From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 20 12:39:16 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 F2DFF1065697 for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:39:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from QMTA02.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta02.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 977E48FC21 for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:39:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from OMTA02.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.19]) by QMTA02.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id GzXN1a00D0QuhwU520f4mi; Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:39:04 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([67.180.253.227]) by OMTA02.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id H0eo1a00B4v8bD73N0eodA; Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:38:49 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=oQuFZAtZTQQA:10 a=R4Gw6U_aiVgA:10 a=Wi8YH2NmAAAA:8 a=QycZ5dHgAAAA:8 a=ZWxhShjP9W5FKUpT-UEA:9 a=SAasJXRwnOHE0VIuAYHWGdJS1gkA:4 a=EoioJ0NPDVgA:10 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 22FED17B81A; Sat, 20 Sep 2008 05:39:14 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 05:39:14 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Bob Willcox Message-ID: <20080920123914.GA72833@icarus.home.lan> References: <20080920042418.GB1322@rancor.immure.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080920042418.GB1322@rancor.immure.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: RELENG_7 hangs on boot w/Gigabyte MA78GM-S2H MB 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: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:39:17 -0000 On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 11:24:18PM -0500, Bob Willcox wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm trying to get the latest RELENG_7 to run on my new Gigabyte > MA78GM-S2H motherboard and am experiencing a hang on boot right after it > prints the message: > > Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad4s1a > > At this point it is hung and doesn't respond to any keyboard input. > > I originally attempted to install the 7.1 beta system with similar > results (prevented me from installing). I then installed 7.0-release > and though the install succeeded it never did "see" the Realtek > ethernet controller so I had no network capability. You're describing multiple problems in a single Email. This is liable to get complex. 1) It would be helpful to know if you installed i386 or amd64 FreeBSD, 2) With regards to the lock-up after "mount root", if you press NumLock or CapsLock, do the keyboard LEDs turn on/off? 3) Many others have seen the hanging/lock-up after "mount root". I believe one found a workaround by setting ATA_STATIC_ID in their kernel configuration. I realise this is a problem when you can't get the system up to a point of building a kernel; chicken-and-egg problem, 4) The Realtek NIC on that motherboard is probably too new to be supported under RELENG_7. Realtek has a history of releasing different sub-revisions of the same NIC/PHY, and the internal changes are severe enough to cause the NIC to not work correctly (under any OS) without full driver support for that specific sub-revision. All above said: Can you please try one of the RELENG_7 ISO snapshots at the below site, instead of the official 7.0-RELEASE ISO, and report back if that solves either of your problems? The below site contains ISOs built daily, rather than monthly: http://pub.allbsd.org/FreeBSD-snapshots/ -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |