Install to Harddrive/flash issues.

jimbud · Jul 30, 2008, 4:58 PM

Hey all,

Using the latest snapshot ISO (20080730-0226), I tried a standard boot and install onto a platform that hadn't worked with 1.2 (NICs weren't supported in FreeBSD < 7.0). Everything goes well, until the system reboots and tries to load the OS. It just halts after reading the kernel image:

<manual screen="" shot="">F1 FreeBSD

Default: F1

BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.02
Consoles: internal video/keyboard
BIOS drive C: is disk0
BIOS 639kB/2087552kB available memory

FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1
(sullrich@freebsd7-releng_1_2.geekgod.com, Wed Jul 30 01:41:57 EDT 2008)
Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf
/boot/kernel/kernel text-0x80bd53 data=0xb5524+0x6b0dc /
/
Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt.
Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel]…
/boot/kernel/acpi.ko text=0x520e8 data=0x23a0+0x186c syms=[0x4+0x85x0+0x4+0xb056]
/</manual>

I've tried messing around with the IDE controller in the BIOS (SATA/PATA enabled/disabled), installing the bootblocks in both modes, and with/without grub, to no avail. Also, with the default BIOS settings, I've installed FreeBSD 7 with no problems on the internal SATA drive.

The system is an Asus barebone, intel ICH7 based:
http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=9&l2=40&l3=116&l4=0&model=1969&modelmenu=2

Let me know if anyone has any ideas, or needs more info, or wants one to play with. I haven't given back to pfSense yet, I figure I'm coming due ;)

Thanks!