On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 01:36:53AM -0600, Martijn Rijkeboer wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've got a weird disklabel related problem (or so it seems). When I
> partition my harddisk with fdisk and add an OpenBSD (A6) primary
> partition the system can still boot, but once I place a disklabel
> on the partition (disklabel -E sd0) I can't boot the system anymore
> (it freezes during the post).
>
> System Info:
> - OS: OpenBSD-current AMD64
> - CPU: Intel Core i3 4130T
> - Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H
> - Harddisk: WD Green 1TB (SATA)
>
> It is possible that it's a Gigabyte specific problem since Karl
> Karlsson has the same problem with his Gigabyte GA-Z87MX-DH3
> motherboard.
>
> The other strange thing is that if I use an USB-stick instead
> of the harddisk I can install and boot OpenBSD without problems.
> Even with the harddisk present, but without a disklabel, I can
> still boot from the USB stick, but as soon as I place a disklabel
> on the harddisk (although it isn't used, nor in the boot sequence)
> the system freezes during the post again.
>
> Any suggestions on how to fix this or should I just buy a different
> motherboard?
>
> Kind regards,
>
>
> Martijn Rijkeboer
Please post at least a dmesg with the disk attached but no disklabel
plus fdisk and disklabel output after setting the label but before the
(failing) reboot.
-Otto
