studio-v wrote: > I'm trying to install openbsd 4.1 on a firewall server. I'm using the > cd41.iso. The problem is that when the computer boots from cd (in order to > install), it hangs about halfway through. This is the last line: > > rl0 at pci2 dev 2 function 0 "Realtek 8139" rev 0x10: irq 12 > > Also, when I unplug the ethernet cable while the computer hangs, the boot > continues (albeit only for a bit, but one problem at a time, right?) I've > left it sit for a good 5 minutes, so it's not just taking a long time for > dhcp. > > I did some googling and found nothing. There are open-source drivers for the > Realtek 8139. I'm stumped, any help would be appreciated! Thank you.
don't obsess over the Realtek card, that's not (by itself) your problem. This message comes to you through at least two realtek 8139 cards, one on -current, one on -release :) Unfortunately, you have provided not much else to go on. I can guess you are talking about i386, but could be amd64, and probably could be a few other platforms which have PCI available, too. I'm curious what you mean by "the boot continues". Smells to me like some kind of PCI bus blunder, so I'd start by bumping your BIOS to most current version you can find, and poke around for BIOS options that someone thought might work "better" than default. If you see "PnP OS" turned off, try turning it on, if on, try turning it off. If you fiddled with the BIOS thinking you knew what you were doing, just start with a "reset to defaults". :) hm. IRQ12 is usually the PS/2 mouse port (assuming PC-like HW). Now I'm really thinking PCI bus blunder. You are probably about to say, "But there's no mouse attached!", and once again, I'm going to say, "I don't care, that can still be a problem!" The mouse itself doesn't trigger IRQ12, the mouse is attached to a mouse port, which DOES...and I bet that mouse port is there, camped out on the IRQ, even if you think you aren't using it. So, I'd look at BIOS options to reserve IRQ12 for ISA or not for PCI, or move the rl(4) card to another slot. If none of that works, try disabling pcibios in ukc> http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#BootConfig you want to avoid this if at all possible, as it will make your upgrades exciting. Ask me how I know. Ask me how often I forget to fix that after every upgrade. Ask me how many times this week. :) Nick.
