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From: rich leblanc <rl001@pacbell.net>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: FreeBSD 7.2, 8.0, and 9.0 hang during install at probing devices
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>Number:         148805
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       [hang] FreeBSD 7.2, 8.0, and 9.0 hang during install at probing devices
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-sysinstall
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jul 21 02:40:00 UTC 2010
>Closed-Date:    
>Last-Modified:  Sun Dec 05 13:24:26 UTC 2010
>Originator:     rich leblanc
>Release:        7.2 release, 8.0 release, 9.0 current
>Organization:
don't have one
>Environment:
Can't get installed to get that info

AMD64 machine with Seagate ST31000333AS drives
>Description:
I can boot my system with any OS CD except FreeBSD. Have windows installed
on first partition. Drives/system is known good. Works with Windows and
Linux and Sun Solaris. I cannot get past the point of device probe. Cannot
install FreeBSD at all on my system. I have been told to go to forums, go
to mailing lists but no help anywhere for my problem. Please help.


>How-To-Repeat:
I don't know how it got like this.
>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua>
To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, rl001@pacbell.net
Cc:  
Subject: Re: amd64/148805: [hang] FreeBSD 7.2, 8.0, and 9.0 hang during install
 at probing devices
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:45:28 +0300

 You have provided no technical details at all.  Neither about your hardware nor
 about boot process.
 BTW, I don't understand what is 'amd64 machine'.  'amd64' is a designator we use
 for 64-bit x86-compatible flavor of FreeBSD.
 
 -- 
 Andriy Gapon

From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, rl001@pacbell.net
Cc:  
Subject: Re: amd64/148805: [hang] FreeBSD 7.2, 8.0, and 9.0 hang during
 install at probing devices
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:16:21 +0100

 It looks like Int_Open_Disk in libdisk might be getting confused by
 stale metadata in the RAID and going into an infinite loop. I suspect
 this problem will only be solved when the new partition detection logic
 based on gpart is committed.
 
 -- 
 Bruce Cran

From: Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua>
To: Rich <rl001@pacbell.net>
Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: amd64/148805: [hang] FreeBSD 7.2, 8.0, and 9.0 hang during install
 at probing devices
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:17:28 +0300

 on 21/07/2010 18:58 Rich said the following:
 > I filled out he boxes in the form. Hree's my hardware info:
 
 Which form? I don't see the info here:
 http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=148805
 
 > AMD Phenom 9500 Quad-Core 2.20 GHz
 > 2G RAM
 > 
 > Motherboard Foxconn Digitalife A79A-S
 
 Thanks.
 
 > The boot process is to install any recent FreeBSD install CD and it
 > hangs at the part where it say'
 
 Any means you tried both i386 and amd64 CDs?
 
 > *"Probing devices, please wait (this can take a while)... "*
 > 
 > What other info do you need?
 
 I am not much familiar with sysinstall, where is this printed?
 Console or curses interface?
 I am interested in seeing the messages on console up to the point where sysinstall
 hangs.
 
 -- 
 Andriy Gapon

From: Rich <rl001@pacbell.net>
To: Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua>, bug-followup@FreeBSD.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: amd64/148805: [hang] FreeBSD 7.2, 8.0, and 9.0 hang during install at probing devices
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:58:26 -0700 (PDT)

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 I filled out he boxes in the form. Hree's my hardware info:
 
 AMD Phenom 9500 Quad-Core 2.20 GHz
 2G RAM
 
 Motherboard Foxconn Digitalife A79A-S
 
 Drive:
 Seagate ST31000333AS 
 
 The boot process is to install any recent FreeBSD install CD and it hangs at the 
 part where it say'
 
 "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a while)... "
 
 What other info do you need?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ________________________________
 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua>
 To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org; rl001@pacbell.net
 Sent: Wed, July 21, 2010 4:45:28 AM
 Subject: Re: amd64/148805: [hang] FreeBSD 7.2, 8.0, and 9.0 hang during install 
 at probing devices
 
 
 You have provided no technical details at all.  Neither about your hardware nor
 about boot process.
 BTW, I don't understand what is 'amd64 machine'.  'amd64' is a designator we use
 for 64-bit x86-compatible flavor of FreeBSD.
 
 -- 
 Andriy Gapon
 
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 <html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt">I filled out he boxes in the form. Hree's my hardware info:<br><br>AMD Phenom 9500 Quad-Core 2.20 GHz<br>
 2G RAM<br>
 <br>
 Motherboard Foxconn Digitalife A79A-S<br>
 <br>
 Drive:<br>
 Seagate ST31000333AS
 		<br><br>The boot process is to install any recent FreeBSD install CD and it hangs at the part where it say'<br><br><strong>"Probing devices, please wait (this can take a while)... "</strong><br><br>What other info do you need?<br><br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Andriy Gapon &lt;avg @icyb.net.ua&gt;<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> bug-followup@FreeBSD.org; rl001@pacbell.net<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wed, July 21, 2010 4:45:28 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: amd64/148805: [hang] FreeBSD 7.2, 8.0, and 9.0 hang during install at probing devices<br></font><br>
 <br>You have provided no technical details at all.&nbsp; Neither about your hardware nor<br>about boot process.<br>BTW, I don't understand what is 'amd64 machine'.&nbsp; 'amd64' is a designator we use<br>for 64-bit x86-compatible flavor of FreeBSD.<br><br>-- <br>Andriy Gapon<br></div></div>
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From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, rl001@pacbell.net
Cc:  
Subject: Re: amd64/148805: [hang] FreeBSD 7.2, 8.0, and 9.0 hang during
 install at probing devices
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:47:48 +0100

 The "Probing for devices..." line is printed via ncurses. From the
 debug output given at
 http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2010-July/218971.html
 it looks like the problem is caused when libdisk tries to open the
 first disk.
 
 -- 
 Bruce Cran

From: Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua>
To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, rl001@pacbell.net
Cc:  
Subject: Re: amd64/148805: [hang] FreeBSD 7.2, 8.0, and 9.0 hang during install
 at probing devices
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:08:08 +0300

 It would have been nice if the submitter included links to the previous
 research/discussions.
 So, was it verified - is it sysinstall that actually hangs or the kernel?
 
 -- 
 Andriy Gapon
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-amd64->freebsd-bugs 
Responsible-Changed-By: avg 
Responsible-Changed-When: Fri Oct 8 09:32:10 UTC 2010 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
There is no indication in the report (and followups) that this 
is a problem specific to amd64 architecture. 
Seems like a sysinstall issue. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=148805 
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-sysinstall 
Responsible-Changed-By: brucec 
Responsible-Changed-When: Sun Nov 14 10:37:45 UTC 2010 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
sysinstall bug. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=148805 
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