Re: Fresh installed Freebsd 9 don't boot from hd

On Oct 21, 2011, at 1:58 AM, Dennis Koegel wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 11:28:08AM +0400, Pavel Timofeev wrote:
>> I used FreeBSD 9 amd64 on my HP Proliant DL360 G5 (smart array p400i mirror)
>> as test. [...]
>> It was fresh install and I choose guided partitioning (GPT)
>> But after reboot my server don't boot from hd.
> 
> We have the same issue on a DL580 G7. Install runs fine, but when it's
> time for the first boot, the bootcode emits a single '-' (where usually
> it would be "spinning" for a moment while loading), hangs for about two
> seconds, and then reboots.

I'm seeing the same behavior on a Supermicro X8DT3 BIOS. The latest BIOS update changed the behavior from hanging forever to hanging for 2 seconds before rebooting.

The problem occurs with BETA3 and RC1, but not with BETA2.

Changing SATA mode from AHCI to IDE in the BIOS gets the OS to boot just fine.

Cheers,

  Gunnar


> I've used the BETA3 bsdinstall on other (amd64) hardware with GPT and it
> worked fine. Also, manually adding the GPT label, partitions and
> bootcode using gpart, then rebooting, shows the exact same behaviour
> (this was done using the BETA3 "Live CD").
> 
> I suspect it's something in the vicinity of "pmbr bootcode vs.  newer
> HP BIOS".
> 
> (BTW, not related to this issue: hw.memtest.tests=0 should be default.
> The kernel on a system with 128 GB of RAM needs about two minutes (!)
> before emitting a single line of output. At first we didn't know about
> this test and thought there was a serious problem.)
> 
> - D.
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