Re: 6.2 loader hangs on Supermicro P8SCT
On Friday 13 April 2007 14:50, patrick wrote: > I had the same symptones with a Supermicro 5014C-T (has P8SCi board) > > I 'fixed' this by adding autoboot_delay="-1" in /boot/loader.conf. > > since then it boots normaly I have tried this but it doesn't fix it here :( I've emailed Supermicro but I dunno how long it will take them to get back to me. I'm also not really sure how this can be debugged since the computer locks up solid :( -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C pgpjDy2DzLQz7.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: 6.2 loader hangs on Supermicro P8SCT
On Saturday 14 April 2007 18:55, Andrei Kolu wrote: > Press any key to gain boot prompt while system is loading- look at loader > messages. > From appeared boot prompt type: boot -s I was under the impression that if you set the autoboot delay to 0 (or -1) then you won't be able to get to the loader prompt at all. I must admit I haven't tested it though. > > phase of the moon during construction or the diodes?! :) > > I got almost identical board P8SCi and have no problems running FreeBSD > 6.1, 6.2, 7-CURRENT. Maybe you should look at supermicro site and upgrade > bios. I think this is ACPI problem. You can disable ACPI temporarily at the > boot loader prompt by issueing "unset acpi_load" if you are having problems > booting an ACPI enabled machine. The loader doesn't use ACPI so while it may be related to ACPI the command you suggest won't have an effect. -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C pgpUq4WO1MOcu.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: 6.2 loader hangs on Supermicro P8SCT
On Saturday 14 April 2007 10:36, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > On Friday 13 April 2007 16:17, patrick wrote: > > > Unfortunately that makes it impossible to interrupt the loader to go > > > into single user mode (or whatever). > > > > that is depending on the situation you are in. there are more ways to get > > in 'other boot modes' then using the bootloader on the disk. > > Hmm.. How can you get to (say) single user mode, or load an old kernel? > They're the really critical things I use the loader for (usually in > desperate circumstances :) > Press any key to gain boot prompt while system is loading- look at loader messages. From appeared boot prompt type: boot -s Or if you want other kernel: #unload kernel #load kernel.old #boot > > > I wonder if it is a race of some sort with the BIOS doing a periodic > > > task and hence reducing the delay makes it work most of the time. > > > > Also note I have also exactly the same system (second one) which has no > > problems at all. > > Yeah it seems to affect our systems unevenly too, although they are > putatively identical.. > > > I never had the time to pull them apart to find out what the diff is > > which causing this issue. > > phase of the moon during construction or the diodes?! :) I got almost identical board P8SCi and have no problems running FreeBSD 6.1, 6.2, 7-CURRENT. Maybe you should look at supermicro site and upgrade bios. I think this is ACPI problem. You can disable ACPI temporarily at the boot loader prompt by issueing "unset acpi_load" if you are having problems booting an ACPI enabled machine. If you want to disable ACPI simply add hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" to /boot/device.hints. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: 6.2 loader hangs on Supermicro P8SCT
On Friday 13 April 2007 16:17, patrick wrote: > > Unfortunately that makes it impossible to interrupt the loader to go into > > single user mode (or whatever). > > that is depending on the situation you are in. there are more ways to get > in 'other boot modes' then using the bootloader on the disk. Hmm.. How can you get to (say) single user mode, or load an old kernel? They're the really critical things I use the loader for (usually in desperate circumstances :) > > I wonder if it is a race of some sort with the BIOS doing a periodic task > > and hence reducing the delay makes it work most of the time. > > Also note I have also exactly the same system (second one) which has no > problems at all. Yeah it seems to affect our systems unevenly too, although they are putatively identical.. > I never had the time to pull them apart to find out what the diff is which > causing this issue. phase of the moon during construction or the diodes?! :) -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C pgp0FsRmPOPkd.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: 6.2 loader hangs on Supermicro P8SCT
On Friday 13 April 2007 14:50, patrick wrote: > I had the same symptones with a Supermicro 5014C-T (has P8SCi board) > > I 'fixed' this by adding autoboot_delay="-1" in /boot/loader.conf. > > since then it boots normaly Unfortunately that makes it impossible to interrupt the loader to go into single user mode (or whatever). I wonder if it is a race of some sort with the BIOS doing a periodic task and hence reducing the delay makes it work most of the time. -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C pgphZ8FOdIJIP.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: 6.2 loader hangs on Supermicro P8SCT
On Friday 13 April 2007 12:37, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > Also, if I break into the loader prompt in time I can then do things as > normal.. very odd! > > Does anyone know of a proper fix for it? This work around is very kludgy :( I think this is the same as http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=93762 Unfortunately I can't see a solution :( -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C pgpMY4hWXAvWp.pgp Description: PGP signature
6.2 loader hangs on Supermicro P8SCT
I am seeing the loader hang during a normal boot (but not when booting from the install CD). I can work around it by shortening the boot delay to around 1 second. If it is any longer the count time timer stops and is is unresponsive to any input except the reset switch. Also, if I break into the loader prompt in time I can then do things as normal.. very odd! Does anyone know of a proper fix for it? This work around is very kludgy :( -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C pgpEpgyKQTT2r.pgp Description: PGP signature
