Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 23:09:02 +0300 From: Stanislav Sedov <stas@FreeBSD.org> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Loader hang Message-ID: <20070201230902.4c526d4d.stas@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200702011345.50585.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <200702011345.50585.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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--Signature=_Thu__1_Feb_2007_23_09_02_+0300_0xV63LE6AIJ0LzNe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Thu, 1 Feb 2007 13:45:33 +1030 "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> mentioned: > Hi *, > I recently installed 6.2 on a Supermicro P8SCT and I found that the loader > would hang after a few seconds unless I disabled the Adaptec 29160's BIOS. > > It also has a 3ware 8006-2LP (which I am booting off). The SCSI card only has > a tape drive on it though so I'm surprised it would install a BIOS at all > (after probing) > > Interestingly the hang only occurred when booting the installed version - when > booting from the CD it worked perfectly.. > That's because loader won't touch hadrdrives when booting from CD. > Anyone seen anything similar? Any suggestions for debugging? :) Have you tried to boot anything else (Linux, Windows, etc)? Probably, the Host adapter's BIOS is broken, so try to update it to the latest version. -- Stanislav Sedov ST4096-RIPE --Signature=_Thu__1_Feb_2007_23_09_02_+0300_0xV63LE6AIJ0LzNe Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFwkjeK/VZk+smlYERAiJkAJ4u8F5v+sb5EYhkgwMntHEmkPGyTwCeIZqN L60jkh8WHPugKGbybTRDhi0= =9rIV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Thu__1_Feb_2007_23_09_02_+0300_0xV63LE6AIJ0LzNe--
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