From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 5 00:16:17 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87C2516A41B; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 00:16:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alex.kovalenko@verizon.net) Received: from vms046pub.verizon.net (vms046pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.46]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B94D13C48D; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 00:16:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alex.kovalenko@verizon.net) Received: from [10.0.3.231] ([70.21.144.51]) by vms046.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0JR000MRB8L2M4V4@vms046.mailsrvcs.net>; Sun, 04 Nov 2007 17:15:14 -0600 (CST) Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2007 18:14:38 -0500 From: "Alexandre \"Sunny\" Kovalenko" In-reply-to: <009a01c81efe$be1f54f0$c801000a@balgaa> To: Balgansuren Batsukh Message-id: <1194218078.40743.21.camel@RabbitsDen> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-type: text/plain Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <200711021208.25913.Thomas.Sparrevohn@btinternet.com> <472D9B2A.5080900@FreeBSD.org> <200711041302.08877.peter.schuller@infidyne.com> <200711041423.54336.Thomas.Sparrevohn@btinternet.com> <472DDEA2.7080804@FreeBSD.org> <009a01c81efe$be1f54f0$c801000a@balgaa> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-6.2, 7.0-BETA1 boot on Lenovo X60 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: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:16:17 -0000 On Sun, 2007-11-04 at 23:49 +0800, Balgansuren Batsukh wrote: > Hello All, > > Last few days I try to boot FreeBSD-6.2, 7.0-BETA1 boot CD using USB CDROM > drive on Lenovo X60. > > It give kind of assembler code non-stop flow over screen. > > Can't boot system and some times give BTX halted message after CPU register > code ES=....,.... > > Is there any way to boot/install FreeBSD-6.2/7.0-BETA on X60? If you have another box on the network, PXE is the way to go. I have used it to troubleshoot my X60, when I have rendered it unbootable, enough times to justify time spent. I have acquired UltraBase since then, but it is still *much more convenient* to boot with PXE in need. Below are relevant pieces of the information from the server (its name is 'twinhead', its IP is 10.0.3.236 and install CD is copied into '/SHARED/tftpboot', tftp user with access to the setup is named 'sunny' -- you will have to adjust it accordingly): ======================= excerpt from /usr/local/etc/dhcpd.conf (I am using isc-dhcp3-server-3.0.5_2): server-name "twinhead"; server-identifier 10.0.3.236; next-server 10.0.3.236; # This is a very basic subnet declaration. subnet 10.0.3.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { range 10.0.3.33 10.0.3.64; option routers 10.0.3.242; option domain-name-servers 10.0.3.242; option root-path "/SHARED/tftpboot"; filename "boot/pxeboot"; } ======================== /SHARED/tftpboot/boot/loader.rc echo Loading Kernel... load /boot/kernel/kernel echo Loading mfsroot... load -t mfs_root /mfsroot echo booting... echo \007\007 echo initializing h0h0magic... set vfs.root.mountfrom="ufs:/dev/md0c" boot ======================== excerpt from /etc/inetd.conf tftp dgram udp wait root /usr/libexec/tftpd tftpd -u sunny -l -s /SHARED/tftpboot ======================== I have also gunzip'ed /SHARED/tftpboot/boot/mfsroot.gz and placed it into /SHARED/tftpboot/. I don't think there was much else needed doing before you can attempt booting your X60. Once you boot, you can switch to FTP install, so version, you are booting from, does not need exactly match whatever you want installed. Note: you need to make sure there are no other active DHCP servers on your network -- I have spend few hours hunting down that one ;) > > Regards, > Balgaa > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Alexandre "Sunny" Kovalenko