> 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.
Below you will find the dmesg and output from fdisk and disklabel before and after labeling. I used Linux to partition the harddisk, because if I use the "Whole" option from the OpenBSD installer in can't boot... Kind regards, Martijn Rijkeboer dmesg ===== OpenBSD 5.5-current (GENERIC.MP) #86: Tue Apr 29 03:35:46 MDT 2014 t...@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP real mem = 8443088896 (8051MB) avail mem = 8209612800 (7829MB) mpath0 at root scsibus0 at mpath0: 256 targets mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.7 @ 0xeb5f0 (76 entries) bios0: vendor American Megatrends Inc. version "F2" date 01/18/2014 bios0: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. B85M-DS3H acpi0 at bios0: rev 2 acpi0: sleep states S0 S3 S4 S5 acpi0: tables DSDT FACP APIC FPDT SSDT SSDT MCFG HPET SSDT SSDT DMAR acpi0: wakeup devices PS2K(S3) PS2M(S3) PXSX(S4) RP01(S4) PXSX(S4) RP02(S4) PXSX(S4) RP03(S4) PXSX(S4) RP04(S4) PXSX(S4) RP05(S4) PXSX(S4) RP06(S4) PXSX(S4) RP07(S4) [...] acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor) cpu0: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-4130T CPU @ 2.90GHz, 2893.72 MHz cpu0: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,FMA3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,MOVBE,POPCNT,DEADLINE,AES,XSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND,LONG,LAHF,ABM,PERF,ITSC cpu0: 256KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support, 10 var ranges, 88 fixed ranges cpu0: apic clock running at 99MHz cpu0: mwait min=25345, max=46847 (bogus) cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 2 (application processor) cpu1: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-4130T CPU @ 2.90GHz, 2893.30 MHz cpu1: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,FMA3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,MOVBE,POPCNT,DEADLINE,AES,XSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND,LONG,LAHF,ABM,PERF,ITSC cpu1: 256KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 2 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins acpimcfg0 at acpi0 addr 0xf8000000, bus 0-63 acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0) acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus 1 (RP01) acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 2 (RP03) acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus -1 (P0P2) acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus -1 (P0PA) acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus -1 (P0PB) acpiprt6 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEG0) acpiprt7 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEG1) acpiprt8 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEG2) acpiec0 at acpi0: Failed to read resource settings acpicpu0 at acpi0: C2, C1, PSS acpicpu1 at acpi0: C2, C1, PSS acpipwrres0 at acpi0: FN00, resource for FAN0 acpipwrres1 at acpi0: FN01, resource for FAN1 acpipwrres2 at acpi0: FN02, resource for FAN2 acpipwrres3 at acpi0: FN03, resource for FAN3 acpipwrres4 at acpi0: FN04, resource for FAN4 acpitz0 at acpi0: critical temperature is 90 degC acpitz1 at acpi0: critical temperature is 90 degC acpibat0 at acpi0: BAT0 not present acpibat1 at acpi0: BAT1 not present acpibat2 at acpi0: BAT2 not present acpibtn0 at acpi0: PWRB acpibtn1 at acpi0: LID0 acpivideo0 at acpi0: GFX0 acpivout0 at acpivideo0: DD1F cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep 2893 MHz: speeds: 2900, 2800, 2600, 2500, 2300, 2200, 2100, 1900, 1800, 1600, 1500, 1400, 1200, 1100, 900, 800 MHz pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0 pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Core 4G Host" rev 0x06 vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel HD Graphics 4600" rev 0x06 intagp0 at vga1 agp0 at intagp0: aperture at 0xe0000000, size 0x10000000 inteldrm0 at vga1 drm0 at inteldrm0 error: [drm:pid0:i915_write32] *ERROR* Unknown unclaimed register before writing to 100000 inteldrm0: 1920x1200 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (std, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (std, vt100 emulation) azalia0 at pci0 dev 3 function 0 "Intel Core 4G HD Audio" rev 0x06: msi azalia0: No codecs found "Intel 8 Series xHCI" rev 0x05 at pci0 dev 20 function 0 not configured "Intel 8 Series MEI" rev 0x04 at pci0 dev 22 function 0 not configured puc0 at pci0 dev 22 function 3 "Intel 8 Series KT" rev 0x04: ports: 1 com com4 at puc0 port 0 apic 2 int 19: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo com4: probed fifo depth: 0 bytes ehci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 0 "Intel 8 Series USB" rev 0x05: apic 2 int 16 usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 azalia1 at pci0 dev 27 function 0 "Intel 8 Series HD Audio" rev 0x05: msi azalia1: codecs: Realtek/0x0887 audio0 at azalia1 ppb0 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel 8 Series PCIE" rev 0xd5: msi pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 ppb1 at pci0 dev 28 function 2 "Intel 8 Series PCIE" rev 0xd5: msi pci2 at ppb1 bus 2 re0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Realtek 8168" rev 0x06: RTL8168E/8111E-VL (0x2c80), msi, address 74:d4:35:04:aa:86 rgephy0 at re0 phy 7: RTL8169S/8110S PHY, rev. 5 ehci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 8 Series USB" rev 0x05: apic 2 int 23 usb1 at ehci1: USB revision 2.0 uhub1 at usb1 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 pcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel B85 LPC" rev 0x05 ahci0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 8 Series AHCI" rev 0x05: msi, AHCI 1.3 scsibus1 at ahci0: 32 targets sd0 at scsibus1 targ 0 lun 0: <ATA, SAMSUNG HD105SI, 1AJ1> SCSI3 0/direct fixed naa.50024e92045ce5b1 sd0: 953868MB, 512 bytes/sector, 1953523055 sectors ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 8 Series SMBus" rev 0x05: apic 2 int 18 iic0 at ichiic0 spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x51: 4GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-12800 spdmem1 at iic0 addr 0x53: 4GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-12800 isa0 at pcib0 isadma0 at isa0 com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 spkr0 at pcppi0 lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7 uhub2 at uhub0 port 1 "Intel Rate Matching Hub" rev 2.00/0.05 addr 2 uhub3 at uhub2 port 5 "Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub" rev 2.00/96.15 addr 3 uhidev0 at uhub3 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard" rev 2.00/0.69 addr 4 uhidev0: iclass 3/1 ukbd0 at uhidev0: 8 variable keys, 5 key codes, country code 13 wskbd1 at ukbd0 mux 1 wskbd1: connecting to wsdisplay0 uhidev1 at uhub3 port 2 configuration 1 interface 1 "Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard" rev 2.00/0.69 addr 4 uhidev1: iclass 3/0 uhid0 at uhidev1: input=1, output=0, feature=0 uhub4 at uhub1 port 1 "Intel Rate Matching Hub" rev 2.00/0.05 addr 2 umass0 at uhub4 port 3 configuration 1 interface 0 " Patriot Memory" rev 2.10/1.00 addr 3 umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only scsibus2 at umass0: 2 targets, initiator 0 sd1 at scsibus2 targ 1 lun 0: <, Patriot Memory, PMAP> SCSI2 0/direct removable serial.13fe5100C301B2E04834 sd1: 15112MB, 512 bytes/sector, 30949376 sectors vscsi0 at root scsibus3 at vscsi0: 256 targets softraid0 at root scsibus4 at softraid0: 256 targets root on sd1a (a3ed61f6fc0ade60.a) swap on sd1b dump on sd1b fdisk before ============ Disk: /dev/rsd0c geometry: 121601/255/63 [1953523055 Sectors] Offset: 0 Signature: 0xAA55 Starting Ending LBA Info: #: id C H S - C H S [ start: size ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0: A6 0 32 33 - 121601 25 24 [ 2048: 1953519616 ] OpenBSD 1: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] unused 2: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] unused 3: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] unused disklabel before ================ # /dev/rsd0c: type: SCSI disk: SCSI disk label: SAMSUNG HD105SI duid: 0000000000000000 flags: bytes/sector: 512 sectors/track: 63 tracks/cylinder: 255 sectors/cylinder: 16065 cylinders: 121601 total sectors: 1953523055 boundstart: 2048 boundend: 1953521664 drivedata: 0 16 partitions: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] c: 1953523055 0 unused fdisk after =========== Disk: /dev/rsd0c geometry: 121601/255/63 [1953523055 Sectors] Offset: 0 Signature: 0xAA55 Starting Ending LBA Info: #: id C H S - C H S [ start: size ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0: A6 0 32 33 - 121601 25 24 [ 2048: 1953519616 ] OpenBSD 1: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] unused 2: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] unused 3: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] unused disklabel after =============== # /dev/rsd0c: type: SCSI disk: SCSI disk label: SAMSUNG HD105SI duid: 5add888003f9a66d flags: bytes/sector: 512 sectors/track: 63 tracks/cylinder: 255 sectors/cylinder: 16065 cylinders: 121601 total sectors: 1953523055 boundstart: 2048 boundend: 1953521664 drivedata: 0 16 partitions: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] a: 4206976 2048 4.2BSD 2048 16384 1 b: 8385936 4209024 swap c: 1953523055 0 unused