Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 14:51:07 +0200 From: Panagiotis Astithas <past@noc.ntua.gr> To: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: System still hangs with "ata1-master: TIMEOUT - SETFEATURES SET TRANSFER MODE" Message-ID: <401E47BB.9020102@noc.ntua.gr> In-Reply-To: <401E17D2.90609@freebsd.org> References: <20040125111743.GA564@bsd> <401672F7.8080404@noc.ntua.gr> <4018F64A.2090906@noc.ntua.gr> <40196D90.5020604@compgeek.com> <401E144C.3000706@noc.ntua.gr> <401E17D2.90609@freebsd.org>
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Scott Long wrote: > Panagiotis Astithas wrote: > >> Jon Noack wrote: >> >>> On 1/29/2004 6:02 AM, Panagiotis Astithas wrote: >>> >>>> I found out that booting with "Safe mode" (I knew there should be >>>> some use for it :-)) allows me to complete the process and get to >>>> sysinstall, in both 5.2-RELEASE & the -current snapshot from 24/1. >>>> But I tried to do the same from the loader prompt, to no avail. I >>>> used the following and then "boot" or "boot -v" but every attempt >>>> resulted in the traditional freeze. >>>> >>>> unset acpi_load >>>> set hint.acpi.0.disabled=1 >>>> set loader.acpi_disabled_by_user=1 >>>> set hw.ata.ata_dma=0 >>>> set hw.ata.atapi_dma=0 >>>> set hw.ata.wc=0 >>>> set hw.eisa_slots=0 >>>> >>>> From what I can tell from the beastie.4th file, that is all that >>>> should be needed. Am I missing something? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> You missed disabling apic: >>> set hint.apic.0.disabled=1 >> >> >> >> Bingo! >> But I still can't see how it is being set via the loader's "Safe mode" >> option. Granted, my forth skills are lacking, but an inquiring mind >> needs to know :-) >> >> Thanks, > > > > Look for this segment in beastie.4th: > > > dup bootsafekey @ = if > s" arch-i386" environment? if > s" acpi_load" unsetenv > s" 1" s" hint.acpi.0.disabled" setenv > s" 1" s" loader.acpi_disabled_by_user" setenv > ----> s" 1" s" hint.apic.0.disabled" setenv > then > s" 0" s" hw.ata.ata_dma" setenv > s" 0" s" hw.ata.atapi_dma" setenv > s" 0" s" hw.ata.wc" setenv > s" 0" s" hw.eisa_slots" setenv > 0 boot > then Darn, I was grepping through rev. 1.7. Thanks! -- Panagiotis Astithas Electrical & Computer Engineer, PhD Network Management Center National Technical University of Athens, Greece
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