From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 12 20:42:18 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E4BC16A403 for ; Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:42:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ysidhu@gmail.com) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.234]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD8C643CC9 for ; Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:40:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ysidhu@gmail.com) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i28so987970wra for ; Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:42:08 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=SVxVGyIMfRfeC76HnO3gQkwXOx3OVXZNjDopBtm97WK1/mZrqG9QzQs7+pmMfFagWON9jVnv+z+ie9TBouEVRoJQQBSE4HSTjr4mDBh4/hVZCGZumHProKZ2znmLuBrHglLHpUoFmm++++Ja6MVkEyJ+7BDfQYQlxwbPL+Ee99g= Received: by 10.78.128.11 with SMTP id a11mr2851102hud.1165956126099; Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:42:06 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.149.7 with HTTP; Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:42:05 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:42:05 -0800 From: "Y Sidhu" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Cannot Load FreeBSD 6.2 64 bit and maybe other versions as well 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: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:42:18 -0000 An update for some who may care. I tried loading Live Linux distros: Puppy, DSL and STD. They load fine but don't see a network interface. Also installed Fedora 5 Linux Distro and same - no ethernet interface seen. It has been a while but I recall that Windows XP pro will not boot. Anybody have any ideas on what to try next? I am pretty much spent. This is a new evaluation box and so I have no problems sending it back to the SuperMicro VAR. I want to figure this thing out just for the challenge of it. Know what I mean? Yudhvir ========= On 12/11/06, Y Sidhu wrote: > > I am a newbie and have gone though past posts and have been looking at the > last couple of weeks of posts go by. I have not seen anything similar to my > problem. I cannot load an OS except under ACPI-Disabled. I can boot into > safe mode, but cannot configure a working network interface. Therefore, I > cannot send in a dmesg output. Here is some data I have gathered: > > Details > a. SuperMicro X7DBR-8+ / X7DBR-I+ > b. Intel 3.2 GHz Xeon dual core dual cpu, K8 class cpu > c. BIOS - Phoenix (just upgraded to 1.2A from 1.1C) The upgrade has had > no affect on this problem as far as I can tell. > d. Dual Ethernet - Intel Pro/1000 Network Connection Version 6.2.9. em0 > is IRQ 5 at device 0.0 on pci4. em1 is IRQ 11 at device 0.1 on pci4. Also, > when I am booted in safe mode, in dmesg, there is an entry "em IRQ 10 at > device 2.0 on pci5." > e. SCSI - Adaptec version 4.3. AIC 7902 Ultra 320, PCI-X ID=7 > f. One 73 GB Seagate Cheetah 10K.7 SCSI hard drive, Model ST3207LC. I > have tested this and another drive out without any media errors. The Adaptec > adapter sees the drive and capacity fine. > > g. When I try to boot normally, the messages scroll by and the system > freezes at: "waiting 5 seconds for SCSI devices to settle" > > h. When I disable ACPI either under the BIOS's settings or select Disable > ACPI when loading FreeBSD, the system loads but I cannot get the ethernet > interface to come up. ifconfig shows all the right values. I have also used > route delete default and route add default - to no avail. > There is a message which pops up saying "em0: watchdog timeout - resetting" > Looking into dmesg output, I see: em0 link state changed to UP and em0 link > state DOWN repeat over and over again. > > i. 1 GB ram and have tested it with memtest 86 without any errors. > > My Gut > a. Something is causing a good old fashioned IRQ conflict. I have 1 drive > and 1 cdrom on this machine. > b. The SCSI ACPI79xx driver is not there or not loading > > Hoping > I am looking for a nudge in the right direction. > > -- > Yudhvir Singh Sidhu > -- Yudhvir Singh Sidhu 408 375 3134 cell