From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 20 17:33:56 2008 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 2C4621065670; Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:33:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jrhett@netconsonance.com) Received: from mail.netconsonance.com (mail.netconsonance.com [198.207.204.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E76E58FC1C; Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:33:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jrhett@netconsonance.com) Received: from [172.16.12.8] (covad-jrhett.meer.net [209.157.140.144]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.netconsonance.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id mAKHXqsn092560; Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:33:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jrhett@netconsonance.com) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at netconsonance.com X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.295 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.295 tagged_above=-999 required=3.5 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1.44, AWL=-0.855] Message-Id: <406FCA6C-B7FE-4A39-AD0C-4A5DBC556CF9@netconsonance.com> From: Jo Rhett To: John Baldwin In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:33:52 -0800 References: <84E1EC10-5323-4A8C-AD60-31142621DB32@netconsonance.com> <200810271151.47366.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.929.2) Cc: freebsd-stable Stable Subject: Want one of the affected systems for your lab? (Was: 6.4 RC1 locks up solid on first reboot) 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: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:33:56 -0000 John, I can ship you one of these machines for your own testing if you like. Or send me a public key and I can give you SSH access to the console serial port, whichever would be easiest for you to get what you need. Let me know how I can help. On Nov 5, 2008, at 3:41 PM, Jo Rhett wrote: > On Oct 27, 2008, at 8:51 AM, John Baldwin wrote: >> On Friday 24 October 2008 02:48:13 pm Jo Rhett wrote: >>> So I booted up by CD and used Fixit mode to switch the system to >>> boot >>> via serial (keyboard detached), but this gathered me even less. >>> >>> /boot.config: -Dh >>> Consoles: internal video/keyboard serial port >>> BIOS drive A: is disk0 >>> BIOS drive C: is disk1 >>> BIOS drive D: is disk2 >>> BIOS 639kB/4062144kB available memory >>> >>> FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1 >>> (root@dessler.cse.b >>> >>> Plugging back in the monitor after lockup showed only a single char >>> more: >>> (root@dessler.cse.bu >> >> This confirms it is hanging in one of the two BIOS routines to >> output a >> character. One thing you can do would be to boot up and do the >> following: >> >> dd if=/dev/mem bs=0x400 count=1 of=idt.out >> dd if=/dev/mem bs=64k iseek=15 count=1 of=bios.out >> >> Then place those files some place I can fetch them. > > Both files are at http://support.netconsonance.com/freebsd/ > > FYI, this is notable -- the keyboard does not respond at the boot > prompt. I mean the menu where you can escape to the loader prompt, > with the fat freebsd ascii art. No keyboard presses are observed > here. This is also true for the boot menu on the 6.4 installation > CD too. > > No problems with 6.2 or 6.3 > > -- > Jo Rhett > Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source > and other randomness > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > "