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Date:      Fri, 26 Sep 2003 12:15:19 -0700
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>
To:        Joe Kelsey <joek@mail.flyingcroc.net>, Brandon Fosdick <bfoz@terrandev.com>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 4.9 Boot Hang when USB Devices Attached
Message-ID:  <200309261215.19852.kstewart@owt.com>
In-Reply-To: <3F748E20.4070605@mail.flyingcroc.net>
References:  <3F746937.2070409@mail.flyingcroc.net> <3F7486B3.4090009@terrandev.com> <3F748E20.4070605@mail.flyingcroc.net>

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On Friday 26 September 2003 12:06 pm, Joe Kelsey wrote:
> Brandon Fosdick wrote:
> > Joe Kelsey wrote:
> >> When I upgraded to fix the OpenSSH problems, the system started
> >> hanging at boot time right after the USB/OHCI messages whenever I
> >> had devices plugged into the USB ports (mainly a USB mouse).  Now,
> >> in order to boot, I have to unplug the mouse and wait for the
> >> system to pass the USB part of boot before replugging.
> >
> > There are several threads discussing this ATM. If you have an
> > nforce2 board search for the thread with the subject
> > "fix/workaround for usb probe lockups on nForce2 mbs". Andrew
> > Atrens posted a patch that worked for me. In the same thread Ian
> > Dowse has offered a few other ideas to try. I haven't tried them
> > yet.
>
> I have an ASUS A7S333 which does *not* have an nforce2 chipset.
>

Mine doesn't either and the fact it dies in the boot -s phase of 
updating the system is a verification of the reason to boot to single 
user mode. I have tried unplugging the USB devices and it will finish 
the boot. I won't, however, finish the installworld.

Kent

-- 
Kent Stewart
Richland, WA

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