Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:05:42 -0600 From: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> To: "David M. Patronis" <thenudnik@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: CDROM Boot Hangs But Only Under 6.x Message-ID: <477332A6.3050604@tundraware.com> In-Reply-To: <4773305A.9050706@gmail.com> References: <4771D6B2.6090608@tundraware.com> <d7195cff0712252053qf226222o820fe93ce160902d@mail.gmail.com> <4771EAE1.4010501@tundraware.com> <4773305A.9050706@gmail.com>
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David M. Patronis wrote: > Tim Daneliuk wrote: >> illoai@gmail.com wrote: >>> On 25/12/2007, Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> wrote: >>>> I am building a new server out of both older and brand new >>>> components. It is based on a Pentium D 925 and ABIT LG-95Z >>>> mobo. The DVD-RW is a Lite-On about a year old with very >>>> low hours on it. >>>> >>>> So ... here's a fun one: I can boot and install FreeBSD 4.x (CD) >>>> or Novell SUSE Enterprise Linux Desktop 10 SP1 (DVD) via the >>>> DVD. But attempting to do this with 6.x (I have tried 6.2R and >>>> 6.3-PRE disk #1) causes a hang during boot. The loader gets >>>> as far as showing the vertical bar that ordinarily "spins" >>>> to show intitial kernel loading progress and the the machine >>>> just sits there. There is some further activity on the optical >>>> drive at this point and then the cursor sort of jumps around a bit. >>>> >>>> I've not yet tried swapping the optical drive out - though I doubt >>>> this is the problem since I can load the other OSs. I've tried >>>> removing and moving memory sticks in case this is a flakey >>>> memory problem - no change. I've tried removing the only >>>> two cards in the machine: 3COM 905C-TX and an Adaptec 2940UW - >>>> no change. >>>> >>>> I have one last ditch thing I will try later tonight which is >>>> to force the DVD IDE port into PIO mode and out of DMA mode. >>>> But that's it. I am stumped. Ideas anyone? >>>> >>> >>> If it is not hardware, check your bios settings (and mayhap >>> set back to default or very conservative) (of which the PIO >>> trick may work). >> >> >> >> I just swapped out the optical drive with a CD-RW - exact same >> symptoms. Fiddling w/BIOS, seems to make no difference, though >> I am still poking at it. I am utterly lost - never seen >> very standard hardware like this that FreeBSD could/would not >> boot and run on ... > Response: > > Its probably an issue with the 6X series. I have experienced something > similar and just spoke to someone via this list with a similar problem. > In all cases thus far we were able to install using the 7X series. > > David Not in this case. As I mentioned in a prior post, I tried booting with the 7.0-BETA4 ISO and got the exact same results. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Daneliuk tundra@tundraware.com PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/
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