Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 08:40:00 -0500 From: Rod Person <roddierod@yahoo.com> To: "Bob Hall" <rjhalljr@starpower.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: strange pause at boot prompt Message-ID: <20011207084000.0074054b.roddierod@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20011206224346.C536@starpower.net> References: <000701c17dd6$657b0940$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> <20011206022524.B446@twincat.vladsempire.net> <20011206224346.C536@starpower.net>
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It was Thu, 6 Dec 2001 22:43:46 -0500 when I read this: my machine also does this, but I have a bootable SCSI card and onboard IDE. I have free bsd installed on the SCSI drive and windows XP on the IDE drives. When I want to boot FBSD I change to BIOS to boot SCSI and to boot XP, I change the BIOS to boot the IDE drives. It seems that if I disable the IDE when booting the SCSI I don't get the hang. > On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 02:25:24AM +0000, Josh Paetzel wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 04:47:11PM -0500, Matthew Emmerton wrote: > > > I've got a whole bunch of 4.3-REL machines that were built from the > same > > > media and the same installation crib sheet. > > > One of these systems experiences a really strange quirk: > > > > > > When it boots, it displays this: > > > > > > FreeBSD/i386 BOOT > > > Default: 0:da(0,a)/kernel > > > boot: > > > > > > and then waits forever until someone presses <Enter>. > > > > > > The other machines all have the same disk partitioning, and none of > them > > > experience this behaviour. > > > > > > Does anyone have any explanation for why this occurs, and how to > make it > > > stop? It's quite distressing, especially since it's a remote box. > > > > Sounds like maybe the partition isn't set active, or perhaps FreeBSD > > and the BIOS are disagreeing about the drive geometry. > > I have a box that does this whenever it gets cold, except that > pressing enter has no effect. I've been trying to figure out how > to prod it into proceeding, but no luck so far. Anybody know how > to get it to continue booting? > > Bob Hall > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message roddierod@yahoo.com "I'm a character in a world gone wrong!" - Entombed - Returning to Madness _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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