From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 14 01:48:39 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 AAE851065714 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:48:39 +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 025C88FC13 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:48:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: by bwz13 with SMTP id 13so1073024bwz.19 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:48:38 -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=xz10iy6Qo1d2eppQhg535a/+5tW91+W/Jz/VBZOr1f0=; b=wkqxhnAnTyggqS1cilwBXIfEfM5GXq26ow4pEcZaVqXocgl2nKWHclxAQGwVCm1rAG pTlnQ90u4a7jhph+Je6zzMfhs4OlW83qTYYAxsnjVpvmm6h5OrvJ2LUbguvSQWGr5xmb 61GEnr4lS9wj39LHtqDLgcc1wZPn6EtaXh+oA= 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=E4EHCK8LJ4AKgKwxS5HSrriifAqqqs4BaDQPYszAjXl/oioUGSiysQ1DbNb6ex/Wiw 1FvJHc7WNbX/yhGrD++2OfJuBAmjqdSv2wsft03opSwmOGZzxytBNcLwv7qACrNnJJ8d 97p4lbQ6+J89anm790VxqzWfQgopnYrHSXp08= Received: by 10.181.145.7 with SMTP id x7mr11594172bkn.159.1231897718071; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:48:38 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.181.26.3 with HTTP; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:48:38 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <7d6fde3d0901131748pc25c1c0y87ff1d2400b7b815@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:48:38 -0800 From: "Garrett Cooper" To: "Harald Servat" In-Reply-To: <7d6fde3d0901131747m615fc8afr52cc6bd8ba742dd9@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <496CEFBE.8030007@bluezbox.com> <7d6fde3d0901131747m615fc8afr52cc6bd8ba742dd9@mail.gmail.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 01:48:41 -0000 On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Garrett Cooper wrote: > 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 Also, try upgrading your BIOS to the latest version, if at all possible. -Garrett