Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 17:01:03 +0400 From: Igor Pokrovsky <ip@unixway.org> To: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Loader hangs on the latest -STABLE Message-ID: <A55492C2-D773-41EF-846C-F85152F6E469@unixway.org> In-Reply-To: <8150d268-3390-a5d8-9783-84846c1c83a5@grosbein.net> References: <CFAD02B2-BE44-41C3-B511-AAC5E1862109@unixway.org> <8150d268-3390-a5d8-9783-84846c1c83a5@grosbein.net>
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> On 24 =D0=B0=D0=BF=D1=80. 2020 =D0=B3., at 13:55, Eugene Grosbein = <eugen@grosbein.net> wrote: >=20 > 24.04.2020 11:26, Igor Pokrovsky =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5=D1=82: >=20 >> Hello all, >>=20 >> I haven=E2=80=99t been using FreeBSD since 8-STABLE times. Recently I = tried to install latest 12-STABLE on my old computer. >> But even during initial boot up loader hangs. Eventually I was able = to proceed with installation after replacing loader in=20 >> the installation disk with one found in my old system 8-STABLE. The = same happened when I tried zfs on root partition. >>=20 >> I used MBR partition on PATA hard drive. Motherboard was ASUS A8V = (Athlon64). >=20 > Modern FreeBSD versions use newer vt(4) console driver that defaults = to pixel mode rendering > and depends on correctness of ACPI tables of motherboard's firmware = much more > than old syscons(4) console driver that is still available. > You should try escaping to the loader prompt first and run these = commands: >=20 > set kern.vty=3Dsc > boot >=20 > Try it and see if it helps. If so, don't forget adding "kern.vty=3Dsc" = to /boot/loader.conf > after installation. >=20 Yes, I tried sc, but it doesnt help too. I attached my drive to Promise RAID controller and system boots just = fine now. Probably the cause is in hardware, failed controller was made by VIA. ip
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