Re: Fresh installed Freebsd 9 don't boot from hd

On Oct 21, 2011, at 1:58 AM, Dennis Koegel wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 11:28:08AM +0400, Pavel Timofeev wrote:
>> I used FreeBSD 9 amd64 on my HP Proliant DL360 G5 (smart array p400i =
mirror)
>> as test. [...]
>> It was fresh install and I choose guided partitioning (GPT)
>> But after reboot my server don't boot from hd.
>=20
> We have the same issue on a DL580 G7. Install runs fine, but when it's
> time for the first boot, the bootcode emits a single '-' (where =
usually
> it would be "spinning" for a moment while loading), hangs for about =
two
> seconds, and then reboots.

I'm seeing the same behavior on a Supermicro X8DT3 BIOS. The latest BIOS =
update changed the behavior from hanging forever to hanging for 2 =
seconds before rebooting.

The problem occurs with BETA3 and RC1, but not with BETA2.

Changing SATA mode from AHCI to IDE in the BIOS gets the OS to boot just =
fine.

Cheers,

  Gunnar

> I've used the BETA3 bsdinstall on other (amd64) hardware with GPT and =
it
> worked fine. Also, manually adding the GPT label, partitions and
> bootcode using gpart, then rebooting, shows the exact same behaviour
> (this was done using the BETA3 "Live CD").
>=20
> I suspect it's something in the vicinity of "pmbr bootcode vs.  newer
> HP BIOS".
>=20
> (BTW, not related to this issue: hw.memtest.tests=3D0 should be =
default.
> The kernel on a system with 128 GB of RAM needs about two minutes (!)
> before emitting a single line of output. At first we didn't know about
> this test and thought there was a serious problem.)
>=20
> - D.
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