From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 27 05:05:54 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 2B37416A417 for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:05:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tundra@tundraware.com) Received: from ozzie.tundraware.com (ozzie.tundraware.com [75.145.138.73]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC71513C455 for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:05:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tundra@tundraware.com) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (viper.tundraware.com [192.168.0.2]) (authenticated bits=0) by ozzie.tundraware.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id lBR55ge4039872 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:05:42 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from tundra@tundraware.com) Message-ID: <477332A6.3050604@tundraware.com> Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:05:42 -0600 From: Tim Daneliuk Organization: TundraWare Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "David M. Patronis" References: <4771D6B2.6090608@tundraware.com> <4771EAE1.4010501@tundraware.com> <4773305A.9050706@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4773305A.9050706@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-tundraware.com-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-tundraware.com-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-tundraware.com-MailScanner-From: tundra@tundraware.com X-Spam-Status: No 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 Reply-To: tundra@tundraware.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:05:54 -0000 David M. Patronis wrote: > 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 Not in this case. As I mentioned in a prior post, I tried booting with the 7.0-BETA4 ISO and got the exact same results. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Daneliuk tundra@tundraware.com PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/