Bug 236012

Summary:	11.2 Hangs At "FreeBSD/x86 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1"
Product:	Base System	Reporter:	Andrew <pengc99>
Component:	misc	Assignee:	freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs>
Status:	Closed Not A Bug
Severity:	Affects Only Me
Priority:	---
Version:	11.2-STABLE
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description Andrew 2019-02-25 02:37:23 UTC

Hardware Overview

HP N40L (AMD Turon II N40L 1.5GHz 1.5GHz)
 - Integrated video card: AMD HD4200, 128mb vRAM
 - Integrated Gigabit Ethrenet controller HP NC107i (Broadcom)
 - RAM: 2x8GB DDR3 ECC unregistered unbuffered
 - Patriot 16GB USB2.0 Flash Drive (boot disk)

Add-on card:
 - LSI 9211-8i HBA

Problem:
On FreeNAS 11.1, this system ran great. On FreeNAS 11.2, the installer will not proceed past the bootloader. 

Same USB flash drive for the boot disk, same USB flash drive for the installer disk (Sandisk Cruizer Facet 8gb), same exact hardware. 11.1 boots, installs, works great but 11.2 doesn't get past the bootloader.

I've waited a few hours at this screen hoping it was just chugging through something but it doesn't budge. It appears to fully lock up, including being unresponsive to keyboard input (CTRL-ALT-DEL does nothing, caps lock and num lock keys do not toggle). The only way to recover is to reboot from the power button.

I've attached a screenshot of the screen it's stuck on during the boot. Is there a way to enable debug output of the bootloader? I'm a Linux user (Debian at that) so I am very unfamiliar with *BSD.

Comment 1 Andrew 2019-02-25 02:46:36 UTC

I am unable to attach the image because it is too large, I have linked it here: http://pithos.tacocat.org/files/74da480e9d31b5/7a4da78a.jpg

Comment 2 Andrew 2019-02-25 03:41:28 UTC

Turns out I was an idiot and while double checking my work I realized I was using a USB drive that in-fact did NOT work on other systems. I reformatted a new USB drive that I know works, and FreeNAS installed without a problem.