[OmniOS-discuss] Installation Boot hangs after CPU/USB initialization - Intel Motherboard

Thu Mar 31 13:21:32 UTC 2016

I also did that. aka, disabled the usb controller and tried to install omnios through
SATA/CDROM. didn't work. :(

> On 31. mar. 2016, at 11:16, Michael Rasmussen <mir at miras.org> wrote:
> 
> Try to disable usb in bios before installing.
> 

> On March 31, 2016 11:59:20 AM GMT+02:00, "Svavar Örn Eysteinsson" <svavar at pipar-tbwa.is> wrote:
> So, Solaris 11.3 boots up and installs fine but not OmniOS.
> I sure would like to use OmniOS on this machine, so I ask are there any other debuging
> options for me at the installation level ?
> 
> Could I try to install OmniOS on a HDD/SSD on other machine with ACHI and boot it up on the problematic machine?
> Or is that just a no-go from the start?
> 
> Thanks again people.
> 
> Svavar
> Reykjavik - Iceland
> 
> 

> 
>  On 14. mar. 2016, at 21:28, Christian Kivalo <ml+omnios-discuss at valo.at> wrote:
>  
>  
>  
>  On 2016-03-09 11:00, Svavar Örn Eysteinsson wrote:
>  Hi Dan.
>  Thanks for the reply.
>  I disabled all the C-states and it's the same story.
> 
> If I boot from the SATA CD-ROM installation it hangs on boot right after :
>  cpu7: Intel(r) Xeon(r) CPU E5520 @ 2.27Ghz
>  cpu6: Intel(r) Xeon(r) CPU E5520 @ 2.27Ghz
>  cpu7: initialization complete - online
>  cpu6: initialization complete - online
>  See here :
>  https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16134/omnios_intel_cstates_disabled_boot.JPG <https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16134/omnios_intel_cstates_disabled_boot.JPG>
>  If I boot from USB stick, with USB 2.0 enabled and or disabled the
>  last message is always releated to usb stuff
>  right after cpu6: initialization complete - online.
>  So my BIOS configuration right now is :
>  Intel QPI Frequency Select [Auto Max]
>  Intel Turbo Boots Technology [Enabled]
>  Enhanced Intel Speedstep Tech [Enabled]
>  Processor C3 [Disabled]
>  Processor C6 [Disabled]
>  Intel Hyper-Threading Tech [Disabled]
>  Core Multi-Processing [All]
>  Execute Disable Bit
> [Disabled]
>  Intel Virtualization Technology [Disasbled]
>  Intel VT for Directed I/O [Disabled]
>  and some more.
>  My Bios Configuration can been seen here :
>  https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16134/omnios_intel_bios1.JPG <https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16134/omnios_intel_bios1.JPG>
>  https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16134/omnios_intel_bios2.JPG <https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16134/omnios_intel_bios2.JPG>
>  https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16134/omnios_intel_bios3.JPG <https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16134/omnios_intel_bios3.JPG>
>  https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16134/omnios_intel_bios4.JPG <https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16134/omnios_intel_bios4.JPG>
>  Maybe something for you there was a thread here some months ago...
>  It starts here https://www.mail-archive.com/omnios-discuss%40lists.omniti.com/msg03194.html <https://www.mail-archive.com/omnios-discuss%40lists.omniti.com/msg03194.html>
>  
>  and some messages into the the thread X2APIC is mentioned
>  https://www.mail-archive.com/omnios-discuss%40lists.omniti.com/msg03200.html <https://www.mail-archive.com/omnios-discuss%40lists.omniti.com/msg03200.html>
>  
>  https://www.mail-archive.com/omnios-discuss%40lists.omniti.com/msg03201.html <https://www.mail-archive.com/omnios-discuss%40lists.omniti.com/msg03201.html>
>  
>  and a link a blogpost by jeff sipek
>  http://blahg.josefsipek.net/?p=488 <http://blahg.josefsipek.net/?p=488>
>  
>  
>  Best regards,
>  Svavar O
>  On 8. mar. 2016, at 15:13, Dan McDonald <danmcd at omniti.com> wrote:
>  On Mar 8, 2016, at 6:17 AM, Svavar Örn Eysteinsson <svavar at pipar-tbwa.is> wrote:
>  Should I disable other CPU ? Should a enable C2, C3 state in BIOS or is that not relevant?
>  Disable C-states, that's general illumos advice (regardless of distro).
>  Dan
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