unable to boot 7.0-RELEASE cdrom on supermicro 5015b-mt

[ian j hart]

On Tuesday 22 July 2008 17:37:24 Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 05:27:52PM +0100, ian j hart wrote:
> > Same hardware as my other thread.
> > http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/1U/5015/SYS-5015B-MT.cfm
> >
> > [using 2Gb RAM and SATA in legacy mode]
> >
> > I'd like to focus only on making the CDROM boot complete.
> >
> > Summary: hangs just after the CPUs are launched.
> >
> > 6.2-RELEASE	works okay, no AHCI support
> > 6.3-RELEASE	works okay
> > 7.0-RELEASE	hangs
> > 7.0-STABLE-200806-SNAPSHOT	hangs
> > 8.0-CURRENT-200806-SNAPSHOT	hangs
> >
> > I thought I could do a binary search using the current snapshot boot-only
> > CDs but they only go back to March. Are there any older ones available?
>
> Have you tried disabling ACPI to see if it makes any sort of difference?

Yes, but I'm happy to re-try.

Which method is "best"? Or is it 1 + 2 or 3?

1) BIOS
2) Beastie menu option
3) loader prompt set hint

>
> Also, AHCI should work just fine on those systems -- I know because I
> have fairly extensive experience with Supermicro hardware, although what
> you're using is newer than what I presently have.  I don't know why
> you're setting Compatible/Legacy mode on your controller (you mention
> doing this in your other thread as well).

Because I don't know what's wrong yet and AHCI support is newer than SATA 
support and this is a newish board? [At least 6.2 doesn't seem to support it 
and it has an AHCI legacy option!]

I'd be happy to swap this over. Slight problem; the drives get renumbered, so 
I'd rather not swap back and forth.

>
> Below is what we use on our systems; factory defaults, then make the
> following changes.  (The G-LAN1 OPROM option you can do whatever you
> want with -- it's specific to our environment).
>
> * Main
>     * Date
>          --> Set to GMT, not local time!!!
>     * Serial ATA
>          --> SATA Controller Mode --> Enhanced
>          --> SATA AHCI --> Enabled
>
> * Advanced
>     * Boot Features
>          --> Quiet Mode --> Disabled
>          --> Enable Multimedia Timer --> Enabled
>     * PCI Configuration
>          --> Onboard G-LAN1 OPROM --> Disabled
>          --> Large Disk Access Mode --> Other
>     * Advanced Processor Options
>          --> Intel(R) Virtualization Technology --> Enabled
>          --> C1 Enhanced Mode --> Enabled

I've got as close as I can to this.

This board also has an AHCI legacy option [disabled] which hides ports 5 and 
6. I also disabled quickboot and POST errors. I assume multimedia timer is 
the same as HPET. Doesn't seem to be any disk translation option. I took the 
fans off 'flat out'.

Thanks for your help.

-- 
ian j hart