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

Christian Kivalo ml+omnios-discuss at valo.at
Mon Mar 14 21:28:30 UTC 2016

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    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
    >
    > 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_bios2.JPG
    > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16134/omnios_intel_bios3.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

    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/msg03201.html

    and a link a blogpost by jeff sipek
    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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