Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:55:54 -0500 From: "David M. Patronis" <thenudnik@gmail.com> To: tundra@tundraware.com Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: CDROM Boot Hangs But Only Under 6.x Message-ID: <4773305A.9050706@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4771EAE1.4010501@tundraware.com> References: <4771D6B2.6090608@tundraware.com> <d7195cff0712252053qf226222o820fe93ce160902d@mail.gmail.com> <4771EAE1.4010501@tundraware.com>
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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 > > >
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