When you successfully booted the FreeBSD installer from a USB key, was it the same key? Did you prepare it the same way (using dd in cygwin)?
On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 9:05 AM, Cinolt Yuklair <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the reply and apologies for the lack of information -- I > will provide more detail. > > The motherboard model for my machine is "GA-78LMT-S2 rev 1201", the > specs for which can be found exactly here: > http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4643#sp > AMD FX(tm)-4300 Quad-Core Processor > 8GiB RAM > Radeon(TM) RX 460 Graphics > > The machine has one internal hard drive connected to one of the SATA > slots, "TOSHIBA DT01ACA100 ATA Device", 931.51 GiB. > On it, I have installed Windows 10 64-bit with no problem. > I boot Windows, install the latest Cygwin for a "dd" command, plug in > my SanDisk 16GiB USB thumbdrive, and run the following commands on a > privileged Cygwin bash prompt: > $ /sbin/fdisk /dev/sdb (to ensure that /dev/sdb refers to my USB > thumbdrive, it does) > $ dd if=install60.fs of=/dev/sdb bs=1M > $ sync > > Now, before I proceed let me explain what I see during a normal boot > (i.e. when there are no USB's connected at boot). > 1) The computer is totally off, the monitor is pitch black. > 2) I press the ON button, the fans start spinning, the monitor is > still pitch black, the computer is presumably in POST. > 3) After a moment, the monitor turns on its backlight, but only > displaying black. > 4) The monitor "flickers" (backlighted-black to pitch-black, and back) > 5) Some text appears on the screen, if I'm not mistaken this is the > BIOS doing preliminary hardware recognition (I see text regarding PCI > buses and such). > 6) Flickers again and now I see Windows logo, etc. > > If I hold in the DELETE key during bootup, it will display a blue > background BIOS menu at exactly STEP 5 in the above list. > > Now, when I turn the computer off, plug in the USB, and turn it on, > the computer will actually seem to "halt" or "freeze" at exactly STEP > 3 in the above list. > The computer does not respond to anything, being stuck at step 3 with > a backlighted black monitor. > This also means that I cannot even reach the BIOS menu, because that > is at STEP 5! > Of course, if I shutdown and unplug the USB, the computer can boot again. > > Another peculiarity is, if I boot into the BIOS menu with the DELETE > key, and THEN plug in my USB thumbdrive, the computer will "freeze" > here as well -- the monitor stays constant and keyboard presses are > completely ignored. > > One might think that the BIOS cannot handle USB thumbdrives properly, > but if I format FreeBSD 11.0 USB image onto it with the exact same > procedure as above, the BIOS has no problem at all booting it (and > I've happily used FreeBSD on this machine in the past). > > This is why I think there is some quality in install60.fs that my BIOS > simply chokes on when it tries to recognize it as a device. I honestly > do not know what it can be. > > In addition, I have tried using the "Rufus" Windows utility in place > of "dd" to format my USB drive, to no avail. > I also tried fiddling around with obvious BIOS options, to no avail. > > Here is the output of dmesg when I booted from a FreeBSD USB installer > image: Thanks in advance for any help. > > Copyright (c) 1992-2016 The FreeBSD Project. > Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 > The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. > FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation. > FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE-p1 #0 r306420: Thu Sep 29 01:43:23 UTC 2016 > [email protected]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 > FreeBSD clang version 3.8.0 (tags/RELEASE_380/final 262564) (based on > LLVM 3.8.0) > VT(vga): resolution 640x480 > CPU: AMD FX(tm)-4300 Quad-Core Processor (3816.96-MHz K8-class > CPU) > Origin="AuthenticAMD" Id=0x600f20 Family=0x15 Model=0x2 Stepping=0 > Features=0x178bfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8, > APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,HTT> > Features2=0x3e98320b<SSE3,PCLMULQDQ,MON,SSSE3,FMA,CX16, > SSE4.1,SSE4.2,POPCNT,AESNI,XSAVE,OSXSAVE,AVX,F16C> > AMD Features=0x2e500800<SYSCALL,NX,MMX+,FFXSR,Page1GB,RDTSCP,LM> > AMD Features2=0x1ebbfff<LAHF,CMP,SVM,ExtAPIC,CR8,ABM,SSE4A,MAS, > Prefetch,OSVW,IBS,XOP,SKINIT,WDT,LWP,FMA4,TCE,NodeId,TBM, > Topology,PCXC,PNXC> > Structured Extended Features=0x8<BMI1> > SVM: (disabled in BIOS) NP,NRIP,VClean,AFlush,DAssist,NAsids=65536 > TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics > real memory = 8589934592 (8192 MB) > avail memory = 8250204160 (7868 MB) > Event timer "LAPIC" quality 400 > ACPI APIC Table: <GBT GBTUACPI> > FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 4 CPUs > FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 4 core(s) > ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 2 > ioapic0 <Version 2.1> irqs 0-23 on motherboard > random: entropy device external interface > kbd1 at kbdmux0 > netmap: loaded module > module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (vesa, 0xffffffff8101c950, 0) error 19 > vtvga0: <VT VGA driver> on motherboard > cryptosoft0: <software crypto> on motherboard > acpi0: <GBT GBTUACPI> on motherboard > acpi0: Power Button (fixed) > cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0 > cpu1: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0 > cpu2: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0 > cpu3: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0 > attimer0: <AT timer> port 0x40-0x43 on acpi0 > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 > Event timer "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 100 > hpet0: <High Precision Event Timer> iomem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff irq 0,8 on > acpi0 > Timecounter "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 950 > atrtc0: <AT realtime clock> port 0x70-0x73 on acpi0 > Event timer "RTC" frequency 32768 Hz quality 0 > Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 900 > acpi_timer0: <32-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x4008-0x400b on acpi0 > acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0 > pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0 > pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0 > pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 18 at device 2.0 on pci0 > pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1 > vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> port 0xee00-0xeeff mem > 0xc0000000-0xcfffffff,0xdfe00000-0xdfffffff,0xfdf80000-0xfdfbffff irq > 18 at device 0.0 on pci1 > vgapci0: Boot video device > hdac0: <ATI (0xaae0) HDA Controller> mem 0xfdffc000-0xfdffffff irq 19 > at device 0.1 on pci1 > pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 18 at device 6.0 on pci0 > pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2 > re0: <RealTek 8168/8111 B/C/CP/D/DP/E/F/G PCIe Gigabit Ethernet> port > 0xde00-0xdeff mem 0xfdbff000-0xfdbfffff,0xfdbf8000-0xfdbfbfff irq 18 > at device 0.0 on pci2 > re0: Using 1 MSI-X message > re0: Chip rev. 0x2c800000 > re0: MAC rev. 0x00100000 > miibus0: <MII bus> on re0 > rgephy0: <RTL8169S/8110S/8211 1000BASE-T media interface> PHY 1 on miibus0 > rgephy0: none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 10baseT-FDX-flow, 100baseTX, > 100baseTX-FDX, 100baseTX-FDX-flow, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-master, > 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, 1000baseT-FDX-flow, > 1000baseT-FDX-flow-master, auto, auto-flow > re0: Using defaults for TSO: 65518/35/2048 > re0: Ethernet address: 1c:1b:0d:44:26:b5 > re0: netmap queues/slots: TX 1/256, RX 1/256 > ahci0: <AMD SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 AHCI SATA controller> port > 0xff00-0xff07,0xfe00-0xfe03,0xfd00-0xfd07,0xfc00-0xfc03,0xfb00-0xfb0f > mem 0xfe02f000-0xfe02f3ff irq 22 at device 17.0 on pci0 > ahci0: AHCI v1.10 with 4 3Gbps ports, Port Multiplier supported > ahci0: quirks=0x22000<ATI_PMP_BUG,1MSI> > ahcich0: <AHCI channel> at channel 0 on ahci0 > ahcich1: <AHCI channel> at channel 1 on ahci0 > ahcich2: <AHCI channel> at channel 2 on ahci0 > ahcich3: <AHCI channel> at channel 3 on ahci0 > ohci0: <AMD SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB controller> mem > 0xfe02e000-0xfe02efff irq 16 at device 18.0 on pci0 > usbus0 on ohci0 > ohci1: <AMD SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB controller> mem > 0xfe02d000-0xfe02dfff irq 16 at device 18.1 on pci0 > usbus1 on ohci1 > ehci0: <AMD SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB 2.0 controller> mem > 0xfe02c000-0xfe02c0ff irq 17 at device 18.2 on pci0 > usbus2: EHCI version 1.0 > usbus2 on ehci0 > ohci2: <AMD SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB controller> mem > 0xfe02b000-0xfe02bfff irq 18 at device 19.0 on pci0 > usbus3 on ohci2 > ohci3: <AMD SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB controller> mem > 0xfe02a000-0xfe02afff irq 18 at device 19.1 on pci0 > usbus4 on ohci3 > ehci1: <AMD SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB 2.0 controller> mem > 0xfe029000-0xfe0290ff irq 19 at device 19.2 on pci0 > usbus5: EHCI version 1.0 > usbus5 on ehci1 > atapci0: <ATI IXP700/800 UDMA133 controller> port > 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xfa00-0xfa0f at device 20.1 on > pci0 > ata0: <ATA channel> at channel 0 on atapci0 > ata1: <ATA channel> at channel 1 on atapci0 > hdac1: <ATI SB600 HDA Controller> mem 0xfe024000-0xfe027fff irq 16 at > device 20.2 on pci0 > isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 20.3 on pci0 > isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0 > pcib3: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 20.4 on pci0 > pci3: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib3 > ohci4: <AMD SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB controller> mem > 0xfe028000-0xfe028fff irq 18 at device 20.5 on pci0 > usbus6 on ohci4 > uart0: <16550 or compatible> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0 > atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0 > atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0 > kbd0 at atkbd0 > atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED] > ppc0: cannot reserve I/O port range > hwpstate0: <Cool`n'Quiet 2.0> on cpu0 > Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec > nvme cam probe device init > hdacc0: <ATI R6xx HDA CODEC> at cad 0 on hdac0 > hdaa0: <ATI R6xx Audio Function Group> at nid 1 on hdacc0 > pcm0: <ATI R6xx (HDMI)> at nid 3 on hdaa0 > pcm1: <ATI R6xx (HDMI)> at nid 5 on hdaa0 > hdacc1: <Realtek ALC887 HDA CODEC> at cad 0 on hdac1 > hdaa1: <Realtek ALC887 Audio Function Group> at nid 1 on hdacc1 > pcm2: <Realtek ALC887 (Rear Analog)> at nid 20 and 24,26 on hdaa1 > pcm3: <Realtek ALC887 (Front Analog)> at nid 27 and 25 on hdaa1 > usbus0: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0 > usbus1: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0 > usbus2: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0 > usbus3: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0 > usbus4: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0 > usbus5: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0 > usbus6: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0 > ugen0.1: <ATI> at usbus0 > uhub0: <ATI OHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus0 > ugen1.1: <ATI> at usbus1 > uhub1: <ATI OHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus1 > ugen2.1: <ATI> at usbus2 > uhub2: <ATI EHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus2 > ugen3.1: <ATI> at usbus3 > uhub3: <ATI OHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus3 > ugen4.1: <ATI> at usbus4 > uhub4: <ATI OHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus4 > ugen5.1: <ATI> at usbus5 > uhub5: <ATI EHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus5 > ugen6.1: <ATI> at usbus6 > uhub6: <ATI OHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus6 > uhub6: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered > uhub0: 3 ports with 3 removable, self powered > uhub1: 3 ports with 3 removable, self powered > uhub3: 3 ports with 3 removable, self powered > uhub4: 3 ports with 3 removable, self powered > uhub2: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered > uhub5: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered > ada0 at ahcich0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0 > ada0: <TOSHIBA DT01ACA100 MS2OA750> ATA8-ACS SATA 3.x device > ada0: Serial Number 86IKWR6NS > ada0: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes) > ada0: Command Queueing enabled > ada0: 953869MB (1953525168 512 byte sectors) > SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched! > SMP: AP CPU #3 Launched! > SMP: AP CPU #2 Launched! > Timecounter "TSC-low" frequency 1908478009 Hz quality 1000 > Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ufs/FreeBSD_Install [ro,noatime]... > Root mount waiting for: usbus5 > ugen5.2: <SanDisk> at usbus5 > umass0: <SanDisk Ultra, class 0/0, rev 2.10/1.00, addr 2> on usbus5 > umass0: SCSI over Bulk-Only; quirks = 0x8100 > umass0:6:0: Attached to scbus6 > da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus6 target 0 lun 0 > da0: <SanDisk Ultra 1.00> Removable Direct Access SPC-4 SCSI device > da0: Serial Number 4C531001470902104180 > da0: 40.000MB/s transfers > da0: 14875MB (30464000 512 byte sectors) > da0: quirks=0x2<NO_6_BYTE> > GEOM: da0: the secondary GPT header is not in the last LBA. > GEOM: diskid/DISK-4C531001470902104180: the secondary GPT header is > not in the last LBA. > mountroot: waiting for device /dev/ufs/FreeBSD_Install... > ugen4.2: <SEM> at usbus4 > ukbd0: <SEM USB Keyboard, class 0/0, rev 1.10/1.10, addr 2> on usbus4 > kbd2 at ukbd0 > GEOM: diskid/DISK-4C531001470902104180: the secondary GPT header is > not in the last LBA. > random: unblocking device. > ugen4.3: <PixArt> at usbus4 > hid_get_item: Number of items(324) truncated to 255 > hid_get_item: Number of items(324) truncated to 255 > hid_get_item: Number of items(324) truncated to 255 > hid_get_item: Number of items(324) truncated to 255 > ukbd1: <PixArt Gaming Mouse, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 3> on usbus4 > hid_get_item: Number of items(324) truncated to 255 > hid_get_item: Number of items(324) truncated to 255 > hid_get_item: Number of items(324) truncated to 255 > hid_get_item: Number of items(324) truncated to 255 > hid_get_item: Number of items(324) truncated to 255 > hid_get_item: Number of items(324) truncated to 255 > hid_get_item: Number of items(324) truncated to 255 > hid_get_item: Number of items(324) truncated to 255 > hid_get_item: Number of items(324) truncated to 255 > hid_get_item: Number of items(324) truncated to 255 > hid_get_item: Number of items(324) truncated to 255 > hid_get_item: Number of items(324) truncated to 255 > hid_get_item: Number of items(324) truncated to 255 > hid_get_item: Number of items(324) truncated to 255 > hid_get_item: Number of items(324) truncated to 255 > hid_get_item: Number of items(324) truncated to 255 > kbd3 at ukbd1 > re0: link state changed to UP > uhid0: <SEM USB Keyboard, class 0/0, rev 1.10/1.10, addr 2> on usbus4 > ums0: <PixArt Gaming Mouse, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 3> on usbus4 > ums0: 5 buttons and [XYZ] coordinates ID=0 > re0: link state changed to DOWN > re0: link state changed to UP
