From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 10 04:08:53 2007 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 238FD16A421 for ; Sat, 10 Nov 2007 04:08:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from john_m_cooper@yahoo.com) Received: from smtp109.plus.mail.sp1.yahoo.com (smtp109.plus.mail.sp1.yahoo.com [69.147.95.72]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1532213C494 for ; Sat, 10 Nov 2007 04:08:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from john_m_cooper@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 12681 invoked from network); 10 Nov 2007 03:08:37 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:Message-ID:Date:From:User-Agent:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=MI8CZ2hO/gWtm+eSQCo9xwhtnr+7bPFzi5ldYDAOx0gTceclDQlBg3ze0i/L84Q5vEgpbRbgtM8MQh5BUck9y4NM+rcPCEaTf7lhpjfEyD7HEKjHdheQzdz8w8m5uXIwBeVrRmhjZy+5E3tPWg64levrPOn+6a5RWaONmdjQjok= ; Received: from unknown (HELO borgdemon3.thruhere.net) (john_m_cooper@134.121.244.74 with plain) by smtp109.plus.mail.sp1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 10 Nov 2007 03:08:37 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: DgyzMigVM1m9PkgWrNQ2OqhZw2Iy.Q_oF5ZoRU194P5HzibgQK9rtfwz3fwYaGvh6NWOfRPQCTBNGtedCe9q.SJZ6.xCTPCYev5RjkI_dMHz8a_DDA-- Message-ID: <473520AF.4020204@yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:08:31 -0800 From: John Merryweather Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4pre (X11/20071013) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Torfinn Ingolfsen References: <192440147.20071026152939@opanki.ru> <20071026165151.GC37471@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <20071109221846.9899eebd.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <20071109221846.9899eebd.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Bulk] Re: loader on Dell INSPIRON 1501: BTX halted 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, 10 Nov 2007 04:08:53 -0000 Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:51:51 +0300 > Kostik Belousov wrote: > > >> Take patch from >> http://people.freebsd.org/~kib/realbtx >> (rev. 2). The new loader is at the same location, but it seems that I >> did not saved new boot2. You need to install both boot block and >> loader obtained from the build with the realbtx patch applied, to you >> USB HDD drive. >> > > Just for fun, I tested this patch on an Acer Aspire 5672AWLMi laptop. > (See this page[1] for my adventures with this laptop.) > This laptop doesn't say "BTX halted", it just scrolls a lot of text > (register dumps?) across the screen forever. > > I did: > cd /usr/src/sys > patch < ../.../realbtx.2.patch > cd boot/i386 > make > > Then I copied the files to the usb hdd (da0) with > boot0cfg -B -b /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/boot/i386/boot0/boot0 da0 > mount /dev/da0s1a /mnt > cp -v /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/boot/i386/loader/loader /mnt/boot > > Is this the correct way to do it? > > Then I unmounted the disk and tried to boot it. > Unfortunately, nothing changed. When booted (from usb hdd) the laptop > still scrolls text across the screen forever. I have to turn it off > with the power button. > > Should this patch work on my laptop? > > 1) http://tingox.googlepages.com/aceraspireas5672andfreebsd > The realbtx.2.patch does not fix the hang during boot of my HP Pavillion dv9420us. The boot stops just like before, right after the Copyright message and text=?????? it freezes and only a power cycle will bring it to life. Currently, I work around the boot hang by pressing starting just before the BIOS splash disappears; and then press at the boot slice prompt. jmc