From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 7 07:54:10 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB6701065670 for ; Thu, 7 May 2009 07:54:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jsimpson.za@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f168.google.com (mail-fx0-f168.google.com [209.85.220.168]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C1068FC1D for ; Thu, 7 May 2009 07:54:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jsimpson.za@gmail.com) Received: by fxm12 with SMTP id 12so607664fxm.43 for ; Thu, 07 May 2009 00:54:09 -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 :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=IsN8NX3+UJ7SSmb31ces2svc6VHNJ8NWyg+mobc8mjI=; b=Q5gIcmYrJObLrads9LRLmH97IjkFfx+mGHLqatpuiuRYXpj7Um6Cuhpj9v2A/j5vUP hsYgXeksBKUFbTrTIffiFy+5OSKorx8HwSAqOSUFegO79cg0Z1VUVKJ9sanHtUS14w6l TDY01ASDRDvQU0I00bk/965aVoy1QOAF14DUw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=ICWkZyzMTs98iYEAt+fkoFIFNkYaPFBu5s+pz/t4wGiy+ETFwnt9d7d9VP3mXlcDO3 X/UjpSZxVgCz42vaRvUiN2T7T0usF2ObpFTo0eazG0bN2XT2KX0n083BsP9UrEvebAbj IC3D5E2jM0mO2UcfXICI20/wr/qKr+B25WwXM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.100.70 with SMTP id x6mr2115665bkn.140.1241682848173; Thu, 07 May 2009 00:54:08 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <9e6237170905060003n673711bdp2e36c3b55ead3b7f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 09:54:08 +0200 Message-ID: <9e6237170905070054n604b1a8bhb267a6efc84f56dc@mail.gmail.com> From: Johan Simpson To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org, jacques.fourie@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.1 AMD Geode LX 800 / Compact Flash boot issues X-BeenThere: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 07:54:11 -0000 > Disable DMA =A0by adding hw.ata.ata_dma=3D0 to /boot/loader.conf and see > if it makes a > difference. > > Jacques > Doesnt seem to work, ive re-installed a standard minimal 7.1R installation. then booted into the dvd's fixit console, mounted the cf, changed loader.conf to look like this: hw.ata.ata_dma=3D0 hw.ata.ata_dma_check_80pin=3D0 hw.ata.wc=3D0 hint.acpi.0.disabled=3D0 Boot loader starts then prints a | or / after which it makes the screen red and fills it with garbage arrow-like characters. It is strange because i can mount the CF fine from the fixit console and no-errors there. Only booting from it seems to give problems. I believe it might be something else, i found this : http://phaq.phunsites.net/2006/08/15/freebsd-boot-loader-hangs-on-startup/ which says ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----------------------------------------------------------------- The FreeBSD boot loader seems to hang at startup. The system will not respond and not boot. Either nothing or one of the following may be printed on the system console= : | or boot: -D Reason The reasons for this are most probably 1. Absence of a serial port on your mainboard 2. The serial port on your mainboard is deactivated 3. FreeBSD has a default value to use a non-existing serial port Solution The FreeBSD boot loader is by its nature very limited in its capabilities. It has quiet enough intellence for reading boot blocks and starting a kernel, but it may stall if it is instructed to redirect it=92s output to a non-existing or disabled serial port. So any of these solutions may apply: * check your BIOS settings and enable the serial port(s) * disable boot loader=92s serial console redirection (remove -D flag from /boot.config) * check and correct to boot loader=92s compiled in default for the serial port if you have an usual setup ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= --------- Im going to see if the serial port settings can make any difference. Thanks for the advice.