From nobody@FreeBSD.org Wed May 30 14:26:52 2007 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66BA516A46B for ; Wed, 30 May 2007 14:26:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [69.147.83.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52CAF13C458 for ; Wed, 30 May 2007 14:26:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l4UEQqTp003887 for ; Wed, 30 May 2007 14:26:52 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id l4UEQpV0003886; Wed, 30 May 2007 14:26:51 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200705301426.l4UEQpV0003886@www.freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 14:26:51 GMT From: Noel Nuguid To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: mountroot> prompt during first boot for installation X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.0 >Number: 113160 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: [install] mountroot> prompt during first boot for installation >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-i386 >State: closed >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed May 30 14:30:09 GMT 2007 >Closed-Date: Tue Mar 04 06:49:30 UTC 2008 >Last-Modified: Tue Mar 04 06:49:30 UTC 2008 >Originator: Noel Nuguid >Release: Freebsd 6.2 >Organization: Pinoy Compuworld >Environment: Can even reach that part >Description: I want to install Freebsd 6.2 on one of my old boxes (an old Celeron 1.2 Ghz). however when I try to boot up from the Installer CD to install the software. I ended up to this prompt: Manual root filesystem specification: : Mount using filesystem eg. ufs:da0s1a ? List valid disk boot devices Abort Manual Input mountroot> tried doing the suggestions from this thread: http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/showthread.php?p=260183 >How-To-Repeat: Just boot from a freebsd 6.2 boot disc and try to install it >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-i386 Responsible-Changed-By: linimon Responsible-Changed-When: Wed May 30 14:41:21 UTC 2007 Responsible-Changed-Why: This could be specific to this hardware. To submitter: you'll need to give us much more information, such as the hardware configuration, how your ata drives are connected, and so forth. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=113160 From: Kris Kennaway To: Noel Nuguid Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/113160: mountroot> prompt during first boot for installation Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 16:37:51 -0400 On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 02:26:51PM +0000, Noel Nuguid wrote: > > >Number: 113160 > >Category: misc > >Synopsis: mountroot> prompt during first boot for installation > >Confidential: no > >Severity: non-critical > >Priority: medium > >Responsible: freebsd-bugs > >State: open > >Quarter: > >Keywords: > >Date-Required: > >Class: sw-bug > >Submitter-Id: current-users > >Arrival-Date: Wed May 30 14:30:09 GMT 2007 > >Closed-Date: > >Last-Modified: > >Originator: Noel Nuguid > >Release: Freebsd 6.2 > >Organization: > Pinoy Compuworld > >Environment: > Can even reach that part > >Description: > I want to install Freebsd 6.2 on one of my old boxes (an old Celeron 1.2 Ghz). however when I try to boot up from the Installer CD to install the software. I ended up to this prompt: > > Manual root filesystem specification: > : Mount using filesystem > eg. ufs:da0s1a > ? List valid disk boot devices > Abort Manual Input > > mountroot> > > tried doing the suggestions from this thread: > > http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/showthread.php?p=260183 > >How-To-Repeat: > Just boot from a freebsd 6.2 boot disc and try to install it I guess it means your CDROM is not detected by FreeBSD. Kris From: "Glenn Trewitt" To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, businessgeeks@pinoy-compuworld.com Cc: Subject: Re: i386/113160: [install] mountroot> prompt during first boot for installation Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 23:13:43 -0700 I'm having the same problem on an old-ish VIA system. FreeBSD does find both the hard drive (ad0) and CDROM (acd0). These are master and slave, respectively, on the primary IDE bus. When I provide "cd9660:acd0" for the root device, it continues to boot, but is (unhappily) booting to multiuser with the R/O filesystem. The real problem is that sysinstall isn't automatically started. When I run it by hand it seems to work, but the environment is too strange for it. For example, sysinstall can fdisk the hard drive, but gets sick when it tries to newfs the partitions - it apparently tries to mount them as part of the process and can't create the desired mount points in the R/O root. I used the same CD to boot another system into sysinstall - everything worked as expected. From: Kees van Gemert To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, businessgeeks@pinoy-compuworld.com Cc: Subject: Re: i386/113160: [install] mountroot> prompt during first boot for installation Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:40:26 +0100 LS, Having the same problem on an via system (via VIA VT133 + 686B with onboard Via C3 cpu) FreeBSD 6.2 -> failed FreeBSD 6.3 Beta -> failed FreeBSD 7.0 Beta2 -> failed PCBSD 1.4 -> failed FreeBSD 5.5 -> succes Tried diferent memory configurations, changed cd-rom with FreeBSD 6.2, no change. Since also 6.3 and 7.0 fail, i'm wondering if this issue is still under investigation or is it a dead issue? Thanx, Kees. From: Peter Mulholland To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Re: i386/113160: [install] mountroot> prompt during first boot for installation Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 20:46:50 +0000 Hello bug-followup, For my system I found a solution The problem was being caused by the "Memory Hole At 15-16M" option in the BIOS. This seems to stop md from loading. Disabling it fixed the problem and the CD boots normally :) -- Best regards, Peter mailto:darkmatter@blueyonder.co.uk From: Peter Mulholland To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Re: i386/113160: [install] mountroot> prompt during first boot for installation Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 20:29:07 +0000 Hello bug-followup, I get this as well using both FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE and FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE on an old Pentium 3 Intel i440BX based system with 128MB. The hardware is fine other than the BIOS not correctly handling large disks - to this end I have installed a Promise PDC20268 based card to handle the disk. Both CD images are verified correct - they function OK in another system I have tested them in, an Apple iMac. From=20the look of it, the md0 device is never being created, which of course leads the boot process to fail as that's where the root FS will be. There is no error message given though - just the absence of the creation of md0. Disconnecting the disk thats on the Promise controller makes no difference. I haven't tried removing the Promise controller but I don't see why that would be causing a problem anyway. Any ideas? --=20 Best regards, Peter mailto:darkmatter@blueyonder.co.uk State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: remko State-Changed-When: Tue Mar 4 06:49:28 UTC 2008 State-Changed-Why: Peter reports that this issue had been resolved by disabling the "Memory Hole at 15-16M" option in the bios. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=113160 >Unformatted: