From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 2 12:56:51 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 EFC7B16A41F for ; Sun, 2 Oct 2005 12:56:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sebastian.ht@telia.com) Received: from pne-smtpout1-sn1.fre.skanova.net (pne-smtpout1-sn1.fre.skanova.net [81.228.11.98]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EA5843D45 for ; Sun, 2 Oct 2005 12:56:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sebastian.ht@telia.com) Received: from [192.168.0.101] (81.236.253.200) by pne-smtpout1-sn1.fre.skanova.net (7.2.060.1) id 43200DEA004DFF3E; Sun, 2 Oct 2005 14:56:48 +0200 In-Reply-To: <60D15494-A8C5-4155-B194-75A72EEBB392@telia.com> References: <433E7A97.9020109@gmail.com> <433E8123.80406@gmail.com> <924BD2D4-2CC7-470F-98DC-6693F25BFEB7@telia.com> <433F5023.1020702@gmail.com> <60D15494-A8C5-4155-B194-75A72EEBB392@telia.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v734) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Sebastian Holmqvist Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 14:57:09 +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 12:56:51 -0000 On 2 Oct 2005, at 13:07, Sebastian Holmqvist wrote: > > 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 > > > > Ok. The problem was solved by disconnecting the harddrives out of the controller card. I think it might be that they are FAT32. Almost everything is installed now. Sweet! Thanks for all the help! // Sebastian Holmqvist