From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 21 09:45:02 2011 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 2ADD3106566B for ; Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:45:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from timp87@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ey0-f182.google.com (mail-ey0-f182.google.com [209.85.215.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1B078FC0C for ; Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:45:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eyd10 with SMTP id 10so4984791eyd.13 for ; Fri, 21 Oct 2011 02:45:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=u5dtso6EaUh1sY2vWIOsFFYRExo7sbIbrO6oIZmiMZ8=; b=UlDw896faqCbYJM5PCjPEqSKCfjHIotGmBx4pKepiZ4tZDCZjZQkcnq00s60DXLcbJ XNNh9ACG14Z+JWvoUyZ0ic/d0Wp1DBebqGzZKmxR87g+Qe9rWuyKmQI2Gfo/eltWGv+s IyNAmWEEXiIG0+KtCAj/4n6hFnqvi/y/Xyn7k= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.5.3 with SMTP id 3mr23857199fat.4.1319190300692; Fri, 21 Oct 2011 02:45:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.152.24.67 with HTTP; Fri, 21 Oct 2011 02:45:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20111021085851.GA51368@neveragain.de> References: <20111021085851.GA51368@neveragain.de> Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:45:00 +0400 Message-ID: From: Pavel Timofeev To: Dennis Koegel X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:09:45 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fresh installed Freebsd 9 don't boot from hd 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: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:45:02 -0000 2011/10/21 Dennis Koegel > On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 11:28:08AM +0400, Pavel Timofeev wrote: > > I used FreeBSD 9 amd64 on my HP Proliant DL360 G5 (smart array p400i > mirror) > > as test. [...] > > It was fresh install and I choose guided partitioning (GPT) > > But after reboot my server don't boot from hd. > > We have the same issue on a DL580 G7. Install runs fine, but when it's > time for the first boot, the bootcode emits a single '-' (where usually > it would be "spinning" for a moment while loading), hangs for about two > seconds, and then reboots. > > I've used the BETA3 bsdinstall on other (amd64) hardware with GPT and it > worked fine. Also, manually adding the GPT label, partitions and > bootcode using gpart, then rebooting, shows the exact same behaviour > (this was done using the BETA3 "Live CD"). > > I suspect it's something in the vicinity of "pmbr bootcode vs. newer > HP BIOS". > I don't know, but earlier snapshots, for example, ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/201105/FreeBSD-9.0-CURRENT-201105-amd64-dvd1.iso doesn't have such problems. Does anybody have BETA-2 iso? > (BTW, not related to this issue: hw.memtest.tests=0 should be default. > The kernel on a system with 128 GB of RAM needs about two minutes (!) > before emitting a single line of output. At first we didn't know about > this test and thought there was a serious problem.) > > - D. >