On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, Tom Glover wrote: > On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Freddie Cash wrote: > > > > Before I go beat my head against the proverbial wall - again .... > > > > > Any tips on installing 5.2.1 using this controller? Any tricks to > > > making it bootable? In fact is it possible to make it bootable? > > Interestingly I can install 5.2.1 just fine on a RAID 1 using the sx6000. > However it won't boot - just stops after the "Verifying DMI Pool Data" > prompt. I can however boot on floppy and it sees the sx6000 as pst0: > Then I can specify usb:pst0s1a as the boot device at the mountroot> prompt > at which time it boots off the sx6000. I wonder if I have a BIOS issue.
Yeah, that message is from your BIOS. Its hanging trying to read the MBR off the array. You might need a firmware update on both the SX6k and system, or try rearranging the cards in the system, as you might be out of mappable RAM space for add-in cards. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.FreeBSD.org _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
