Problem booting FBSD 5.4-stable..

[Sebastian Holmqvist]

On 2 Oct 2005, at 13:07, Sebastian Holmqvist wrote:


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>>> On 1 Oct 2005, at 14:29, Subhro wrote:
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>>>> Sebastian Holmqvist sat at his 'puter and typed on 10/1/2005 17:45:
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>>>>> On 1 Oct 2005, at 14:01, Subhro wrote:
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>>>>>> Sebastian Holmqvist sat at his 'puter and typed on 10/1/2005  
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>>>>>>> Specs:
>>>>>>> Amd Thunderbird 800
>>>>>>> Abit KT7-raid (VIA KT133)
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>>>>>>> 256 MB
>>>>>>> 30 GB IDE
>>>>>>> Cdrom
>>>>>>> Floppy
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>>>>>>> Problem: The computer just prints three rows...
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>>>>>>> 'Building the boot loader arguments
>>>>>>> Looking up /BOOT/LOADER... Found
>>>>>>> Relocating the loader and the BTX'
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>>>>>>> ...and then reboots.
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>>>>>> Did you try disabling fancy options like BIOS Shadowing, Power  
>>>>>> Options, etc? Are you running the latest release of BIOS from  
>>>>>> your mo'bo' manufacturer? Is the HDD and the CDROM on the same  
>>>>>> cable? If yes, then what is the way they are attached?
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>>>>> Running the latest BIOS version yes. Also running Fail safe  
>>>>> options with the exception on that I've but the cdrom on first  
>>>>> boot device.
>>>>> The cable setup is IDE1 <- HD0 (M) <- Cdrom (S). So yes,  
>>>>> they're on the same cable with manual M/S-setup.
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>>>> Great. FreeBSD, unlike Linux and Windowz is very very fusy about  
>>>> hardware. As per the IDE specs, the master drive should always  
>>>> be at the end of the cable. The middle is occupied by the slave  
>>>> drive, which is not your case. For a start, I would try fixing  
>>>> that. Also it is recommended not to mix drive types on a single  
>>>> bus. Therefore it would be highly recommended to move the  
>>>> optical drive to the secondary bus. Also do not rely on CS.  
>>>> Ecplicitly jumper them as master and slave.
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>>>> Thanks
>>>> S.
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>>> Alright. I've tried putting IDE <- CDrom (S) <- HD0 (M) and it  
>>> didn't work.
>>> Then I tried IDE1 <- HD0 (M) and IDE2 <- CDrom (M) and that  
>>> didn't work EITHER.
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>>> This is feeling ridiculous. I'm trying the boot diskettes to test  
>>> my luck.
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>>> // Sebastian Holmqvist
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>> Sebastian,
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>> Don't worry, the boot diskettes wont work either. The basic  
>> problem is some kind of conflict with some existing hardware in  
>> the box. I can see an ABit RAID inside the box. What is it doing  
>> there and what kind of configuration is it following? Also could  
>> you point us to some sites describing your hardware? Could you  
>> please tell us about all the devices which are present in your  
>> system? Include the onboard devices as well.
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>> Thanks
>> S.
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> The abit raid unit is disabled at the moment.
> I've got a Promise SATAII150 TX4 controller card with two  
> harddrives connected to it currently.
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> Otherwise, it's standard.
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> You gave me some ideas now, I'm gonna try without the Promise-card  
> and if that works, on another PCI-port. Wish me good luck :)
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> // Sebastian Holmqvist
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Ok. The problem was solved by disconnecting the harddrives out of the  
controller card. I think it might be that they are FAT32.
Almost everything is installed now. Sweet!

Thanks for all the help!

// Sebastian Holmqvist