Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:54:09 -0400 From: Adam Martin <adamartin@FreeBSD.org> To: Jeff Cross <jeff.cross@averageadmins.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell PE850 and FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE - Boot Issues Message-ID: <f72c7f61a27d4d2f9a64f7d5c3d6efd3@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <450F1222.3080800@averageadmins.com> References: <450F00C6.1060805@averageadmins.com> <edda5df90e4bcd158b7f20ec90bfdb12@fsl.cs.sunysb.edu> <450F1222.3080800@averageadmins.com>
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On 2006 Sep 18 , at 17:39, Jeff Cross wrote: > Adam Martin wrote: >> >> On 2006 Sep 18 , at 16:25, Jeff Cross wrote: >> >>> I am trying to run FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE on a Dell PowerEdge 850 with >>> some >>> booting issues. I have searched the archives and found someone >>> having a >>> problem with the machine "booting too fast" but my problem is a >>> little >>> different. My machine hangs up after the following line is displayed >>> during boot: >>> >>> acd0: CDROM <TEAC CD-ROM CD-224E-N/3.AB> at ata0-master UDMA33 [ Trimmed for brevity ] > Thanks for the reply, Adam. I actually tried the verbose_logging="YES" > in my /boot/loader.conf file prior to posting but it still hangs after > the CD-ROM line for some reason. Hey, no problem, Jeff. To be frank, I just signed up for Questions, after Google Summer of Code, and yours is the first one I've answered. Glad to see that I've started on the right foot though. > It appears the only way the machine will boot up properly is if I hit 5 > on the boot menu. This obviously doesn't make remote reboots very > "admin friendly"! I know that I setup something like this once, because I needed it to always drop to command line. I can help you emulate what's in menu option 5, in a loader.4th script. But you'll have to drop the pretty menu, and logo... If you're willing let me know. > Thanks again for your reply! Like I said, no problem. Thanks for your enthusiastic support. Regards, -- ADAM David Alan Martin P.S.: It's still me, the same Adam. Just figured I should use my FreeBSD From: address instead of fsl.
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