From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 23 09:30:41 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 8564B1065675 for ; Sat, 23 Apr 2011 09:30:41 +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 4BBFD8FC13 for ; Sat, 23 Apr 2011 09:30:41 +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 p3N9UdeU044934 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Sat, 23 Apr 2011 02:30:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bc979@lafn.org) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Doug Hardie In-Reply-To: <201104231620.16475.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 02:30:39 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <201104231346.25403.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> <201104231620.16475.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> To: Erich Dollansky X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97 at zoom.lafn.org X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 09:30:41 -0000 On 23 April 2011, at 02:20, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I only can tell what I do when a machine does not boot from the = installation media: I plug the disk into another machine, install the = generic kernel, edit /etc and put it back. >=20 > If this does not work, it will be hard. That works, but then I end up without having RAID activated. I am = trying to get the hardware RAID working. >=20 > Erich >=20 > On Saturday 23 April 2011 14:25:13 Doug Hardie wrote: >>=20 >> On 22 April 2011, at 23:46, Erich Dollansky wrote: >>=20 >>> Hi, >>>=20 >>> On Saturday 23 April 2011 12:57:32 Doug Hardie wrote: >>>>=20 >>>> On 22 April 2011, at 21:28, Erich Dollansky wrote: >>>>=20 >>>>> It looks to me that not even the loader loads. Is this true? >>>>>=20 >>>> I am not sure. The last message is the timestamp from the original = distribution build. Then is a line with just the '/' character that = should spin a bit. It doesn't. =20 >>>>=20 >>>> By playing around a bit I got it a bit farther. I took one of the = raid disks and mounted it in a different system. I did an install on it = but without changing the label other than to use all the disk. Then I = put it back in the production system and booted. It appears to retain = the RAID characteristics, but all I get is a '-' at the top left of the = screen. I then plugged in the memstick image and booted from that. = Right after the last DOS window I pressed F10 which took me to a FreeBSD = boot line with the default pointing to ad0. I used = 0:ad(4,a)/boot/loader and it went on to the same point as before, but = then a bit farther. I now see: >>>>=20 >>> this is all to weird for me. Could you install a disk not using the = raid hardware? >>>=20 >>> It would then exclude the motherboard as the cause. >>>=20 >>> Erich >>=20 >> No. That didn't work either. I had been using the machine on amd64 = but I had to install with the drive on another system. I couldn't get = it to boot of CD or memstick. However, the memstick I used then was = dead today so I bought a new one hoping that was the problem. = Unfortunately this stick is good, but it still won't boot off it. >>=20 >>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>> Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf >>>> /boot/kernel/kernel text=3D0x8ffac1 | >>>>=20 >>>> The '|' normally spins a couple of times and moves on to the next = section. However, its hung there now. >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>> On Saturday 23 April 2011 05:38:41 Doug Hardie wrote: >>>>>> 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. >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> 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: >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> Bootstart starts. >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> BTX loader lists the drives and memory >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> 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. >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> 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, >>>>>>=20 >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>>>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>>>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>>>>>=20 >>>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >=20