From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 20 00:20:50 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 499B81065672 for ; Sat, 20 Nov 2010 00:20:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ivoras@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qw0-f54.google.com (mail-qw0-f54.google.com [209.85.216.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F412F8FC0A for ; Sat, 20 Nov 2010 00:20:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qwi4 with SMTP id 4so464308qwi.13 for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:20:49 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:sender:received :in-reply-to:references:from:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=5q/Z18Qzd8LgR0HY0lzRmieBqUcSNBgYKVV23rJpO2Q=; b=Mo+0q9xjQgWTcL5eA81Ry4XZctRLLI4iClW5rkUfHKNBpoeCPkYhkd5hKay1600RAb nUuabmRldoIjRbCCmH6d2uz2PRx04fCs6ACEhVBnw+RQHKBToJRsSbzP6FOCrHUG9g2B 2oteQRKUaHrMcK0x+PGF4ML1h8m62Br/pVKi4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=ZiQjpqHMs0gMGKGv2i6sX9V8XlEHdtHAjtQAYQk8bd83LaD7bu999V50R8w08mQVzS 06thneb9R9Q+JHiN/LiUD9LwyJLO/WSylhkPBHJuVm1Id2pYvaJ2+b99GO5abVQUM42L W4GJ9Rr1CE0AVj93y5J5zM9K87wgaAbIcCQJ8= Received: by 10.229.182.75 with SMTP id cb11mr2330353qcb.199.1290212448396; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:20:48 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: ivoras@gmail.com Received: by 10.229.231.143 with HTTP; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:20:07 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4CE6B147.4060203@jrv.org> References: <4CE6B147.4060203@jrv.org> From: Ivan Voras Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 01:20:07 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: vT8Lz2IXjfyN8OTnvN_QAOoGNHE Message-ID: To: "James R. Van Artsdalen" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A big-ish machine, cannot boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 00:20:50 -0000 On 19 November 2010 18:17, James R. Van Artsdalen 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.