Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:58:59 -0800 From: Sean Bruno <sbruno@miralink.com> To: Sean Bruno <sbruno@miralink.com> Cc: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NanoBSD boot failure Message-ID: <474F6053.2000706@miralink.com> In-Reply-To: <474F27E5.9050605@miralink.com> References: <474F27E5.9050605@miralink.com>
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Sean Bruno wrote: > I've run into a weird boot failure with a new Intel > motherboard(http://www.intel.com/products/motherboard/D201GLY2/index.htm). > > > I have installed a Transcend 512MB IDE > module(http://www.transcendusa.com/products/ModDetail.asp?ModNo=26&LangNo=0) > as my boot device. > > If I install a minimal FreeBSD install from CDROM, the machine boots > just fine. > > If I build a NanoBSD image and dd it onto the device, the system > attempts to boot and just sits at a blank screen with a flashing > cursor. I never see the boot loader start or the kernel begin to > load. The same image on several other motherboards works just fine > and has been serving us well over the last year. > > Any ideas where I should start looking? > > Sean > /me has an "aha" moment. NanoBSD set's the boot loader(by default in nanobsd.sh) to "boot0sio" ... FreeBSD by default installs "boot0" If I reset the boot loader manually from the fixit disk to use "boot0": boot0cfg -v -B ad0 All is well in the world, except that I don't get a boot loader menu on the serial console(of course). If I then set it back to "boot0sio": boot0cfg -v -b boot0sio ad0 The machine doesn't boot and all I see is a flashing cursor in the upper right hand corner(no BTX boot loader, no kernel, etc...). So, where do I go now? Back to Intel to get them to fix the serial port? Or is this a possible bug in the boot0? Sean
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