On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 16:02, Stefan Sperling <s...@stsp.name> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 08:43:05AM -0700, Bryan wrote: >> I don't know if I've supplied enough information, but if you need >> something to help postulate a theory, please let me know. B I don't >> mind tracking it down. B I did a "find" for all .core files after I >> rebooted, and I do not see anything on my system. > > Some ideas: > > Read the ddb(4) and crash(8) man pages. > > Go to the console (Ctrl+Alt+F1), and drop into ddb from the console > after setting the ddb.console sysctl to 1 as documented in ddb(4). > > Then, continue execution by typing > > B B B B continue<Enter> > > into the ddb> prompt. > > Then ssh into the system from another computer to get another shell, > and mount the disk using that shell. > > If you are getting any white on blue text on the console upon mounting > the drive, write it down on paper and type it up in a mail to this list. > > If you even get a ddb> prompt upon mounting the drive, type > > B B B B trace<Enter> > > and copy that output, too. > > Then type > > B B B B hangman<Enter> > > and play that for a while to get your mind off the issue... > > Stefan >
Okay I did exactly as your e-mail suggested. I started the box, put the blu-ray in, and issued a ctrl-alt-esc, and went to ddb>, typed "continue", and then ssh'ed into the box from antoher system. >From the SSH session, I attempted to mount the disc. "mount /dev/cd0c /cdrom", and.... nothing... no output on the screen, and my ssh session is dead. nothing on the screen, just a blinking cursor... Here's the output: #Stopped at Debugger+0x4: leave ddb> continue *blinking cursor* at this point, I have to hit the power button for 4 secs to poweroff I tried this with a different blu-ray disc, to rule out the possibility of a disc problem. After I restarted and let the system fsck itself, I went back and went to the ddb> prompt. I thought I might try to see the partition on the disc, so I tried "fdisk /dev/rcd0c". Yea, I know, I should have used /dev/cd0c, but the system still hung, and no output from the debug prompt... I'd say it was a faulty drive, but I have this system dual-booted with vista, and I can view the contents of blu-ray and hd-dvd discs. I can mount CDs and DVDs in it, so hardware problems are probably not it. I didn't try the "hangman" thing... This isn't a random kernel Now, I've been looking through my BIOS settings, and there appears to be a setting for SATA with three choices IDE, RAID, and AHCI. The HP guys appear to have set it to "AHCI". This is probably where everyone facepalms, but if I set that to "IDE" would I fix this issue? Regards, Bryan
