From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 14 01:47:30 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24614106566B for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:47:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f20.google.com (mail-bw0-f20.google.com [209.85.218.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73E7A8FC12 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:47:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: by bwz13 with SMTP id 13so1072067bwz.19 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:47:28 -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:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=i/A/K5kfwAeo9QjpXkPHWzrbBWsDWCCNnk7Zae+smTo=; b=Pm4BdBf85uqgXWxVjqxmqch9YTdcJZsGb21uAxNzvR81sbr1z3XnpO2eyRPUEl7kwU qJDkQ077iB3UIkJcmQ32hgDy/WJLKT28STu9c/xdOrwEyMARpscoLRzxErgHP9bICgc7 pbHCxUA2yflhI4tMmJAxVZVbBUf7HGt5WDWcU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=I3wJhXFNTHo3FL4yXkWs5fOnSaaeITlocanaZxrXjpKaBiVeO3Rqhz6BAJ1ITblJ9G 6snJJrtvFce7aEJYIS93+dk2cqldbP1Ku5wTdLebL8u0Di6i0YfPw+14XahNnk+5crcZ 0hW1d3Yvzt7Zw9GoZTFDKQbwUk1w++YGENKZ8= Received: by 10.180.208.2 with SMTP id f2mr11599555bkg.83.1231897648032; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:47:28 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.181.26.3 with HTTP; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:47:27 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <7d6fde3d0901131747m615fc8afr52cc6bd8ba742dd9@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:47:27 -0800 From: "Garrett Cooper" To: "Harald Servat" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <496CEFBE.8030007@bluezbox.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Oleksandr Tymoshenko Subject: Re: lenovo t400 does not start 7.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:47:30 -0000 On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Harald Servat wrote: > On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 9:40 PM, Harald Servat wrote: > >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 8:47 PM, Oleksandr Tymoshenko wrote: >> >>> Harald Servat wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I downloaded FreeBSD 7.1 (DVD iso image) for amd64 architecture (with >>>> correct SHA256 checksum), but I'm unable to start the system (Lenovo >>>> T400). >>>> >>>> The boot process starts fine, the BTX messages appear, the 7-option menu >>>> also appears, but when I hit enter (or when I choose start without ACPI >>>> or >>>> start in safe mode) the \ symbols starts spinning for a while and then >>>> freezes. >>>> >>>> I also tried with the 7.1-amd64-CD1, 7.1-i386-CD1 and a snapshot of >>>> 8.0-CURRENT dated from December. And the result is the same for all of >>>> them. >>>> >>>> Does anyone have any idea on what can be happening? Or at least, how can >>>> I >>>> gather more information about this issue? >>>> >>> Not sure about install CDs but I tried all these systems on my >>> t400. >>> I installed 7.0 then upgraded it to 7.1 and when it turned out that >>> atheros is not 100% supported by it I upgraded to CURRENT. (I used cvsup >>> for upgrades). What is your HW configuration? >>> >>> >> Ok, thanks... I'll give a try to 7.0, and let's see if it works. >> >> > Uhm... FreeBSD 7.0 i386 CD1 behaves in the same manner. It frozes when > spinning the backslash symbol. > > The BIOS reports 4GB of RAM and SATA disk configured in AHCI mode. Should I > look for something unusual? and how? > > Thank you. Could you try booting with verbose information (option 5)? Also, have you tried disabling ACPI, or switching AHCI over to EIDE/compatible mode? Thanks, -Garrett