Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot

2008-12-18 Thread ThinkDifferently
Steve Randall-2 wrote: > > > ThinkDifferently wrote: >> >> Also, I've been able to determine that I don't have a RocketRAID device. >> That's a separate RAID card, and I simply don't have one. What I have is >> an >> onboard NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller. I'm befuddled as to why >> FreeB

Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot

2008-12-18 Thread Steve Randall
On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:54:45 -0800 (PST) ThinkDifferently wrote: > > > Polytropon wrote: > > > > > > ThinkDifferently wrote: > >> hptrr: no controller detected. > > > > It looks like there's a proble with the hptrr driver? Have you > > tried loading the "HighPoint RocketRAID device drive" by

Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot

2008-12-17 Thread ThinkDifferently
Polytropon wrote: > > On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:24:17 -0800 (PST), ThinkDifferently > wrote: >> Anyway, what is this atapicam option. How is it implemented, from the >> loader prompt, editing the iso, or what? BTW, how would one edit the >> iso? > > The atapicam facility can either be loaded as

Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot

2008-12-17 Thread ThinkDifferently
Polytropon wrote: > > > ThinkDifferently wrote: >> hptrr: no controller detected. > > It looks like there's a proble with the hptrr driver? Have you > tried loading the "HighPoint RocketRAID device drive" by putting > > hptrr_load="YES" > > into /boot/loader.conf? > > Further informat

Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot

2008-12-17 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:16:00 -0800 (PST), ThinkDifferently wrote: > Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >> Did you try the 'safe-mode' option from the loader menu? > > Yes, to reiterate... Ok, just making sure that you didn't miss that one. Sorry for the noise :) _

Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot

2008-12-17 Thread ThinkDifferently
Steve Bertrand-2 wrote: > > > ThinkDifferently wrote: >> >>> ...some more interesting errors from bootup... >>> hptrr: HPT RocketRAID controller driver v1.1 (Feb 24 2008 10:34:18) >>> :confused: >>> acpi0: <052008 RSDT1050> on motherboard >>> acpi0: [ITHREAD] >>> acpi0: Power Button (fixed) >

Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot

2008-12-17 Thread michael
Polytropon wrote: On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:24:17 -0800 (PST), ThinkDifferently wrote: Anyway, what is this atapicam option. How is it implemented, from the loader prompt, editing the iso, or what? BTW, how would one edit the iso? The atapicam facility can either be loaded as a modu

Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot

2008-12-17 Thread michael
Polytropon wrote: On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:24:17 -0800 (PST), ThinkDifferently wrote: Anyway, what is this atapicam option. How is it implemented, from the loader prompt, editing the iso, or what? BTW, how would one edit the iso? The atapicam facility can either be loaded as a modu

Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot

2008-12-17 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:24:17 -0800 (PST), ThinkDifferently wrote: > Anyway, what is this atapicam option. How is it implemented, from the > loader prompt, editing the iso, or what? BTW, how would one edit the iso? The atapicam facility can either be loaded as a module via kld_load (or put into

Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot

2008-12-17 Thread ThinkDifferently
michael-439 wrote: > > if he would try it along with the atapicam, he would probably get > further. i had a similar issue and that was the solution. well, the > errors were the same, so it was the same issue. > "he". Are you not talking to me any more? Anyway, what is this atapicam option.

Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot

2008-12-17 Thread ThinkDifferently
michael-439 wrote: > > disable dma specifically by escaping to the loader prompt and type > hw.ata.atapi_dma=0 > Tried it. Didn't work. michael-439 wrote: > > you can also try loading the device as a "scsi" device with atapicam. > you could make this static on your iso by editing the loade

Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot

2008-12-17 Thread michael
Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:36:05 -0800 (PST), ThinkDifferently wrote: ThinkDifferently wrote: Another item of curiosity... I just now tried booting from a CentOS 5.2 DVD. It also hangs with a little window titled "Loading SCSI driver" that says "Loading ahci d

Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot

2008-12-17 Thread ThinkDifferently
Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > Did you try the 'safe-mode' option from the loader menu? > Yes, to reiterate... ThinkDifferently wrote: > > I have tried booting from Boot-only, Disc1, LiveFS. Additionally, I've > tried the default boot, "with ACPI disabled", "Safe Mode", "single user > mode",

Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot

2008-12-16 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:36:05 -0800 (PST), ThinkDifferently wrote: > ThinkDifferently wrote: >> Another item of curiosity... I just now tried booting from a CentOS >> 5.2 DVD. It also hangs with a little window titled "Loading SCSI >> driver" that says "Loading ahci driver..." The funny thing i

Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot

2008-12-16 Thread ThinkDifferently
ThinkDifferently wrote: > > Another item of curiosity... > I just now tried booting from a CentOS 5.2 DVD. It also hangs with a > little window titled "Loading SCSI driver" that says "Loading ahci > driver..." The funny thing is, I've tried turning off all RAID > functionality in the BIOS. On

Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot

2008-12-16 Thread ThinkDifferently
Another item of curiosity... I just now tried booting from a CentOS 5.2 DVD. It also hangs with a little window titled "Loading SCSI driver" that says "Loading ahci driver..." The funny thing is, I've tried turning off all RAID functionality in the BIOS. On my mobo, this entails setting it to I

Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot

2008-12-16 Thread ThinkDifferently
Steve Bertrand-2 wrote: > > Out of pure sheer curiosity, does the machine boot ok with the > "boot-only" if you pull the RAID card out of its slot? > There is no RAID card. Everything is on the motherboard. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FreeBSD-7-load-hangs-on-boot

Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot

2008-12-16 Thread Steve Bertrand
ThinkDifferently wrote: >> This system is so spankin' new, there's nothing loaded on it. This RAID >> array is just something I setup in the BIOS. It's not even been >> initialized yet...because I can't even load the OS to install anything. >> > > Well, still no joy. :-( > > I have tried boot

Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot

2008-12-16 Thread michael
ThinkDifferently wrote: ThinkDifferently wrote: Steve Bertrand-2 wrote: AFAIK, your RocketRAID should be picked up by the 'twe' driver. If you run a FreeBSD install disk (as opposed to boot-only), are you provided with an install location (via sysinstall) as far as hard disks are con

Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot

2008-12-16 Thread ThinkDifferently
ThinkDifferently wrote: > > > Steve Bertrand-2 wrote: >> >> AFAIK, your RocketRAID should be picked up by the 'twe' driver. >> >> If you run a FreeBSD install disk (as opposed to boot-only), are you >> provided with an install location (via sysinstall) as far as hard disks >> are concerned? >

Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot

2008-12-16 Thread ThinkDifferently
Steve Bertrand-2 wrote: > > AFAIK, your RocketRAID should be picked up by the 'twe' driver. > > If you run a FreeBSD install disk (as opposed to boot-only), are you > provided with an install location (via sysinstall) as far as hard disks > are concerned? > > Is this RAID array something that

Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot

2008-12-16 Thread Steve Bertrand
ThinkDifferently wrote: > ...some more interesting errors from bootup...My biz partner seemed > interested in these (don't know why)... > hptrr: HPT RocketRAID controller driver v1.1 (Feb 24 2008 10:34:18) > acpi0: <052008 RSDT1050> on motherboard > acpi0: [ITHREAD] > acpi0: Power Button (fixed) >

Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot

2008-12-16 Thread ThinkDifferently
...some more interesting errors from bootup...My biz partner seemed interested in these (don't know why)... hptrr: HPT RocketRAID controller driver v1.1 (Feb 24 2008 10:34:18) acpi0: <052008 RSDT1050> on motherboard acpi0: [ITHREAD] acpi0: Power Button (fixed) acpi0: reservation of free0, 1000

Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot

2008-12-16 Thread ThinkDifferently
Polytropon wrote: > > On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:09:44 -0800 (PST), ThinkDifferently wrote: >> hptrr: no controller detected. > > It looks like there's a proble with the hptrr driver? Have you > tried loading the "HighPoint RocketRAID device drive" by putting > > hptrr_load="YES" >

Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot

2008-12-16 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:09:44 -0800 (PST), ThinkDifferently wrote: > > I have a new system put together (see below). In booting it up for the first > time, it hangs. > > I'm booting from a FreeBSD 7.0 distribution on a USB drive. > > Here are the messages, in part... > > [...] > > . > hptrr: