From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 29 01:58:56 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A94631065676 for ; Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:58:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hiryu@eleventhhourfx.com) Received: from neo-zeon.de (dsl-63-249-90-167.cruzio.com [63.249.90.167]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 767BA8FC14 for ; Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:58:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hiryu@eleventhhourfx.com) Received: from hiryu (helo=localhost) by neo-zeon.de with local-esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JUuWT-00023O-GM for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:58:56 -0800 Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:58:53 -0800 (PST) From: Cameron X-X-Sender: hiryu@neo-zeon.de To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: hiryu@eleventhhourfx.com X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7-deb (2006-10-05) on panzer.lan.nerv X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=1.0 tests=BAYES_00,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.1.7-deb X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:23:22 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on neo-zeon.de) Subject: Re: can't boot MSI p6n-sli (nforce 650i) system X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:58:56 -0000 Sorry about the repeat. On Thu, 28 Feb 2008, Cameron wrote: > Hello, > > I'm unable to successfully boot FreeBSD 7.0R for amd64 on my MSI p6n-sli > motherboard (nvidia 650i chipset). I don't have a dmesg to show at the the > moment (though I > may be able to get one). This is a quad core system > > Disabling apic doesn't help, in fact the boot process doesn't even get as far > when apic is disabled (it just gets stuck mounting md0 or something like > that). > Disabling acpi seems to have the same result as disabling apic. > > It gets stuck right after it brings up the remaining 3 cores (seems to always > bring them up in the order of 3, 1, and 2 if that matters). > > Just before bringing up the cores it detects my LSI Logic SATA 150-4 raid > controller (I doubt the controller itself is the problem, maybe it's an issue > with the amd64 > version of this controller). > > Turning on verbosity doesn't really seem to tell me anything more other than > after the 3 remaining cores are brought up, I get a single line message along > the lines > of: > > amr0: new geom (something very similiar to that). > > Where amr0 refers to the LSI Logic sata raid controller (obviously). > > Seems other people have had trouble with FreeBSD and the 650 chipset with the > nforce ide and/or sata controller. Interestingly if I reset the machine > without first > powering down and attempt to boot Linux, the boot gets stuck and fails with > this message slowly repeated over and over: > hda: interrupt lost > (hda is the first primary IDE drive of course) > > > This message ONLY happens if attempt to boot the FreeBSD 7.0R CD and simply > press the reset button (which seems to indicate it's not my raid controller). > I have not > got this message on this system prior to this. > > Interestingly I tried NetBSD 4.0 a little ways back and it seemed to have > trouble readin the disk geomtry of the first primary IDE drive (I believe the > FreeBSD driver > is based on the NetBSD driver or vice versa). > > Hope I've provided enough useful information (except a dmesg for now). > > Has anyone else had trouble with FreeBSD on nforce 650i based motherboards? > How about just my MSI p6n-sli board? Should I try FreeBSD for i386 to see if > that makes > any difference? > > Thanks! > > -Cameron > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >