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Date:      Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:33:38 -0400
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Cc:        Pavel Timofeev <timp87@gmail.com>, avg@freebsd.org, Dennis Koegel <dk@neveragain.de>
Subject:   Re: Fresh installed Freebsd 9 don't boot from hd
Message-ID:  <201110211633.38764.jhb@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20111021085851.GA51368@neveragain.de>
References:  <CAAoTqftvv1t214Q9uWJR-Jug4GJEZshXyOr6uB_d19h2NV89XA@mail.gmail.com> <20111021085851.GA51368@neveragain.de>

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On Friday, October 21, 2011 4:58:51 am Dennis Koegel wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 11:28:08AM +0400, Pavel Timofeev wrote:
> > I used FreeBSD 9 amd64 on my HP Proliant DL360 G5 (smart array p400i 
mirror)
> > as test. [...]
> > It was fresh install and I choose guided partitioning (GPT)
> > But after reboot my server don't boot from hd.
> 
> We have the same issue on a DL580 G7. Install runs fine, but when it's
> time for the first boot, the bootcode emits a single '-' (where usually
> it would be "spinning" for a moment while loading), hangs for about two
> seconds, and then reboots.

Working offline with Dennis, we found that changing the CFLAGS in 
sys/boot/i386/gptboot/Makefile from "-O1" to "-Os -mrtd" (partially reverting 
an earlier commit) fixed gptboot.  The next test for someone to do would be to 
try just adding "-mrtd" and leaving "-O1" as-is to see if that fixes it.

-- 
John Baldwin



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