Re: 200810 snapshot (amd64) hangs at BTX loader relocation phase

From: Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads_at_cox.net>
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:41:03 -0500
On 24 Oct 2008 at 17:55, Xin LI wrote:

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> Conrad J. Sabatier wrote:
> > As the subject line says, I tried the latest current snapshot on my 
> > new AMD Phenom-based machine, in the hopes of resolving the issues 
> > I've been having with failure to recognize my SATA controller/drives, 
> > but no luck.  This latest snapshot doesn't even get past the primary 
> > boot phase.
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> > Conrad, desperately missing his FreeBSD  :-(
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> Some questions:
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> 1) I assume you are referencing 8.0-CURRENT snapshot? (since this is
> posted to -current_at_).
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> 2) Can previous snapshot boot?  It would be helpful if you could narrow
> down the time frame so we can find the issue more quickly.

Yes, this is 8.0-CURRENT, amd64.  The previous snapshot booted into 
sysinstall OK, but failed to find either of my drives, neither the 
hard drive nor the CD (DVD) drive.  It must be failing to recognize 
my SATA controller.  The machine uses the nVidia MCP78/77/72 chipset.

Thanks!
Received on Sat Oct 25 2008 - 06:41:17 UTC

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