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Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 01:12:58 GMT
From: mike figley <michaelfigley@yahoo.com>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: CD bootloader won't on Tyan s2912G2nr
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>Number:         153831
>Category:       amd64
>Synopsis:       [boot] CD bootloader won't on Tyan s2912G2nr
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-amd64
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Jan 10 01:20:08 UTC 2011
>Closed-Date:    
>Last-Modified:  Wed Jan 19 05:10:06 UTC 2011
>Originator:     mike figley
>Release:        8.1 - install CD
>Organization:
dTC
>Environment:
won't boot
>Description:
I've attempted booting from CD the last several dev releases -
the bootloader sprite spins a few times then hangs!

The hardware:

Tyan SG2912G2NR
8GB RAM
(2) Dual Core Opterons 2214HE
(8) 1TB WD Drives
lastest BIOS v 4.00

The CDs Boot fine on another amd64 system with one dual-core CPU:
ASUS 8-VX, 1GB RAM

anybody else see this?


Cheers!
mike




 
>How-To-Repeat:
see above
>Fix:


>Release-Note:
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From: dtc <dtc@mtaonline.net>
To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, michaelfigley@yahoo.com
Cc:  
Subject: Re: amd64/153831: [boot] CD bootloader won't on Tyan s2912G2nr
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:58:42 -0900

 I've tried various APCI, APIC & other BIOS combinations - no luck yet.
 
 I'm specifically working with FreeBSD-8.2-BETA1-amd64-bootonly.iso now.
 
 Any suggestions on BIOS work-arounds?
 
 Cheers!
 mike
 
 
 
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