I have install CDs for versions 3.5.1 through 4.3. All of these versions will complete the kernel configuration and enter sysinstall. When I run 4.4 the kernel configuration hangs at " Mounting root from ufs:/dev/md0c" and will proceed no further. All conflicts are cleared and the hard drive is dangerously dedicated. Hardware: Abit PX5 with AMD K6-200 processor, Maxtor 71626A hard drive, BCD 24x CDROM, Jaton 1 Meg. video adapter, Magitron monitor, AOpen AON325 NIC. How-To-Repeat: 4.3 kernel config. runs, 4.4 hangs every time.
I had similar problem on P-233MMX/256RAM/30GB HDD/Spacewalker-HOT569A-Intel430TX Motherboard/8MB SiS SVGA/ Problem disapeared when I enabled "Assign IRQ for USB" in my AWARD BIOS.
State Changed From-To: open->feedback Does the proposed solution work for you? Thanks.
another addition to this issue: I had an Adaptec 2940 UW SCSI Controller attached to my system and the 4.4 installer locked up at: "Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle" After applying the BIOS Setting mentioned in http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=31671 the 4.4 installer worked out fine. It would be nice if you could mention this in your installation notes (or rework the installer for future releases), because I spent a huge amount of time in detaching and replacing my SCSI hardware with ATAPI hardware to figure out this problem. regards, Wolfram Kraushaar
I wanted to add that I have an IBM Thinkpad 390X that has this same problem. Unfortuantely, the IBM BIOS does not have the option to Assign IRQ to USB, as is mentioned in one of the followups. We're going to try a 4.3-install disk tomorrow to see what the results are. -- Matt Piechota
State Changed From-To: feedback->analyzed The situation is resolved, it just needs adding to the documentation.
Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-bugs->ceri I'll look into it.
Responsible Changed From-To: ceri->freebsd-doc Throw this back to the doc team at large.
State Changed From-To: analyzed->closed The problem reported will not occur on 5.x releases of FreeBSD and probably recent 4.x releases as they support PCI interrupt routing which fixes this hang.