From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 23 10:47:34 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09FD016A4CF for ; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 10:47:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from clavin.cluepon.com (clavin.cluepon.com [64.154.215.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E439C43D53 for ; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 10:47:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lamont@cluepon.com) Received: from lamont by clavin.cluepon.com with local (Exim 3.03 #1) id 1AYrZ4-000HM1-00 for stable@freebsd.org; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 10:47:30 -0800 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 10:47:30 -0800 From: Lamont Lucas To: stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20031223184730.GY3446@clavin.cluepon.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Organization: Cluepon Consulting, Inc. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Subject: installing 4.9-stable on Sony Vaio TR2A X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 18:47:34 -0000 Hi guys. I've been trying to install freebsd on a new Sony Vaio TR2A and ran into some problems getting it to boot after install. I was hoping someone could look at what I've done and suggest additional debugging or point out any mistakes. Initially I tried installing from 4.9 release cds, but that failed as the ide controller wasn't recognized. So I looked around and found a 3 line patch submitted in september that allowed the controller, an "Intel 82801DBM IDE" to be picked up. The patch and bug report are located at: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-i386/2003-September/000325.html So having applied that to my local 4.9-stable tree, I made release and used the miniinst disk to install onto a second partition of my laptop. (FYI, the disc1 dosen't seem to build, but I think I saw someone else mention that on -stable). The install completes successfully, and as I'm trying to boot into a partion located well beyond cylinder 1024, I reran the boot0mgr with the -B -o packet options in order to allow it to boot. The problem is that it dosen't boot. Specifically, the boot manager comes up ok, then I select F3, the freebsd option, the laptop thinks for less than a second then flashes part of the bios splash screen and sends me right back to the boot manager. That cycle continues endlessly unless I stop it. Now pressing F2 happily gets me back to the Windows XP partition, which works fine. Can anybody suggest additional information I could gather or things I could try? My end goal is to be able to boot into freebsd as well as to be able to run it under vmware, but I'd be happy if I could just get freebsd to run. -- - Lamont "I am not an atomic playboy."