Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2002 22:20:39 +0200 From: "Patrick O'Reilly" <bsd@perimeter.co.za> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Boot Error (after: Mounting root from ufs:/dev/md0c) Message-ID: <200207062220.39218.bsd@perimeter.co.za> In-Reply-To: <20020706141508.GA16394@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> References: <200207060148.31594.bsd@perimeter.co.za> <200207060228.05146.bsd@perimeter.co.za> <20020706141508.GA16394@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi>
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Matthew, thanks for taking the time to respond. I tried some of your=20 suggestions, and was about to dig out an old Win98 CD to test=20 installing/booting from that when I had one other thought... After much gnashing of teeth and ripping out of hair I got desparate and=20 removed the NIC (SMC 10/100). Voila - she boots! I then re-inserted the NIC into another PCI slot, and voila she boots=20 again! Is it really possible that I have a faulty PCI slot? FYI: I have installed the MoBo in a 2U chasis, so there is a 3-slot PCI=20 riser card installed in PCI slot 1 of the MoBo. It is the middle slot=20 of the three on the riser card which caused the problem. I have tried=20 the NIC in each of the other slots and they both boot just fine. Now I am kicking myself because I did not test re-inserting the NIC into=20 the original problematic slot. Perhaps it simply was not seated,=20 though I habitually squeeze everything together very firmly whenever I=20 assemble systems. Anyway - I'll chalk that one up to experience. Thanks again for your pointers. --=20 Regards, Patrick O'Reilly. Perimeter Networks CC. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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