Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:47:57 GMT From: Bozhin Zafirov <bozhin@mail.bg> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: i386/140268: 8.0-RC* does not install Message-ID: <200911040947.nA49lv8o047758@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200911040950.nA49o4RQ031181@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 140268 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: 8.0-RC* does not install >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-i386 >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Nov 04 09:50:04 UTC 2009 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Bozhin Zafirov >Release: 8.0-RC2 >Organization: >Environment: not available >Description: Installation of FreeBSD 8.0-RC1 and 8.0-RC2 fails after the "last chance" question with the following error: Unable to find device node for /dev/ad0s1b in /dev! The creation of filesystems will be aborted. I also tried to install 7.2 and upgrade it to 8.0-RC2 (I have never done this before and thus there is a possibility i do things the wrong way): freebsd-update -r 8.0-RC2 upgrade freebsd-update install Then I was asked to restart the system and continue the upgrade process. After the restart, things went wrong again: .. Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a ROOT MOUNT ERROR: If you have invalid mount options, reboot, and first try the following from the loader prompt: set vfs.root.mountfrom.options=rw and then remove invalid options from /etc/fstab .. Motherboard used is MSI MS-7255 Ver. 1.2; HDD 80GB Maxtor PATA; In all cases I partitioned the disk like this: ad0s1a - 76111MB / ad0s1b - 2048MB swap It makes no difference whether I use standard MBR or boot loader. Having in mind that FreeBSD 7.2 installs (and works) flawlessly on this hardware, I assume problem is related to broken support for any device present in this motherboard (maybe disk controller?) rather than hardware malfunction. I also tried to change settings in motherboard's BIOS to different values with no luck. I am out of ideas what further tests I may conduct in order to attempt to resolve this problem. >How-To-Repeat: Maybe attempt to install FreeBSD 8.0-* on MSI MS-7255 motherboard? >Fix: not known so far >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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