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From: Bozhin Zafirov <bozhin@mail.bg>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: 8.0-RC* does not install
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>Number:         140268
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       [install] 8.0-RC* does not install on MSI MS-7255 [regression]
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-i386
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Nov 04 09:50:04 UTC 2009
>Closed-Date:    
>Last-Modified:  Tue Nov 17 23:00:08 UTC 2009
>Originator:     Bozhin Zafirov
>Release:        8.0-RC2
>Organization:
>Environment:
not available
>Description:
Installation of FreeBSD 8.0-RC1 and 8.0-RC2 fails after the "last
chance" question with the following error:


Unable to find device node for /dev/ad0s1b in /dev!
The creation of filesystems will be aborted.

I also tried to install 7.2 and upgrade it to 8.0-RC2 (I have never
done this before and thus there is a possibility i do things the wrong
way):

freebsd-update -r 8.0-RC2 upgrade
freebsd-update install

Then I was asked to restart the system and continue the upgrade process.
After the restart, things went wrong again:

..
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a
ROOT MOUNT ERROR:

If you have invalid mount options, reboot, and first try the following from the loader prompt:
  set vfs.root.mountfrom.options=rw
and then remove invalid options from /etc/fstab
..


Motherboard used is MSI MS-7255 Ver. 1.2; HDD 80GB Maxtor PATA;
In all cases I partitioned the disk like this:
ad0s1a - 76111MB  /
ad0s1b - 2048MB swap

It makes no difference whether I use standard MBR or boot loader.
Having in mind that FreeBSD 7.2 installs (and works) flawlessly on
this hardware, I assume problem is related to broken support for any
device present in this motherboard (maybe disk controller?) rather
than hardware malfunction.

I also tried to change settings in motherboard's BIOS to different
values with no luck.  I am out of ideas what further tests I may
conduct in order to attempt to resolve this problem.
>How-To-Repeat:
Maybe attempt to install FreeBSD 8.0-* on MSI MS-7255 motherboard?
>Fix:
not known so far

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: bozhin@mail.bg
To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: i386/140268: [install] 8.0-RC* does not install on MSI MS-7255
	[regression]
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:32:13 +0200

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