From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 2 11:07:01 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 910EA16A41F for ; Sun, 2 Oct 2005 11:07:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sebastian.ht@telia.com) Received: from pne-smtpout2-sn1.fre.skanova.net (pne-smtpout2-sn1.fre.skanova.net [81.228.11.159]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20B4A43D45 for ; Sun, 2 Oct 2005 11:07:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sebastian.ht@telia.com) Received: from [192.168.0.101] (81.236.253.200) by pne-smtpout2-sn1.fre.skanova.net (7.2.060.1) id 43297E3C004054C2; Sun, 2 Oct 2005 13:06:59 +0200 In-Reply-To: <433F5023.1020702@gmail.com> References: <433E7A97.9020109@gmail.com> <433E8123.80406@gmail.com> <924BD2D4-2CC7-470F-98DC-6693F25BFEB7@telia.com> <433F5023.1020702@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v734) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <60D15494-A8C5-4155-B194-75A72EEBB392@telia.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Sebastian Holmqvist Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 13:07:19 +0200 To: Subhro X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) Cc: stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Problem booting FBSD 5.4-stable.. X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 11:07:01 -0000 On 2 Oct 2005, at 05:12, Subhro wrote: > Sebastian Holmqvist sat at his 'puter and typed on 10/1/2005 20:09: > >> >> On 1 Oct 2005, at 14:29, Subhro wrote: >> >> >>> Sebastian Holmqvist sat at his 'puter and typed on 10/1/2005 17:45: >>> >>> >>>> >>>> On 1 Oct 2005, at 14:01, Subhro wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Sebastian Holmqvist sat at his 'puter and typed on 10/1/2005 >>>>> 17:04: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Specs: >>>>>> Amd Thunderbird 800 >>>>>> Abit KT7-raid (VIA KT133) >>>>>> >>>>>> 256 MB >>>>>> 30 GB IDE >>>>>> Cdrom >>>>>> Floppy >>>>>> >>>>>> Problem: The computer just prints three rows... >>>>>> >>>>>> 'Building the boot loader arguments >>>>>> Looking up /BOOT/LOADER... Found >>>>>> Relocating the loader and the BTX' >>>>>> >>>>>> ...and then reboots. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Did you try disabling fancy options like BIOS Shadowing, Power >>>>> Options, etc? Are you running the latest release of BIOS from >>>>> your mo'bo' manufacturer? Is the HDD and the CDROM on the same >>>>> cable? If yes, then what is the way they are attached? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Running the latest BIOS version yes. Also running Fail safe >>>> options with the exception on that I've but the cdrom on first >>>> boot device. >>>> The cable setup is IDE1 <- HD0 (M) <- Cdrom (S). So yes, they're >>>> on the same cable with manual M/S-setup. >>>> >>>> // Sebastian Holmqvist >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Great. FreeBSD, unlike Linux and Windowz is very very fusy about >>> hardware. As per the IDE specs, the master drive should always be >>> at the end of the cable. The middle is occupied by the slave >>> drive, which is not your case. For a start, I would try fixing >>> that. Also it is recommended not to mix drive types on a single >>> bus. Therefore it would be highly recommended to move the optical >>> drive to the secondary bus. Also do not rely on CS. Ecplicitly >>> jumper them as master and slave. >>> >>> Thanks >>> S. >>> >> Alright. I've tried putting IDE <- CDrom (S) <- HD0 (M) and it >> didn't work. >> Then I tried IDE1 <- HD0 (M) and IDE2 <- CDrom (M) and that didn't >> work EITHER. >> >> This is feeling ridiculous. I'm trying the boot diskettes to test >> my luck. >> >> // Sebastian Holmqvist >> >> >> >> > Sebastian, > > Don't worry, the boot diskettes wont work either. The basic problem > is some kind of conflict with some existing hardware in the box. I > can see an ABit RAID inside the box. What is it doing there and > what kind of configuration is it following? Also could you point us > to some sites describing your hardware? Could you please tell us > about all the devices which are present in your system? Include the > onboard devices as well. > > Thanks > S. > > -- > -----------------+------------------------------------------------- > | Subhro Sankha Kar > \ / | GSM: +919831064613 -- Fax: +919831832913 > \./ | MSN:subhro@subhro.org -- Yahoo: subhro82 > (0Y0) | ICQ: 203567534 -- AIM: bsdboy1982 > --ooO--(_)--Ooo--+------------------------------------------------- > > The abit raid unit is disabled at the moment. I've got a Promise SATAII150 TX4 controller card with two harddrives connected to it currently. Otherwise, it's standard. You gave me some ideas now, I'm gonna try without the Promise-card and if that works, on another PCI-port. Wish me good luck :) // Sebastian Holmqvist