronis" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071022) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: tundra@tundraware.com References: <4771D6B2.6090608@tundraware.com> <4771EAE1.4010501@tundraware.com> In-Reply-To: <4771EAE1.4010501@tundraware.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: CDROM Boot Hangs But Only Under 6.x 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: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 04:55:57 -0000 Tim Daneliuk wrote: > illoai@gmail.com wrote: >> On 25/12/2007, Tim Daneliuk wrote: >>> I am building a new server out of both older and brand new >>> components. It is based on a Pentium D 925 and ABIT LG-95Z >>> mobo. The DVD-RW is a Lite-On about a year old with very >>> low hours on it. >>> >>> So ... here's a fun one: I can boot and install FreeBSD 4.x (CD) >>> or Novell SUSE Enterprise Linux Desktop 10 SP1 (DVD) via the >>> DVD. But attempting to do this with 6.x (I have tried 6.2R and >>> 6.3-PRE disk #1) causes a hang during boot. The loader gets >>> as far as showing the vertical bar that ordinarily "spins" >>> to show intitial kernel loading progress and the the machine >>> just sits there. There is some further activity on the optical >>> drive at this point and then the cursor sort of jumps around a bit. >>> >>> I've not yet tried swapping the optical drive out - though I doubt >>> this is the problem since I can load the other OSs. I've tried >>> removing and moving memory sticks in case this is a flakey >>> memory problem - no change. I've tried removing the only >>> two cards in the machine: 3COM 905C-TX and an Adaptec 2940UW - >>> no change. >>> >>> I have one last ditch thing I will try later tonight which is >>> to force the DVD IDE port into PIO mode and out of DMA mode. >>> But that's it. I am stumped. Ideas anyone? >>> >> >> If it is not hardware, check your bios settings (and mayhap >> set back to default or very conservative) (of which the PIO >> trick may work). > > > > I just swapped out the optical drive with a CD-RW - exact same > symptoms. Fiddling w/BIOS, seems to make no difference, though > I am still poking at it. I am utterly lost - never seen > very standard hardware like this that FreeBSD could/would not > boot and run on ... Response: Its probably an issue with the 6X series. I have experienced something similar and just spoke to someone via this list with a similar problem. In all cases thus far we were able to install using the 7X series. David > > >