Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:02:46 +0100 From: Gavin Atkinson <gavin@FreeBSD.org> To: David Peall <david@esn.org.za> Cc: "'freebsd-stable@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: Can't install FreeBSD amd64 (intel DP45GS) Message-ID: <1249394566.49996.28.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <0807767D2D53E649827BC55A3A53B067015C3ACD4F4E@exchange.ct.esn.org.za> References: <0807767D2D53E649827BC55A3A53B067015C3ACD4F0D@exchange.ct.esn.org.za> <1249387799.49996.13.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> <0807767D2D53E649827BC55A3A53B067015C3ACD4F4E@exchange.ct.esn.org.za>
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On Tue, 2009-08-04 at 14:40 +0200, David Peall wrote: > > On Tue, 2009-08-04 at 10:39 +0200, David Peall wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > I have a new box here a Intel DP45GS and a Quad core Intel with 4GB ram that > > I would like to install FreeBSD on. > > > I've tried booting with 7.0, 7.1, 7.2 and 8-BETA2 amd64 and all get stuck > > on: > > > Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/md0 > > > > How long have you waited for? > > An hour how long should I wait? A minute or two should be enough. It doesn't sound like the issue I thought it could be, however. > > Also, do you get any extra info out of the system if you select "boot > > with verbose logging" from the boot menu? > > After > Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/md0 > > I get: > Start_init: trying /sbin/init > Start_init: trying /sbin/oinit > Start_init: trying /sbin/init.bak > Start_init: trying /rescue/init > Start_init: trying /stand/sysinstall > /stand/sysinstall running as init on vty0 > GEOM_LABEL: Label ufsid/49faae8a8342179f removed. > > I have left it like this for now see if anything else appears. > > I'll have this hardware until tomorrow at which point they going to take it away from me :-) > > Indecently 7.2 i386 will install? > > Ps should I have sent this to freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org ? It may well be worth bringing this up on freebsd-amd64 given it works on i386. A couple of other possibly useful tests: Does it boot with 'safe mode' selected from the boot menu? Does it make any difference at all? Can you record the full verbose dmesg output somehow? (maybe with a serial console) 8.0-BETA2 should include the kernel debugger. Can you escape to the debugger (Ctrl-Alt-Escape)? You may need to use a PS2 keyboard to do this, or disable USB entirely and enable "legacy USB emulation" in the BIOS. If you can escape to the debugger, what is the output of "bt" and "ps"? If you install 6.x, then build a kernel with 7.x source and include "device atpic" does it boot? If you do this, it's also worth including the debugger in the kernel so that you can do the above when it hangs (although USB keyboard should work in that case). That's all I can think of right now, but -amd64@ may well have more ideas. Gavin
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