5.2.1-RELEASE hangs at F1 prompt

From: Samuel Clements (sclements_at_linkline.com)
Date: 04/16/04

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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 17:13:53 -0700

    Greetings!
      I am trying to install FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE on an Intel ISP2150G. This is
    an L440GX+ motherboard in an Intel chassis with a SCSI backplane.

    I made a bootable CD and the install seems to go fine. Upon reboot, I get
    the:

    FreeBSD: F1

    Prompt and when I press enter, I just get a beep. Looking over the lists, I
    gleaned that I needed to double check that my partition was set bootable,
    and it is. The odd thing is that when I detach the SCSI backplane and hook a
    68pin SCSI drive directly to the onboard SCSI controller, it installs and
    boots fine. I get the same results with IDE disks. This would mean that the
    backplane is suspect bad or incompatible, but I know that it works okay with
    Windows 2000. To further complicate things, when I remove a drive from the
    SCSI backplane and use an external 80 to 68 pin adapter (bypassing the
    backplane), I get the same install okay, but no boot.

    I have updated this system to the latest BIOS, BMC, FRUSDR, and HSC for the
    chassis and backplane as well as gotten current firmwares for the various
    Hard Drives I've tried. They are as follows:

    Seagate ST39236LC 9G 80pin
    Seagate ST336607LC 36G 80pin
    Fujitsu MAN3367MC 36G 80pin
    IBM DDYS-T18350 18G 80pin
    IBM IC35L018WD210 18G 68pin

    All but the last drive don't work in the SCSI backplane or in an 80 to 68
    pin adapter. Any suggestions?
      Thanks in advance.
      -Sam Clements

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