Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 00:25:13 -0700 From: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> To: Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help with Booting Message-ID: <D77EEA88-C85D-47E8-9684-67C2008209CE@lafn.org> In-Reply-To: <201104231346.25403.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> References: <C249647E-1186-4AC2-8028-2C09326F77F0@lafn.org> <201104231128.09953.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> <2E3ADE2E-131D-488D-B8E3-2CA199CA9B3D@lafn.org> <201104231346.25403.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com>
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On 22 April 2011, at 23:46, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, >=20 > On Saturday 23 April 2011 12:57:32 Doug Hardie wrote: >>=20 >> On 22 April 2011, at 21:28, Erich Dollansky wrote: >>=20 >>> It looks to me that not even the loader loads. Is this true? >>>=20 >> I am not sure. The last message is the timestamp from the original = distribution build. Then is a line with just the '/' character that = should spin a bit. It doesn't. =20 >>=20 >> By playing around a bit I got it a bit farther. I took one of the = raid disks and mounted it in a different system. I did an install on it = but without changing the label other than to use all the disk. Then I = put it back in the production system and booted. It appears to retain = the RAID characteristics, but all I get is a '-' at the top left of the = screen. I then plugged in the memstick image and booted from that. = Right after the last DOS window I pressed F10 which took me to a FreeBSD = boot line with the default pointing to ad0. I used = 0:ad(4,a)/boot/loader and it went on to the same point as before, but = then a bit farther. I now see: >>=20 > this is all to weird for me. Could you install a disk not using the = raid hardware? >=20 > It would then exclude the motherboard as the cause. >=20 > Erich No. That didn't work either. I had been using the machine on amd64 but = I had to install with the drive on another system. I couldn't get it to = boot of CD or memstick. However, the memstick I used then was dead = today so I bought a new one hoping that was the problem. Unfortunately = this stick is good, but it still won't boot off it. >=20 >=20 >> Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf >> /boot/kernel/kernel text=3D0x8ffac1 | >>=20 >> The '|' normally spins a couple of times and moves on to the next = section. However, its hung there now. >>=20 >>=20 >>>=20 >>> On Saturday 23 April 2011 05:38:41 Doug Hardie wrote: >>>> I have an AMD based system that is driving me nuts. I am trying to = install 8.2 on it but can't get past the first boot. I had a system up = and running on it before, but I had to remove a drive and do the install = on another computer. That worked, but now I need to use the built in = RAID hardware. As best as I can tell I am going to have to install on = the the actual hardware. Motherboard is an Arima NM46X. The machine = appears to be about 6 years old. >>>>=20 >>>> I have tried to boot the install disk, the live filesystem disk, = and the memstick image for FreeBSD 7.0 through 8.2. All of them do = exactly the same thing: >>>>=20 >>>> Bootstart starts. >>>>=20 >>>> BTX loader lists the drives and memory >>>>=20 >>>> FreeBSD bootstrap loader version 1.1 starts. I get the build date = and then a new line with just a '/' on it. It never begins to spin. No = additional I/O occurs with the boot device. >>>>=20 >>>> The memstick and CDs are good. They boot just fine on another = computer, just not this one. I have had to work around CD issues in the = past, but I thought the memstick would work if the BIOS would recognize = it and boot from it. It recognizes it and tries to boot. I need some = ideas here as the RAID is essential for this application. Thanks, >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >=20
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