Hi all, Medion computers, supermicro (many cheap models) motherboards are known as 'not free *unix* compatible'. Therefore most of supermicro other motherboards just seem to work well with *linux & *BSD. Madion are hardware "coded" to be able only to boot a real windows OS, (even reactOS often fail to boot correctly), Then you need to boot other OS to have a windows installed in first partition(s) & to use a multiboot, but even that can fail....
> ---------------------------------------- > From: Jeff Ross <jr...@openvistas.net> > Sent: Wed Jul 06 17:07:40 CEST 2011 > To: Nigel Taylor <njtay...@asterisk.demon.co.uk>, OpenBSD <misc@openbsd.org> > Subject: Re: OpenBSD current i386 hangs on boot in lm0. > > > On 07/06/11 07:47, Nigel Taylor wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I updated from OpenBSD current i386, built from CVS 24th March 2011, to > > one built from CVS on 2nd July 2011. The bsd.rd booted, and was used to > > upgrade, on reboot this hung. I noted lm0 was the last line, rebooting > > with the older kernel version the next dmesg line was lm1 detached, and > > the boot completed. > > > > The line in the /var/log/messages for old kernel are:- > > /bsd: lm1 at iic0 addr 0x2d: W83781D > > /bsd: lm0 at isa0 port 0x290/8: W83781D > > /bsd: lm1 detached > > > > Using boot -c with latest bsd, I disabled lm, this booted as normal with > > lm disabled. dmesg is below. > > > > I downloaded the latest snapshot bsd 29th June 2011, booted from this an > > hit the same problem at lm0. > > > > I booted from the bsd built from cvs, using boot -c and disabled just > > lm0, this booted as normal. > > > > Updated from CVS today, and rebuilt the kernel, booted from the new bsd, > > this hung at the same point lm0. > > > > Two other i386 systems are fine, but these don't have the lm device. > > > > Please contact me if anymore information is required, or anything you > > would me to try out. > > I reported the same thing in these two messages: > > http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=130755536116000&w=2 > http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=130764492616339&w=2 > > This hang happens with the 4 different SuperMicro based motherboards I > have that have the lm chipset. > > In the second message referenced above I noted that a snapshot dated May > 25 booted normally and I first ran into the problem on June 6 so the > window is fairly small. > > However, when I tried building kernels for that range of days I ran into > other problems and haven't been able to get back to it since. > > Jeff > Cordialement Francois Pussault 3701 - 8 rue Marcel Pagnol 31100 ToulouseB FranceB +33 6 17 230 820 B +33 5 34 365 269 fpussa...@contactoffice.fr
