I'm attempting to install FreeBSD 7.1-RC1 (AMD64). The install completes fine, however when attempting to boot I am presented with the "Manual root filesystem specification" and mountroot> prompt. I am able to specify the filesystem and partition slice to mount root. From there I am able to mount the partition slice /etc resides on and mount the remainder with "mount -a" with no errors.
Here are the specs of my hardware config:
These are the troubleshooting steps I have taken:
Hopefully someone has an idea for me.
Here are the specs of my hardware config:
- Asus M3A78-EM motherboard (AMD 780G northbridge, AMD SB700 southbridge)
- Sempron 2GHZ CPU
- 4GB RAM (2x2GB dual channel config)
- Seagate 40GB IDE (PATA) HDD (set as Master on IDE channel)
- Magicspin IDE (PATA) DVD-ROM (set as Slave on same IDE channel that the HDD occupies)
These are the troubleshooting steps I have taken:
- Disabled IEEE 1394 Firewire (caused installer to hang when enabled)
- Disabled USB in BIOS
- Disabled ACPI 2.0 support in BIOS
- Disabled ACPI APIC support in BIOS
- Selected Disable ACPI in FreeBSD boot menu
- Selected Safe Mode in FreeBSD boot menu
- Reinstalled with Standard Bootloader
- Reinstalled with FreeBSD Bootloader
- Moved HDD from onboard controller to a PCI Promise FastTrack 100 IDE controller, attempted to change settings in fstab to correct values, and also reinstalled 7.1-RC1 (AMD64)
- Checked output for "bsdlabel ad0s1" and made sure it was correct
- Checked output for "boot0cfg -v ad0" and found that nopacket was set. Ran "boot0cfg -o packet ad0" to correct with no change.
- Installed 7.1-RC1 (AMD64) on a 40GB Western Digital IDE HDD
- Did a FTP install of 7.1-RC1 (i386) with same results on the WD drive
- Removed IDE HDD and installed on a 80GB Seagate SATA drive
Hopefully someone has an idea for me.