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Date:      Sat, 20 Nov 2010 01:20:07 +0100
From:      Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org>
To:        "James R. Van Artsdalen" <james-freebsd-current@jrv.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: A big-ish machine, cannot boot
Message-ID:  <AANLkTim9jKQHjrsZrnoXDkQidSmQjYDAWLqxMueSf8-9@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4CE6B147.4060203@jrv.org>
References:  <ic65q8$a76$1@dough.gmane.org> <4CE6B147.4060203@jrv.org>

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On 19 November 2010 18:17, James R. Van Artsdalen
<james-freebsd-current@jrv.org> wrote:
> Ivan Voras wrote:
>> Unfortunately, the kernel hangs on boot. The loader finishes, the twirly
>> starts spinning but then hangs. Enabling verbose booting results in
>> nothing new - no kernel messages at all.
>
> I don't think "loader finishes" is correct. =C2=A0Can you break to the lo=
ader
> command line at the beastie menu?

Yes. Everything in the loader itself works fine, including hardware detecti=
on.

> At the time of the twirlie I think that the loader is copying the kernel
> to memory. =C2=A0Perhaps it is having trouble with disk reads, or has a b=
ad
> memory map.
>
> How many disks are attached, and what filesystem type does /boot live
> on? =C2=A0And =C2=A0what does Fixit mode see (from whatever installed tha=
t system)?

There are three RAID volumes visible to the system, and all three are
successfully detected and used.

root and /boot are completely standard UFS.

It is "legacy free" hardware in the sense that it doesn't have PS2
ports, and has the latest generation CPUs with a whole bunch of new
technologies.



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