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Date:      Fri, 5 Jul 2002 18:33:41 -0400
From:      Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@attbi.com>
To:        rob <rob@pythonemproject.com>
Cc:        "stable@freebsd.org" <stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: 4.6-STABLE boot fails at "Mounting root from ufs:/dev/md0c"
Message-ID:  <20020705183341.A1672@attbi.com>
In-Reply-To: <3D245AF6.C3B3336@pythonemproject.com>; from rob@pythonemproject.com on Thu, Jul 04, 2002 at 07:25:59AM -0700
References:  <20020703221154.A24298@attbi.com> <3D245AF6.C3B3336@pythonemproject.com>

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Hi,

Dude, you rule.  This magic incantation seemed to solve the problem.

This was mentioned in the 4.4 release notes ( http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.4R/relnotes-i386.html, section 2.16 )
but didn't seem to be in the 4.6 release notes.

Thanks a lot!


On Thu, Jul 04, 2002 at 07:25:59AM -0700, rob wrote:
> I think this was my old problem that I fixed from Warner's suggestion. 
> At the bootloader:
> 
> hw.pcic.intr_path=1
> hw.pcic.irq=0
> 
> Then put it in /boot/loader.conf
> 
> 
> Rob.
> 
> 
> 
> Craig Rodrigues wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I downloaded the 4.6-STABLE boot floppies, and tried to install
> > FreeBSD on my new Winbook N3 laptop.  The specs for the laptop are at:
> > 
> > http://www.winbookcorp.com/support/n3/n3_support.html
> > 
> > The bios is:
> > 
> > PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0
> > Copyright 1985-2000 Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
> > All Rights Reserved
> > Keyboard BIOS Rev 180A.ROM
> > 30N3/CY20 BIOS(NB:VIA8603,SB:VIA686B) V1.80A
> > 
> > When I try to boot, the boot screen hangs at:
> > "Mounting root from ufs:/dev/md0c"
> > 
> > This problem seems to be identical to PR 30860:
> > http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=30860
> > 
> > One of the solutions in that PR was to set in my BIOS
> > "Assign IRQ to USB".  Unfortunately, my Phoenix BIOS for the Winbook
> > does not have this option.  Is there any way to debug this?
> > 
> > Just for fun I downloaded the FreeBSD 5.0-DP1 boot floppies, and I
> > did NOT have this problem, so it seems to be a problem in the 4.6-STABLE
> > boot sequence.  I don't really want to run CURRENT at this time.
> > 
> > Anyone have any ideas how I can solve this problem with STABLE?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > Here are some of the boot messages that I could see before they scrolled
> > off the screen:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ===========================================================================
> > sa0: unknown card DF@0020 (0x10c00020) at slot 1
> > orm0: <Option ROMs> at iomem 0xc0000-0xcbfff,0xe4000-0xe7fff on isa0
> > fdc0: <NEC 72065B or clone> at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0
> > fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold
> > fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0
> > atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
> > atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0
> > kbd0 at atkbd0
> > psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
> > psm0: model GlidePoint, device ID 0
> > vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-03df iomem 0xa000-0xbffff on isa0
> > sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
> > sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
> > sio2: configured irq 4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
> > sio09 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
> > sio0: type 9250
> > sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
> > pppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
> > ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
> > ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/8 bytes threshold
> > plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
> > ad0: 19077MB <TOSHIBA MK2018GAP> [38760/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA100
> > acd0: CD-RW <TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R2002> at ata1-master using PIO4
> > Mounting root from ufs:/dev/md0c
> > ( This is where it hangs)
> > ===========================================================================
> > --
> > Craig Rodrigues
> > http://www.gis.net/~craigr
> > rodrigc@attbi.com
> > 
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