ALIX nanobsd boot issues

[Dimitar Vassilev]

Hi Mateusz and list,

Just for the record - I was able to boot using my own original
configuration and DHCP works fine.
Issue was that I forgot to bring in a null modem cable between the usb to
serial adapter and the console.
Another thing is not to use USB hubs, but a direct USB port.
Happy holidays everyone,
Dimitar


2013/11/20 Mateusz Viste <mateusz at viste-family.net>

> I don't think that two partitions is a problem - I indeed have set up only
> one, but that's only because I use a 512M compact flash and 2 partitions
> were generating an image that was unable to fit on my CF :)
> If you set the Alix bios to use 9600 then that's fine - in fact, it's
> exactly what I did as well.
> You should however try out to create your own config file and use
> nanobsd.sh right away - that's what worked for me at least.
>
> cheers,
> Mateusz
>
>
>
>
>
> On 11/20/2013 05:10 PM, Dimitar Vassilev wrote:
>
>> Thanks Mateusz,
>>    I have the the ARCHs definitions properly set  in the config file, so
>> this is not an issue. What I saw is that you're not initializing the 2nd
>> partition which I did in the past and it worked.
>> Hence I will try again with just 1 partition, I have set my console speed
>> in the board BIOS to 9600 bps. If not successful again. I will set both to
>> 38400.
>> Dzienky,
>> Dimitar
>>
>>
>> 2013/11/20 Mateusz Viste <mateusz at viste-family.net>
>>
>>  Hi,
>>>
>>> Alix is a 32 bit i586 Geode cpu, and your build machine seems to be an
>>> amd64 - I'd advise building on the same arch, it makes things a bit
>>> simpler
>>> :)
>>>
>>> Anyway, I recently played a bit with nanoBSD myself (on an Alix box, too,
>>> and on a 9.2 system like you), and at the end I gave up with the specific
>>> 'pcengines' script. I used the generic nanobsd.sh script instead,
>>> modified
>>> the conf file a bit (for example added "customize_cmd cust_comconsole"),
>>> and then it worked like a charm.
>>>
>>> I documented all my steps and configuration files here:
>>>
>>> gopher://gopher.viste-family.net/0/myinfobase/phlogengine.
>>> cgi?disp2013-11-17
>>>
>>> Also, note that Alix uses a unusual default serial speed (38400 bps),
>>> while the nanobsd script resets the serial port to classic 9600 bps.
>>>
>>> HTH.
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>> Mateusz
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/20/2013 04:26 PM, Dimitar Vassilev wrote:
>>>
>>>  Hello all,
>>>> I've cooked myself a nice Nanobsd set for my Alix 1D. I'm having issues
>>>> with serial console not showing any messages over the cable. Cable is
>>>> OK.
>>>> Tried swapping the com ports and still nothing
>>>> My configs are located at http://playground.oldbonez.net/
>>>> The build host is
>>>> FreeBSD dragon.usr.uxlab2.org 9.2-STABLE FreeBSD 9.2-STABLE #1 r256284:
>>>> Fri
>>>> Oct 11 02:42:10 EEST 2013
>>>> root at dragon.usr.uxlab2.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
>>>> amd64
>>>> CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500 CPU @ 3.30GHz (3292.60-MHz K8-class CPU)
>>>>     Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x206a7  Family = 0x6  Model = 0x2a
>>>> Stepping = 7
>>>>
>>>> Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,
>>>> APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,
>>>> MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
>>>>
>>>> Features2=0x1fbae3ff<SSE3,PCLMULQDQ,DTES64,MON,DS_CPL,
>>>> VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,
>>>> x2APIC,POPCNT,TSCDLT,AESNI,XSAVE,OSXSAVE,AVX>
>>>>     AMD Features=0x28100800<SYSCALL,NX,RDTSCP,LM>
>>>>     AMD Features2=0x1<LAHF>
>>>>     TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics
>>>> real memory  = 17179869184 (16384 MB)
>>>> avail memory = 16423579648 (15662 MB)
>>>> Event timer "LAPIC" quality 600
>>>> ACPI APIC Table: <INTEL  DQ67SW  >
>>>> FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 4 C
>>>> I tried also booting without disabling VGA - system boots up, but I'm
>>>> unable to get a login prompt
>>>> I would appreciate if someone is willing to advise me where I'm wrong?
>>>> Am I removing too much software or something else?
>>>> Should I try another card?
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Dimitar
>>>>
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