Hi, I only can tell what I do when a machine does not boot from the installation media: I plug the disk into another machine, install the generic kernel, edit /etc and put it back.
If this does not work, it will be hard. Erich On Saturday 23 April 2011 14:25:13 Doug Hardie wrote: > > On 22 April 2011, at 23:46, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On Saturday 23 April 2011 12:57:32 Doug Hardie wrote: > >> > >> On 22 April 2011, at 21:28, Erich Dollansky wrote: > >> > >>> It looks to me that not even the loader loads. Is this true? > >>> > >> I am not sure. The last message is the timestamp from the original > >> distribution build. Then is a line with just the '/' character that > >> should spin a bit. It doesn't. > >> > >> By playing around a bit I got it a bit farther. I took one of the raid > >> disks and mounted it in a different system. I did an install on it but > >> without changing the label other than to use all the disk. Then I put it > >> back in the production system and booted. It appears to retain the RAID > >> characteristics, but all I get is a '-' at the top left of the screen. I > >> then plugged in the memstick image and booted from that. Right after the > >> last DOS window I pressed F10 which took me to a FreeBSD boot line with > >> the default pointing to ad0. I used 0:ad(4,a)/boot/loader and it went on > >> to the same point as before, but then a bit farther. I now see: > >> > > this is all to weird for me. Could you install a disk not using the raid > > hardware? > > > > It would then exclude the motherboard as the cause. > > > > Erich > > No. That didn't work either. I had been using the machine on amd64 but I had > to install with the drive on another system. I couldn't get it to boot of CD > or memstick. However, the memstick I used then was dead today so I bought a > new one hoping that was the problem. Unfortunately this stick is good, but > it still won't boot off it. > > > > > > > >> Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf > >> /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x8ffac1 | > >> > >> The '|' normally spins a couple of times and moves on to the next section. > >> However, its hung there now. > >> > >> > >>> > >>> On Saturday 23 April 2011 05:38:41 Doug Hardie wrote: > >>>> I have an AMD based system that is driving me nuts. I am trying to > >>>> install 8.2 on it but can't get past the first boot. I had a system up > >>>> and running on it before, but I had to remove a drive and do the install > >>>> on another computer. That worked, but now I need to use the built in > >>>> RAID hardware. As best as I can tell I am going to have to install on > >>>> the the actual hardware. Motherboard is an Arima NM46X. The machine > >>>> appears to be about 6 years old. > >>>> > >>>> I have tried to boot the install disk, the live filesystem disk, and the > >>>> memstick image for FreeBSD 7.0 through 8.2. All of them do exactly the > >>>> same thing: > >>>> > >>>> Bootstart starts. > >>>> > >>>> BTX loader lists the drives and memory > >>>> > >>>> FreeBSD bootstrap loader version 1.1 starts. I get the build date and > >>>> then a new line with just a '/' on it. It never begins to spin. No > >>>> additional I/O occurs with the boot device. > >>>> > >>>> The memstick and CDs are good. They boot just fine on another computer, > >>>> just not this one. I have had to work around CD issues in the past, but > >>>> I thought the memstick would work if the BIOS would recognize it and > >>>> boot from it. It recognizes it and tries to boot. I need some ideas > >>>> here as the RAID is essential for this application. Thanks, > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> [email protected] mailing list > >>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >>>> "[email protected]" > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
