Cant boot 9-RELEASE on Intel L440GX+ based system

[Sergey Listopad]

2012/8/1 jb <jb.1234abcd at gmail.com>:
> Sergey Listopad <psychosensor <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>>
>> Hi.
>>
>> I try to boot topic on retro dual PIII Intel L440GX+ based system. It
>> is onboard AIC-7896 SCSI controller with 1 COMPAQ HDD. CDROM is IDE.
>> When I try boot from installation CD, boot stuck on
>>
>> CD Loader 1.2
>> ...
>> BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.02
>> Consoles: internal video/keyboard
>> BIOS CD is cd0
>> BIOS drive A: is disk0
>>
>> If I remove HDD, system (/boot/loader) boot from CD just fine. Then I
>> insert HDD (hotswap) and able to install on it. But after reboot (with
>> installation CD disk removed from drive) system unable to boot. And
>> stuck on the same place, after
>> ...
>> BIOS drive A: is disk0
>>
>> Maybe anybody can help me to resolve this issue. I can post any
>> additional information which may be helpful.
>>
>> Thanx.
>>
>
> If FreeBSD boot loader can not find a root partition (slice), you can help
> with a boot parameter, for example
> vfs.root.mountfrom="ufs:ad4s4a"
>
> After booting, verify and update /etc/fstab, otherwise add it to
> /boot/loader.conf .
>
> Also, the FreeBSD boot slice must be marked as bootable ("active").
> jb
>
As you can see, bootstrap process stuck much earlier kernel
booting/root mounting. It stuck on loader stage (loader can't do
something. But what exactly?)

I've been able to boot system manually (so system on HDD is workable),
by skipping loader stage (boot kernel directly from boot block prompt)
      >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT
     Default: 0:ad(0p2)/boot/loader
     boot:/boot/kernel/kernel

and then
mountroot> ufs:/dev/da0p2
-- 
S.Listopad