RE: BTX loader - cant find sources
-Original Message- From: Andi Anton [mailto:phpw...@yahoo.com] Sent: 25 March 2011 08:19 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: BTX loader - cant find sources Hi guys, Can you tell me, please, where can I found the sources for the freeBSD BTX bootloader? I have some BIOS SATA hdd detection problems (the BTX loader hangs just ater it founds the hdd) and I want to recompile and debug the BTX loader in order to fix my problem. Thanks in advance, phpwolf ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" I had a similar issue with one machine when installing 8.2 release, I disconnected all of the drives except the one I was going to install the o/s on, the btx loader worked fine, the install went fine. The machine worked fine with all the drives connected once the o/s was installed. Regards Graeme ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: BTX loader - cant find sources
On 03/25/2011 09:18 AM, Andi Anton wrote: > Hi guys, > > Can you tell me, please, where can I found the sources for the freeBSD BTX > bootloader? Hi If you have the sources installed, it's in /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/btx/btxldr/ I guess > I have some BIOS SATA hdd detection problems (the BTX loader hangs just ater > it founds the hdd) and I want to recompile and debug the BTX loader in order > to fix my problem. > > Thanks in advance, > phpwolf DISCLAIMER: This e-mail is for the intended recipient(s) only. Access, disclosure, copying, distribution or reliance on any of it by anyone else is prohibited. If you have received it by mistake please let us know by reply and then delete it from your system. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
BTX loader - cant find sources
Hi guys, Can you tell me, please, where can I found the sources for the freeBSD BTX bootloader? I have some BIOS SATA hdd detection problems (the BTX loader hangs just ater it founds the hdd) and I want to recompile and debug the BTX loader in order to fix my problem. Thanks in advance, phpwolf ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
ZFS root BTX Loader very slow
I've installed root on ZFS according to the Wiki. http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/Mirror I rebuilt world yesterday and upgraded my zfs pool to version 14 and also upgraded the bootcode with: gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ad4 gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ad8 Now on boot the system waits for about 70 seconds at the following screen: BTX Loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.02 Consoles: internal video/keyboard BIOS drive A: is disk0 BIOS drive C: is disk1 BIOS drive D: is disk2 BIOS drive E: is disk3 BIOS drive F: is disk4 BIOS drive G: is disk5 _ No errors appear and eventually the system boots normally from the zfs root. Any ideas why it's taking so long at this stage? what is actually going on at this point? Thanks Gianni___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: BTX Loader crashes -- Help wanted
In message <20091121015230.cf2c15dd.free...@edvax.de>, Polytropon wrote: >On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:48:34 -0800, "Ronald F. Guilmette" om> wrote: >> But I have one question. The author sez to do this: >> >>dd if=8.0-BETA1-amd64-memstick.img of=/dev/da0 bs=10240 conv=sync >> >> I just want to know what the effect of conv=sync and why it might be >> necessary. >... >it appears that the data is ensured to be "properly >aligned" with a possibly different block size on the >source or target media. As far as I remember, not >giving the bs= argument would result in a default >block size of 512 bytes which may - but don't ask >me why - lead to a non-functioning target USB stick. Actually, I already _did_ ask why. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: BTX Loader crashes -- Help wanted
Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: [snip] >>Try 8RC3 and see if any difference. I believe some work in this area may >>have occurred. > > I just tried it. Alas, same result. I follow the -CURRENT and -STABLE mail lists as well as this one. Though this particular problem does not pertain to me, I seem to recall some traffic off and on about this subject occasionally. So it is known. The place to get the developers to look is wrt to 8.0, so if the problem is well documented they may be more inclined to look into it. If the bootonly, install CD, or LiveFS CD for 8-RC3 can be used to reproduce the problem concentrate here. >>I don't believe you are the first to experience this. > Well, I'm just about to file a new PR on this, but I'll refrain if > someone else has alreadyt done so. Do you have an eisting PR number > on this? There are quite a number and a few of which are very similar in that they directly reference boot loader crashes. You could review the ones that seem to match the closest to your situation directly (e.g. hardware and crash- dump wise), particularly the BTX crash associated with booting from SATA CD/DVD. Eye them towards using as a template to get started. The more exacting and succinct the PR the more likely to stimulate interest. You can reference the handful that match the closest by number in your own PR. Be very exact to localize the trouble to specifically SATA CD/DVD hardware. If the box will boot and install fine from a PATA CD/DVD drive to a SATA hard drive be sure to include this. You have a VIA VT8237A controller on that board so that aspect should work. This will serve to isolate and confine the problem to be examined to a very specific issue. This increases the chances someone may look into it. [snip] > > Shsh! I literally _just_ bought this new SATA DVD drive, and I went > with SATA because I believed that (a) the world is slowly but surely > switching everything over to SATA and (b) SATA has been around long enough > now that FreeBSD related bugs should have all been shaken out by now. > > Please excuse my snarkiness, but... I guess I was wrong about the latter. > >>If 8 does the same thing file a PR in order to bring the attention of the >>developers. There may be one, or more, already on the subject. > > Well, I did a search on the PR database for "BTX" and I'm looking at all > those PRs... some of them going back to 2004, which doesn't exactly > inspire confidence about a possible timely fix... and I don't see anything > in the subjects that quite matched up to what I'm talking about. If you just need the box to work immediately use a PATA CD/DVD. If you have the time to deal with it, attract the attention of developer(s), and have the time to work with them it serves the interests of the larger community. Others have had and will have your problem and getting it fixed for you will just mean many others will not go through what you are currently experiencing. > And ah... while we are on the subject... > > If I do file a PR on this, then at long last I'll need to know the answers > to the two questions that have been in the back of my mind for ages, > regarding PRs... > >1) What do the various severity codes mean? >2) What do the various proirity codes mean? http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/problem-reports/ http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/pr-guidelines/ Might be good reading. I should read them again myself. It's been a while. > > I've never filed a PR with severity "critical" or with priority "high" > because I've always figured that this may be a good way to get the > developers to view _all_ one's future (and past) PRs with a suspicious/ > jaundiced eye... you know... the-boy-who-cried-wolf syndrome. > > I don't want to be labeled as a nut case or an incessant complainer, but > for _this_ issue I'm thinking that severity==critical and/or > priority==high > may be appropriate. I mean jeezzz Louise! If one can't even install from > the distribution CDs/DVDs on perfectly good hardware... (And it's not > like the whole SATA interface standard is exactly ``new'' or anything > anymore.) > > So? Any advice? Should I stick my neck out and label this PR either > severity==critical or priority==high ? > There is always going to be a certain subjectivity present here. What is life and death important to one person may not be to another. I believe a commonly accepted dividing line can be found when you consider the usage of the system(s) in question. If you are a sysadmin or consultant who is being paid money to maintain mission critical servers then it warrants a higher level of concern than a single user at home with a desktop PC. If you are racking a hundred Dell 2950's and have a problem it is critical. If you are a single PC user at home with a desktop, not so much. I do understand your concern wrt to "the boy who cried wolf" and it does matter. You stand more of a c
Re: BTX Loader crashes -- Help wanted
"Ronald F. Guilmette" wrote: > If one can't even install from the distribution CDs/DVDs > on perfectly good hardware ... it's not like the whole SATA > interface standard is exactly ``new'' or anything anymore.) > > ... Should I stick my neck out and label this PR > either severity==critical or priority==high ? Before filing a PR at all, you might want to check what kind of SATA controller chip you've got. There have been several postings on the FreeBSD lists reporting that the Silicon Image 3112 should not be considered "perfectly good hardware". ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: BTX Loader crashes -- Help wanted
On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:48:34 -0800, "Ronald F. Guilmette" wrote: > But I have one question. The author sez to do this: > >dd if=8.0-BETA1-amd64-memstick.img of=/dev/da0 bs=10240 conv=sync > > I just want to know what the effect of conv=sync and why it might be > necessary. According to "man dd": bs=n Set both input and output block size to n bytes, superseding the ibs and obs operands. If no conversion values other than noerror, notrunc or sync are specified, then each input block is copied to the output as a single block without any aggregation of short blocks. in conjunction with conv=value[,value ...] Where value is one of the symbols from the following list. sync Pad every input block to the input buffer size. Spaces are used for pad bytes if a block oriented conversion value is specified, otherwise NUL bytes are used. it appears that the data is ensured to be "properly aligned" with a possibly different block size on the source or target media. As far as I remember, not giving the bs= argument would result in a default block size of 512 bytes which may - but don't ask me why - lead to a non-functioning target USB stick. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: BTX Loader crashes -- Help wanted
[[ To: Michael Powell ... please accept my apologies that you can't e-mail me directly. I jsyt get too much spam from hotmail.com, so it's blacklisted here. Nothing personal. ]] In message <7872.1258759...@tristatelogic.com>, Michael Powell wrote: rfg: >>> The problem(s) occurs with FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE/i386 disk1 (CD), >>> 7.0-RELEASE/i386 disk1 (CD), 7.2-RELEASE/i386 Live Filesystem (CD), and >>> 7.2-RELEASE/amd64 Live Filesystem (CD). >> >>Try 8RC3 and see if any difference. I believe some work in this area may >>have occurred. As I said (in my other post) that didn't help. :-( But... While researching this problem (BTX v. SATA) I saw where someone recommended booting from floppy first. So I went and started to download images on boot floppies. I haven't used this install/booting method for ages and ages, but I vaguely recalled that you could get rolling with just a single boot floppy. But now I see where they say you need the first boot floppy and then three more "kernel" floppies! Yikes! Sounds like a bit of a pain. So that gave me a Swell Idea. I though "Hey! Wouldn't it be great if we could put all this stuff into one single image and ``burn'' it onto a bootable USB thumb drive! I should definitely write to the FreeBSD developers and suggest this Great Idea.'' But of course, since you directed me to 8.0-RC3, I had to go groveling around in the relevant FTP directories to get that stuff, and while I was there, of course, I saw: 8.0-RC3-amd64-memstick.img Yippie! Some smart FreeBSD deloper is already way ahead of me! Marvelous! Now all I need is instructions for how to use that .img file. (Fortunately, I have a spare USB 1GB flash drive lying around.) So I go groveling around, trying to find some mention of this .img file in the README.TXT files and I find nothing. But Google is my friend, and I found this: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2009-July/051018.html which gives instructions for ``burning'' the image onto USB/flash. But I have one question. The author sez to do this: dd if=8.0-BETA1-amd64-memstick.img of=/dev/da0 bs=10240 conv=sync I just want to know what the effect of conv=sync and why it might be necessary. Anybody happen to know? Why can't you just dd the thing? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: BTX Loader crashes -- Help wanted
In message , you wrote: >Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > >> >> Who should I be talking to if the BTX loader is crashing on my >> specific hardware configuration, and what specific info do I >> need to be gathering for him/her in order to have hope of getting >> the problem rectified? >> >> I'd pulled stuff out of the system in question until there's >> practically nothing left and I'm at my wit's end with this problem. >> >> System: >> AMD Athlon 64 1640B CPU >> MSI K9VGM-V motherboard >> 1GB 667 DDR (Kingston) >> LG DVD Burner Black SATA Model GH22NS50 - OEM >> floppy drive >> >> That's it. I've yanked out all the non-essential cards, _and_ I've >> even taken out the hard drive, and I'm still having BTX crashes. >> >> The problem(s) occurs with FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE/i386 disk1 (CD), >> 7.0-RELEASE/i386 disk1 (CD), 7.2-RELEASE/i386 Live Filesystem (CD), and >> 7.2-RELEASE/amd64 Live Filesystem (CD). > >Try 8RC3 and see if any difference. I believe some work in this area may >have occurred. I just tried it. Alas, same result. >I don't believe you are the first to experience this. Well, I'm just about to file a new PR on this, but I'll refrain if someone else has alreadyt done so. Do you have an eisting PR number on this? >> Curiously, with the same motherboard (_and_ the same boot CDs), I have no >> problems at all booting off of any of the above boot CDs, AS LONG AS I am >> using a different (PATA) CD/DVD drive. But I have tried two different >> recent vintage SATA CD/DVD drives (Optiarc & the LG mentioned above) and >> both result in the booting failures described above. > >You can try disabling ACPI at boot I just tried that (at your suggesting). Same result. No change. :-( >... as well as toggling the BIOS between >Enhanced and Legacy mode if this option is available. I'm not seeing anything like that in my BIOS settings. >Probably your best >approach will be to use a SATA hard drive while using a PATA CD-ROM. This is >most likely what you will have to do if 8RC3 doesn't make any difference and >you just want to get the box going. Shsh! I literally _just_ bought this new SATA DVD drive, and I went with SATA because I believed that (a) the world is slowly but surely switching everything over to SATA and (b) SATA has been around long enough now that FreeBSD related bugs should have all been shaken out by now. Please excuse my snarkiness, but... I guess I was wrong about the latter. >If 8 does the same thing file a PR in order to bring the attention of the >developers. There may be one, or more, already on the subject. Well, I did a search on the PR database for "BTX" and I'm looking at all those PRs... some of them going back to 2004, which doesn't exactly inspire confidence about a possible timely fix... and I don't see anything in the subjects that quite matched up to what I'm talking about. And ah... while we are on the subject... If I do file a PR on this, then at long last I'll need to know the answers to the two questions that have been in the back of my mind for ages, regarding PRs... 1) What do the various severity codes mean? 2) What do the various proirity codes mean? I've never filed a PR with severity "critical" or with priority "high" because I've always figured that this may be a good way to get the developers to view _all_ one's future (and past) PRs with a suspicious/ jaundiced eye... you know... the-boy-who-cried-wolf syndrome. I don't want to be labeled as a nut case or an incessant complainer, but for _this_ issue I'm thinking that severity==critical and/or priority==high may be appropriate. I mean jeezzz Louise! If one can't even install from the distribution CDs/DVDs on perfectly good hardware... (And it's not like the whole SATA interface standard is exactly ``new'' or anything anymore.) So? Any advice? Should I stick my neck out and label this PR either severity==critical or priority==high ? Regards, rfg ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: BTX Loader crashes -- Help wanted
On 11/20/09, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > > Who should I be talking to if the BTX loader is crashing on my > specific hardware configuration, and what specific info do I > need to be gathering for him/her in order to have hope of getting > the problem rectified? Since the BTX is the BooT eXtender, what brings I think a 16-bit real-mode BIOS/POST to a 32-bit (or 64-bit?) protected operating system, I would start looking at BIOS options. Some BIOSes have a windows mentality and don't let you tweak much. Retail boards you buy off the shelf are typically pretty good to let you tweak lots of options. I'd also check for a BIOS update. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: BTX Loader crashes -- Help wanted
Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > > Who should I be talking to if the BTX loader is crashing on my > specific hardware configuration, and what specific info do I > need to be gathering for him/her in order to have hope of getting > the problem rectified? > > I'd pulled stuff out of the system in question until there's > practically nothing left and I'm at my wit's end with this problem. > > System: > AMD Athlon 64 1640B CPU > MSI K9VGM-V motherboard > 1GB 667 DDR (Kingston) > LG DVD Burner Black SATA Model GH22NS50 - OEM > floppy drive > > That's it. I've yanked out all the non-essential cards, _and_ I've > even taken out the hard drive, and I'm still having BTX crashes. > > The problem(s) occurs with FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE/i386 disk1 (CD), > 7.0-RELEASE/i386 disk1 (CD), 7.2-RELEASE/i386 Live Filesystem (CD), and > 7.2-RELEASE/amd64 Live Filesystem (CD). Try 8RC3 and see if any difference. I believe some work in this area may have occurred. In any event, these RELEASE versions are static and will not change. The only hope in this area would be if a fix from the 8.0 work has been MFC'd back to 7 STABLE. > The symptoms are different depending on which of the above I'm trying to > boot from. In the case of the first two, the crash results in a bunch of > register values being displayed on my screen, after which the system is > dead. In the case of the last two above, it appears that the BTX loader > actually starts to load a kernel (well, anyway, the little twisty thing > starts turning), but then the screen goes completely black, after which > my monitor senses that the video signal has gone completely dead, and > at that point the system is just frozen, and needs a power-cycle or hard > reset to get going again. I don't believe you are the first to experience this. > Curiously, with the same motherboard (_and_ the same boot CDs), I have no > problems at all booting off of any of the above boot CDs, AS LONG AS I am > using a different (PATA) CD/DVD drive. But I have tried two different > recent vintage SATA CD/DVD drives (Optiarc & the LG mentioned above) and > both result in the booting failures described above. You can try disabling ACPI at boot, as well as toggling the BIOS between Enhanced and Legacy mode if this option is available. Probably your best approach will be to use a SATA hard drive while using a PATA CD-ROM. This is most likely what you will have to do if 8RC3 doesn't make any difference and you just want to get the box going. > I'm bumbed. I really had hoped to start moving my machines over to SATA, > but so far things are just not working out smoothly at all. If 8 does the same thing file a PR in order to bring the attention of the developers. There may be one, or more, already on the subject. Since the old releases are static the place to get the bits fixed is in the ongoing work. -Mike ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
BTX Loader crashes -- Help wanted
Who should I be talking to if the BTX loader is crashing on my specific hardware configuration, and what specific info do I need to be gathering for him/her in order to have hope of getting the problem rectified? I'd pulled stuff out of the system in question until there's practically nothing left and I'm at my wit's end with this problem. System: AMD Athlon 64 1640B CPU MSI K9VGM-V motherboard 1GB 667 DDR (Kingston) LG DVD Burner Black SATA Model GH22NS50 - OEM floppy drive That's it. I've yanked out all the non-essential cards, _and_ I've even taken out the hard drive, and I'm still having BTX crashes. The problem(s) occurs with FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE/i386 disk1 (CD), 7.0-RELEASE/i386 disk1 (CD), 7.2-RELEASE/i386 Live Filesystem (CD), and 7.2-RELEASE/amd64 Live Filesystem (CD). The symptoms are different depending on which of the above I'm trying to boot from. In the case of the first two, the crash results in a bunch of register values being displayed on my screen, after which the system is dead. In the case of the last two above, it appears that the BTX loader actually starts to load a kernel (well, anyway, the little twisty thing starts turning), but then the screen goes completely black, after which my monitor senses that the video signal has gone completely dead, and at that point the system is just frozen, and needs a power-cycle or hard reset to get going again. Curiously, with the same motherboard (_and_ the same boot CDs), I have no problems at all booting off of any of the above boot CDs, AS LONG AS I am using a different (PATA) CD/DVD drive. But I have tried two different recent vintage SATA CD/DVD drives (Optiarc & the LG mentioned above) and both result in the booting failures described above. I'm bumbed. I really had hoped to start moving my machines over to SATA, but so far things are just not working out smoothly at all. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: BTX loader halt on 1st boot
Possibly I could copy my MBR to? Regards On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 6:47 PM, Gobbledegeek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > I am able to install freebsd 7.0 with the CD, but never been able to > reboot into it after that. I've tried 5 times since june now. I > install a standard MBR during install since I already have ububtu grub > as boot manager. > > I get a BTX halt with what looks like cpu register output dumped on screen. > > Since I cannot boot, I am unable to collect any dmesg output or any > debug info from freebsd, therefore the bug report is not entertained. > > Will linux lspci/dmesg output help as a substitute for the bug report? > > This is for an AMD780G/SB700 chipset with sata in ahci mode. > > PS: Please cc me as I am not subscribed > > TIA > -- > Kind Regards > GobbleDeGeek > [For everything Gobbledegook!!] > -- Kind Regards GobbleDeGeek [For everything Gobbledegook!!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
BTX loader halt on 1st boot
Hello I am able to install freebsd 7.0 with the CD, but never been able to reboot into it after that. I've tried 5 times since june now. I install a standard MBR during install since I already have ububtu grub as boot manager. I get a BTX halt with what looks like cpu register output dumped on screen. Since I cannot boot, I am unable to collect any dmesg output or any debug info from freebsd, therefore the bug report is not entertained. Will linux lspci/dmesg output help as a substitute for the bug report? This is for an AMD780G/SB700 chipset with sata in ahci mode. PS: Please cc me as I am not subscribed TIA -- Kind Regards GobbleDeGeek [For everything Gobbledegook!!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: BTX Loader Error / Help
Hm, it appears after powercycling it and removing this USB harddrive I had attached to it allowed it to come back up. Odd? On 11/30/06, Huy Ton That <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ugh this is bad... I have this system functioning as a fileserver which was working for months without a reboot. Some coworkers complained of lag and after a reboot it will not start up and I am continuously getting BTX halted errors. I tried loading off an FBSD disk but that would incur the same problem. Ideas? BTX Loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01 Consoles: internal video/keyboard BIOS CD is cd0 BIOS drive C: is disk0 BIOS drive d: is disk1 BIOS drive e: is disk2 etc... BTX halted ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
BTX Loader Error / Help
Ugh this is bad... I have this system functioning as a fileserver which was working for months without a reboot. Some coworkers complained of lag and after a reboot it will not start up and I am continuously getting BTX halted errors. I tried loading off an FBSD disk but that would incur the same problem. Ideas? BTX Loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01 Consoles: internal video/keyboard BIOS CD is cd0 BIOS drive C: is disk0 BIOS drive d: is disk1 BIOS drive e: is disk2 etc... BTX halted ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
BTX Loader
I have tried to install Free BSD 6.1 after burning the ISO to CD. The loader loads very slowly (on character per 1 or 2 seconds) and finally hangs up after the line (root @ opu.cse.buffalo.edu ..) My computer is a Shuttle XPX SK21G with a Sempron 3100 and a SATA drive. I am about to give up after not finding any fixes. Do you have any solutions?Thank You ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: specifying memory partitions to BTX loader
On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 08:50 -0800, Lee Shackelford wrote: > Good morning dear person at FreeBSD questions. I am trying to install > FreeBSD 5.3 on a Compaq Proliant 5000 with multiple Pentium Pro processors > and SMART-SCSI 2/P hardware RAID array. It contains a flash-ROM BIOS. The > BIOS does not follow the conventions of fixed-ROM BIOSes such as are > installed on most workstation type computers. According to a message > posted on a user forum for Fedora Linux, this BIOS divides the 1 gigabyte > memory into three sections. The loader for Fedora Linux has an option to > hand enter this information, since the loader does not detect it. The BTX > loader supplied with FreeBSD 5.3 apparently also fails to correctly detect > the memory configuration because the attempt to load always fails. It > fails to write the ports table, and then, if BTX is run in safe mode, > generates a page fault. How do I hand enter this information into BTX > loader? If this question has been answered before, I would be satisfied > just to know where it is posted. Any assistance is appreciated. > Hi Lee, I had the same problem you need to do something like: Choose the "Escape to loader prompt" option, then: > set hw.physmem="1048576k" > boot Once you have a working install, add the following line to /boot/loader.conf: hw.physmem="1048576k" Assuming you have 1 GByte of memory. BTW I have had problems with the SMP kernel under 5.3, 5.4 and 6.0 on the same machine (Quad processors)and I would be interested in your experience with it. Hope this helps Rob ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
specifying memory partitions to BTX loader
Good morning dear person at FreeBSD questions. I am trying to install FreeBSD 5.3 on a Compaq Proliant 5000 with multiple Pentium Pro processors and SMART-SCSI 2/P hardware RAID array. It contains a flash-ROM BIOS. The BIOS does not follow the conventions of fixed-ROM BIOSes such as are installed on most workstation type computers. According to a message posted on a user forum for Fedora Linux, this BIOS divides the 1 gigabyte memory into three sections. The loader for Fedora Linux has an option to hand enter this information, since the loader does not detect it. The BTX loader supplied with FreeBSD 5.3 apparently also fails to correctly detect the memory configuration because the attempt to load always fails. It fails to write the ports table, and then, if BTX is run in safe mode, generates a page fault. How do I hand enter this information into BTX loader? If this question has been answered before, I would be satisfied just to know where it is posted. Any assistance is appreciated. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
BTX loader fails on Gateway ALR 9200
I have an abundance of information all I need to know is what to say that will help. The OS I am loading is currently FreeBSD 5.3 I went to adaptec and found some information about FreeBSD 4.11. I tried that version as well. I can get Solaris 10 to load but it fails to find the raid as a valid drive. Fedora Core 2 also boots and says it can't find a drive. The Raid boots up fine and builds with no faults. When I install a little 850 meg IDE drive and set that to master, Still the btx loader dies. Here is what the final screen says: /boot/kernel/acpi.ko text=0x3fbfc data=0x1c04+0x112c syms=[0x4+0x72f0+0x4+0x97c7] / int=000d err= efl=00030002 eip=5755 eax=0001 ebx=0008 ecx=39ff edx=0082 esi=579c edi=e873 edi=03ba esp=037e cs=f000 ds=0040 es=f000 fs=9dc0 gs=f000 ss=9c46 cs:eip=2e 0f 01 14 0f 20 c0 0c-01 0f 22 c0 eb 00 8e db 8e c3 8e e3 8e eb 0f 20-c0 24 fc 0f 22 c0 ea 78 ss:esp=11 64 08 00 01 00 00 00-00 f0 c0 9d 02 02 51 e8 05 00 c2 ee 05 00 00 f0-00 00 1a 7d c4 5e dd e6 BTX Halted I think I copied all that correctly. Has anyone got a quick idea why this fails right off? Does this mean I need to set the same flags as what Adi Pircalabu suggested in the "help !!!" thread? " When the boot menu appears, try this: - escape to loader prompt - set hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" - set hint.atkbd.0.flags="0x9" - boot" Would this help me? In this case I'm lost here. > -Original Message- > From: Craig Kleski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 12:10 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Cc: Brian Duke > Subject: Re: BTX loader fails on Gateway ALR 9200 > > On Tuesday 21 June 2005 05:58 pm, Brian Duke wrote: > > The BTX loader fails right after the initial setup screen. > > > > I have : > > > > Gateway ALR 9200 > > > > 4 processor xeon 500's > > > > 1 gig ram > > > > 1 adaptec 3200S scsi card running modified raid 5 > > > > 6 drives. 2 sets of striped 3 and mirrored. > > > > > > > > I am having a difficult time finding anything that will load in this > > box. > > > > I prefer FreeBSD if possible. I've googled for a couple days and > > didn't find much help. > > > > Can someone help me get past this first hurdle? > > > > > > > > > > > > Brian Duke > > > > Blue Incorporated. > > > > Please give freebsd version. Also, what other operating systems have > failed to load for you? How exactly does the boot fail? Any error > messages? Describe in detail. > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: BTX loader fails on Gateway ALR 9200
I have an abundance of information all I need to know is what to say that will help. The OS I am loading is currently FreeBSD 5.3 I went to adaptec and found some information about FreeBSD 4.11. I tried that version as well. I can get Solaris 10 to load but it fails to find the raid as a valid drive. Fedora Core 2 also boots and says it can't find a drive. The Raid boots up fine and builds with no faults. When I install a little 850 meg IDE drive and set that to master, Still the btx loader dies. Here is what the final screen says: /boot/kernel/acpi.ko text=0x3fbfc data=0x1c04+0x112c syms=[0x4+0x72f0+0x4+0x97c7] / int=000d err= efl=00030002 eip=5755 eax=0001 ebx=0008 ecx=39ff edx=0082 esi=579c edi=e873 edi=03ba esp=037e cs=f000 ds=0040 es=f000 fs=9dc0 gs=f000 ss=9c46 cs:eip=2e 0f 01 14 0f 20 c0 0c-01 0f 22 c0 eb 00 8e db 8e c3 8e e3 8e eb 0f 20-c0 24 fc 0f 22 c0 ea 78 ss:esp=11 64 08 00 01 00 00 00-00 f0 c0 9d 02 02 51 e8 05 00 c2 ee 05 00 00 f0-00 00 1a 7d c4 5e dd e6 BTX Halted I think I copied all that correctly. Has anyone got a quick idea why this fails right off? Does this mean I need to set the same flags as what Adi Pircalabu suggested in the "help !!!" thread? " When the boot menu appears, try this: - escape to loader prompt - set hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" - set hint.atkbd.0.flags="0x9" - boot" Would this help me? In this case I'm lost here. > -Original Message- > From: Craig Kleski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 12:10 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Cc: Brian Duke > Subject: Re: BTX loader fails on Gateway ALR 9200 > > On Tuesday 21 June 2005 05:58 pm, Brian Duke wrote: > > The BTX loader fails right after the initial setup screen. > > > > I have : > > > > Gateway ALR 9200 > > > > 4 processor xeon 500's > > > > 1 gig ram > > > > 1 adaptec 3200S scsi card running modified raid 5 > > > > 6 drives. 2 sets of striped 3 and mirrored. > > > > > > > > I am having a difficult time finding anything that will load in this > > box. > > > > I prefer FreeBSD if possible. I've googled for a couple days and > > didn't find much help. > > > > Can someone help me get past this first hurdle? > > > > > > > > > > > > Brian Duke > > > > Blue Incorporated. > > > > Please give freebsd version. Also, what other operating systems have > failed to load for you? How exactly does the boot fail? Any error > messages? Describe in detail. > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: BTX loader fails on Gateway ALR 9200
> > Please give freebsd version. Also, what other operating systems have > > failed to load for you? How exactly does the boot fail? Any error > > messages? Describe in detail. > > > > I have an abundance of information all I need to know is what to say that > will help. > > The OS I am loading is currently FreeBSD 5.3 > I went to adaptec and found some information about FreeBSD 4.11 so I > tried. > I can get Solaris 10 to load but it fails to find the raid as a valid > drive. > Fedora Core 2 also boots and says it can't find a drive. > The Raid boots up fine and builds with no faults. > > When I install a little 850 meg IDE drive and set that to master, > Still the btx loader dies. Here is what the final screen says: > > /boot/kernel/acpi.ko text=0x3fbfc data=0x1c04+0x112c > syms=[0x4+0x72f0+0x4+0x97c7] > / > int=000d err= efl=00030002 eip=5755 > eax=0001 ebx=0008 ecx=39ff edx=0082 > esi=579c edi=e873 edi=03ba esp=037e > cs=f000 ds=0040 es=f000 fs=9dc0 gs=f000 ss=9c46 > cs:eip=2e 0f 01 14 0f 20 c0 0c-01 0f 22 c0 eb 00 8e db >8e c3 8e e3 8e eb 0f 20-c0 24 fc 0f 22 c0 ea 78 > ss:esp=11 64 08 00 01 00 00 00-00 f0 c0 9d 02 02 51 e8 >05 00 c2 ee 05 00 00 f0-00 00 1a 7d c4 5e dd e6 > BTX Halted > > I think I copied all that correctly. > Has anyone got a quick idea why this fails right off? Does this mean I need to set the same flags as what Adi Pircalabu suggested in the "help !!!" thread? " When the boot menu appears, try this: - escape to loader prompt - set hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" - set hint.atkbd.0.flags="0x9" - boot" Would this help me? In this case I'm lost here. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: BTX loader fails on Gateway ALR 9200
> > Please give freebsd version. Also, what other operating systems have > failed to load for you? How exactly does the boot fail? Any error > messages? Describe in detail. > I have an abundance of information all I need to know is what to say that will help. The OS I am loading is currently FreeBSD 5.3 I went to adaptec and found some information about FreeBSD 4.11 so I tried. I can get Solaris 10 to load but it fails to find the raid as a valid drive. Fedora Core 2 also boots and says it can't find a drive. The Raid boots up fine and builds with no faults. When I install a little 850 meg IDE drive and set that to master, Still the btx loader dies. Here is what the final screen says: /boot/kernel/acpi.ko text=0x3fbfc data=0x1c04+0x112c syms=[0x4+0x72f0+0x4+0x97c7] / int=000d err= efl=00030002 eip=5755 eax=0001 ebx=0008 ecx=39ff edx=0082 esi=579c edi=e873 edi=03ba esp=037e cs=f000 ds=0040 es=f000 fs=9dc0 gs=f000 ss=9c46 cs:eip=2e 0f 01 14 0f 20 c0 0c-01 0f 22 c0 eb 00 8e db 8e c3 8e e3 8e eb 0f 20-c0 24 fc 0f 22 c0 ea 78 ss:esp=11 64 08 00 01 00 00 00-00 f0 c0 9d 02 02 51 e8 05 00 c2 ee 05 00 00 f0-00 00 1a 7d c4 5e dd e6 BTX Halted I think I copied all that correctly. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: BTX loader fails on Gateway ALR 9200
On Tuesday 21 June 2005 05:58 pm, Brian Duke wrote: > The BTX loader fails right after the initial setup screen. > > I have : > > Gateway ALR 9200 > > 4 processor xeon 500's > > 1 gig ram > > 1 adaptec 3200S scsi card running modified raid 5 > > 6 drives. 2 sets of striped 3 and mirrored. > > > > I am having a difficult time finding anything that will load in this > box. > > I prefer FreeBSD if possible. I've googled for a couple days and > didn't find much help. > > Can someone help me get past this first hurdle? > > > > > > Brian Duke > > Blue Incorporated. > Please give freebsd version. Also, what other operating systems have failed to load for you? How exactly does the boot fail? Any error messages? Describe in detail. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
BTX loader fails on Gateway ALR 9200
The BTX loader fails right after the initial setup screen. I have : Gateway ALR 9200 4 processor xeon 500's 1 gig ram 1 adaptec 3200S scsi card running modified raid 5 6 drives. 2 sets of striped 3 and mirrored. I am having a difficult time finding anything that will load in this box. I prefer FreeBSD if possible. I've googled for a couple days and didn't find much help. Can someone help me get past this first hurdle? Brian Duke Blue Incorporated. -=-_-==--=_-=┐ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
