Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:51:03 -0700 From: Jo Rhett <jrhett@netconsonance.com> To: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-stable Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org>, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: 6.4 RC1 locks up solid on first reboot Message-ID: <BEB20806-41A7-4287-BA2E-512FFF0D686E@netconsonance.com> In-Reply-To: <20081025012148.GA48297@icarus.home.lan> References: <A5A9A4D4-CD16-45FA-A2AC-62C4B5AE976D@netconsonance.com> <200810230627.46478.freebsd-stable@dino.sk> <209111CB-326D-4758-80B2-2505CAE9BCDF@netconsonance.com> <20081025003750.GA42077@phat.za.net> <20081025012148.GA48297@icarus.home.lan>
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On Oct 24, 2008, at 6:21 PM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: >> | By Jo Rhett <jrhett@netconsonance.com> >> | [ 2008-10-24 21:13 +0200 ] >>> On Oct 22, 2008, at 9:27 PM, Milan Obuch wrote: >>>> I did not investigate on this issue too much, but there is an >>>> workaround - >>>> copy older /boot/loader over newer one. In my case, I am rebuilding >>>> whole >>>> world often, and now /boot/loader seems to not build correctly for >>>> me. Older >>>> one is ~ 250 kB, rebuilt will be ~ 185 kB, and freezes. >>> >>> 6.4's boot loader is 221k >>> 6.3's boot loader is 217k >>> >>> Copying 6.3 boot loader to the 6.4 solved the keyboard lockup >>> problem, >>> but it still panics during the boot. At last now I get the entire >>> panic to the serial console so I can cut/paste. >> > There are known problems with some BIOSes and "USB Legacy" support. > Said BIOS option allows a USB keyboard and mouse to be emulated as > PS/2 > for operating systems which lack a USB stack, such as MS-DOS -- and > more > importantly, bootloaders! The FreeBSD bootloader only understands > AT/PS2 keyboards, which is why that BIOS option is needed. Not related to Aragon's problem with a USB keyboard, but in my case the keyboard is USB and there are no USB devices at all plugged in. -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other randomness
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