From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 23 17:44:43 2009 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 1FD781065670 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:44:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erobison@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f207.google.com (mail-gx0-f207.google.com [209.85.217.207]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C66FD8FC1C for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:44:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erobison@gmail.com) Received: by gxk3 with SMTP id 3so333636gxk.19 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:44:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=tQhOmrtLcEaew7CThBj8QG0s1HM8TOnXDThSadWN6Aw=; b=IrWBdgOncFW+SqfjVabtVg3xaOuN03m3NN1ifaxg+P5Tw9GorrtvM79bRwgVL8UEUk hwbnlN6xs/d14b8cZfO71yvndoTjOw4fLlteqrnqTcgV3bX68Q0LF8bCtDceW8Q9OkTB mDpwYrMwof4AmiNSgiUm9V1+zZ9+xQtHTP9Ck= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; b=po3xCXHE27qfsLSY9czB7MdzZC84AtGKo3veY6HS8qgjha1rUQyLa5XTpstkfzENYF 0gxM7FwxxHYUutKm0f9/IK4HcvG5ONV6s0DrLXXcQK6Llpeff9RbEgymyHKR545/8xsP gmX7p8cFhoqdZYQ8WFLSSX60OoJtz5x2t977c= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.90.91.9 with SMTP id o9mr212415agb.106.1245779082139; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:44:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200906201410.52907.kstewart@owt.com> References: <7fc6c27a0906201100r1357b24o90fdfee0e1ed1277@mail.gmail.com> <200906201410.52907.kstewart@owt.com> From: ericr Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:44:22 -0600 Message-ID: <7fc6c27a0906231044x747e6c83n514c7f98e056df22@mail.gmail.com> To: Kent Stewart , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: Can't boot 7.2-RELEASE i386 or AMD64 on an Abit KV8 Pro motherboard with Sempron 3100+ CPU X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:44:43 -0000 On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Kent Stewart wrote: > On Saturday 20 June 2009 11:00:45 am ericr wrote: > > Hi, > > > > As the subject says, I can't get the 7.2-RELEASE i386 CD to boot on a > > system that has: > > > > Abit KV8 Pro (K8T800P-8237-6A7L1A1BC-26) motherboard with the most recent > > BIOS - BIOS release 26 4/20/2007 > > ( > > > http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/motherboard/motherboard_detail.php?pMODEL_NA > >ME=KV8+Pro&fMTYPE=Socket+754) > > > > An AMD Sempron 3100+ 1.8Ghz CPU > > > > 1 Gb RAM > > > > An ATI 1050 256mb AGP video card > > > > I think I have turned off everything ACPI related in the BIOS setup. > > > > When I boot the i386 ISO, the kernel boots to the point of probing the > PCI > > bus and then hangs completely, even the keyboard is locked up. > > > > I've unplugged all the disks, so the only things in the system are the CD > > drive, the floppy drive, and the video card. > > > > I have turned off acpi at boot time, and when I boot the i386 ISO > > verbosely, the last few lines the kernel spews are: > > > > pci_open(1): mode 1 addr port (0x0cf8) is 0x8000c060 > > pci_open(1a): mode1res=0x80000000 (0x80000000) > > pci_cfgcheck: device 0 [class=060000] [hdr=80] is there (id=02821106) > > pcibios: BIOS version 2.10 > > pcib0: pcibus 0 on motherboard > > pci0: on pcib0 > > pci0: domain=0, physical bus=0 > > > > There's no PCI cards plugged in, just the AGP video card. > > > > > > When I try booting the AMD64 ISO, the boot loader runs, I get the boot > > menu, and regardless of what boot options I give the kernel, I get the > > message "CPU doesn't support long mode" and then I get the OK prompt. > > > > > > I'm pretty sure it doesn't have a h/w problem, it'll boot and install > > Fedora 11, Win2K, WinXP, and runs every DOS based diagnostic app I can > find > > with no problems. > > > > Anyone have any suggestions, or should I file a PR? > > Did you follow the suggestion on the release announcement of using the > other > CDs and switching before you start the install. Yes. None of the FreeBSD kernels will boot on this system. Doesn't matter if I use the livefs disk, or the install disk, it only gets as far as described above, then hangs. - ericr