Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 16:07:45 +0100 From: Robert Suetterlin <robert@mpe.mpg.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Help: System hangs during boot (if hd connected to promise 100TX2). Message-ID: <20020111150745.GE159@robert2.mpe-garching.mpg.de>
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Hello! I have a proliant ml 350, on which I try to install freebsd. During the initial bootup the system hangs. I use FBSD4.4-release. I tried installing from cdrom (iso images from freebsd.org) and over FTP. When I unplug a Promise UDMA100 TX2 Controller which is in the machine, it boots ok. If I replug the Controller and unplug all connected harddrives it still boots. When I connect any Harddisk to any IDE-Channel it hangs during bootup. I have a second ml350 with almost identical hardware (less memory and an additional multiport serial IO) which also contains an Promise U100TX2 and has one HD connected. That second machine boots fine. Both ml350 have identical Bios Settings and IRQ Settings (except the second machine uses one more IRQ for the multiport serial card). And I configure the kernel on both machines identical: I remove all Network Adapters, I remove all but floppy from storage, I remove PC Card. I also tried not removing anything, not removing PC Card, additionally removing Parallel Port, but with no real effect. Eccept that adding more kernel parts delais the hang, and removing Parallel Port makes it occur earlier. I really do not know what to diagnose next, booting with `boot -v` didn't reveal any problems. The machine hangs while output is still in bright mode. As it is mentioned very often in boot hangs I tried `set hw.pcic.intr_path=1` and `set hw.pcic.irq=0` but with no visible effect. Regards, Robert S. -- Robert Suetterlin (robert@mpe.mpg.de) phone: (+49)89 / 30000-3546 fax: (+49)89 / 30000-3950 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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