Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 05:39:14 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: Bob Willcox <bob@immure.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: RELENG_7 hangs on boot w/Gigabyte MA78GM-S2H MB Message-ID: <20080920123914.GA72833@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <20080920042418.GB1322@rancor.immure.com> References: <20080920042418.GB1322@rancor.immure.com>
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On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 11:24:18PM -0500, Bob Willcox wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm trying to get the latest RELENG_7 to run on my new Gigabyte > MA78GM-S2H motherboard and am experiencing a hang on boot right after it > prints the message: > > Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad4s1a > > At this point it is hung and doesn't respond to any keyboard input. > > I originally attempted to install the 7.1 beta system with similar > results (prevented me from installing). I then installed 7.0-release > and though the install succeeded it never did "see" the Realtek > ethernet controller so I had no network capability. You're describing multiple problems in a single Email. This is liable to get complex. 1) It would be helpful to know if you installed i386 or amd64 FreeBSD, 2) With regards to the lock-up after "mount root", if you press NumLock or CapsLock, do the keyboard LEDs turn on/off? 3) Many others have seen the hanging/lock-up after "mount root". I believe one found a workaround by setting ATA_STATIC_ID in their kernel configuration. I realise this is a problem when you can't get the system up to a point of building a kernel; chicken-and-egg problem, 4) The Realtek NIC on that motherboard is probably too new to be supported under RELENG_7. Realtek has a history of releasing different sub-revisions of the same NIC/PHY, and the internal changes are severe enough to cause the NIC to not work correctly (under any OS) without full driver support for that specific sub-revision. All above said: Can you please try one of the RELENG_7 ISO snapshots at the below site, instead of the official 7.0-RELEASE ISO, and report back if that solves either of your problems? The below site contains ISOs built daily, rather than monthly: http://pub.allbsd.org/FreeBSD-snapshots/ -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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