On 11/10/06, Patrick Cummings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi misc,
I'm trying to setup a new openbsd 3.9 install on i386. It worked before
on
that computer when I installed quickly to test for compatibility, but I
needed to finish up some hardware stuff on it and then I wanted to
install
for real but it does not work anymore.
It hangs at the disk: line
"Loading /3.9/I386/CDBOOT
probing: pc0 com0 apm mem[639K 382M a20=on]
disk:"
and then it stays there forever.
The computer has two storage controllers. One is an ami-compatible raid
controller. The other is the pciide-compatible sata sil3114 chip. Both
appear to be working.
If I unplug the scsi drives from the controller and leave the controller
in,
it will work.
Also if I unplug the sata drives and leave the controller in, it will
work.
However all appears to be working quite well as I can install win2000 on
it
and all drives work well. Also as I've said openbsd 3.9 worked on it just
a
few days ago, but I can't find what I've changed. I thought it might be a
bios settings problem so I played with the settings, but nothing seemed
to
help.
Overall I think this makes no sense, what are some of the problems that
might be happening?
Can you boot from any of the install boot floppies?
If so, can you provide a dmesg?
Sure, I can get a dmesg if I use it with the two sata drives unplugged:
OpenBSD 3.9 (GENERIC) #617: Thu Mar 2 02:26:48 MST 2006
..... (end deleted)
I just tried back a few days ago, now it's working. I think it might be
caused by a flawed bios on the motherboard. Also I noticed the operating
sytem won't boot if either the mouse or keyboard is unplugged. It simply
hangs when it should boot with no errors. That might be bios problems too if
I'm not wrong. I think I will buy a new motherboard. This time I'll try with
a gigabyte board instead of ECS. The hardware was a few years old anyway.
ECS refused to provide support when I contacted them because the motherboard
is EOL'ed.
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