From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 22 23:15:58 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAD1C106564A for ; Fri, 22 Apr 2011 23:15:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bc979@lafn.org) Received: from zoom.lafn.org (zoom.lafn.org [75.101.116.66]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 573E68FC12 for ; Fri, 22 Apr 2011 23:15:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.0.1.2] (pool-108-23-64-87.lsanca.fios.verizon.net [108.23.64.87]) (authenticated bits=0) by zoom.lafn.org (8.14.3/8.14.2) with ESMTP id p3MMcfYc031402 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:38:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bc979@lafn.org) From: Doug Hardie Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:38:41 -0700 Message-Id: To: freebsd general questions Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97 at zoom.lafn.org X-Virus-Status: Clean Subject: Help with Booting X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 23:15:58 -0000 I have an AMD based system that is driving me nuts. I am trying to = install 8.2 on it but can't get past the first boot. I had a system up = and running on it before, but I had to remove a drive and do the install = on another computer. That worked, but now I need to use the built in = RAID hardware. As best as I can tell I am going to have to install on = the the actual hardware. Motherboard is an Arima NM46X. The machine = appears to be about 6 years old. I have tried to boot the install disk, the live filesystem disk, and the = memstick image for FreeBSD 7.0 through 8.2. All of them do exactly the = same thing: Bootstart starts. BTX loader lists the drives and memory FreeBSD bootstrap loader version 1.1 starts. I get the build date and = then a new line with just a '/' on it. It never begins to spin. No = additional I/O occurs with the boot device. The memstick and CDs are good. They boot just fine on another computer, = just not this one. I have had to work around CD issues in the past, but = I thought the memstick would work if the BIOS would recognize it and = boot from it. It recognizes it and tries to boot. I need some ideas = here as the RAID is essential for this application. Thanks,