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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:09:20 GMT
From: David Kopecky <kopecky@d2m.cz>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Install boot CD won't boot up - keeps rebooting (8.1 AMD64)
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>Number:         154957
>Category:       amd64
>Synopsis:       [boot] Install boot CD won't boot up - keeps rebooting (8.1 AMD64)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-amd64
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Feb 22 14:10:11 UTC 2011
>Closed-Date:    
>Last-Modified:  Wed Feb 23 04:12:45 UTC 2011
>Originator:     David Kopecky
>Release:        8.1-RELEASE
>Organization:
D2M s.r.o.
>Environment:
>Description:
/

Only the above text is all what I see on the screen then the system
reboots itself. It is independent on install boot media (CD, USB ..)

System start boot OK when I set SATA controller to non-RAID mode (IDE)
or when there is no disks on SATA

HW:
ASUS M4A785S motherbd.
AMD Phenom 9500 64bit 2.2GHz quad
16G RAM
2x 2TB disks RAID1 on integrated SATA controller (chipset AMD SB750)

I think the problem is with SATA RAID BIOS (the bios version is:
AMD 3.0.1540.39) versus boot loader.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
Don't use SATA controller in RAID mode

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-amd64 
Responsible-Changed-By: linimon 
Responsible-Changed-When: Wed Feb 23 04:12:06 UTC 2011 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
sounds hardware-specific. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=154957 
>Unformatted:
