RE: RAID Cards
Option 6 for Freebsd boot up screen is drop to boot commandline. It basically lets you set certain options so the system can load properly. I.E. it's running 100% off the CD at that moment and if you want to turn acpi off prior to boot you can. Fail because whatever Linux I try (I prefer FreeBSD) the OS can't see the raid as a valid drive. Each OS asks what drive to install to but when you look to choose which one the Raid is never in the list of option to begin loading on. -Original Message- From: Bruce Burden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 7:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Bob Bomar' Subject: Re: RAID Cards On Sun, Jun 26, 2005 at 12:21:02PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can say my experience with adaptec 3200s cards has not been the most fruitful. It's been 2 weeks now and I cannot even get my system to load past the initial bootup options screen. Anything but option 6 fails. The sad thing is I have a driver but I need to load some kind of os on the system or I cannot load my driver. Fails how? I was not able to boot 5.4 with my Adaptec 3210S installed. I believe the best I got was a hang or a panic. I finally got the system to behave when I added OPTION ASR_TOOLS to the kernel. What is option 6 in the boot screen? Bruce -- I like bad! Bruce BurdenAustin, TX. - Thuganlitha The Power and the Prophet Robert Don Hughes ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: RAID Cards
I can say my experience with adaptec 3200s cards has not been the most fruitful. It's been 2 weeks now and I cannot even get my system to load past the initial bootup options screen. Anything but option 6 fails. The sad thing is I have a driver but I need to load some kind of os on the system or I cannot load my driver. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Bomar Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 10:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RAID Cards -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I am looking to build a new file server. I have used Promise cards exclusivly in the past, but I am looking at Highpoint cards for this machine. Anybody have any opinions on RAID cards? - -- Bob Bomar [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bomar.us/~bob -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCvtoQ9Jm/aTrtdKoRAveRAJ4qF21sZ52SFpnE0tCaazOHyuTiCgCggPMw xfpEYgfU3GHE2JpEB0PKfYo= =ABWH -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: help with a failed install
On 6/23/05, Brian Duke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The BTX loader fails right after the initial setup screen. I press any option except install prompt and it fails. the first thing i would do is try different installation media. disabling acpi might help. it's certainly worth a try(those instructions from help!!!... are for disabling acpi. hopefully that will get you booted to sysinstall. beyond that, hopefully the kernel on the install media has support for your raid card or else you're going to have the same problem you had with solaris and fedora. good luck luke Ok so I set the acpi to disabled and it still fails. I verified no power management options are turned on. I also ensured plug and play OS was disabled too. The compooter still won't get past the BTX loader. Something about a Gateway ALR 9200 is not liked by freebsd of any flavor. I still get the same BTX halted right after I choose any option on the boot-up freebsd menu except 6. I'm really lost here. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
BTX loader fails on Gateway ALR 9200
I have an abundance of information all I need to know is what to say that will help. The OS I am loading is currently FreeBSD 5.3 I went to adaptec and found some information about FreeBSD 4.11. I tried that version as well. I can get Solaris 10 to load but it fails to find the raid as a valid drive. Fedora Core 2 also boots and says it can't find a drive. The Raid boots up fine and builds with no faults. When I install a little 850 meg IDE drive and set that to master, Still the btx loader dies. Here is what the final screen says: /boot/kernel/acpi.ko text=0x3fbfc data=0x1c04+0x112c syms=[0x4+0x72f0+0x4+0x97c7] / int=000d err= efl=00030002 eip=5755 eax=0001 ebx=0008 ecx=39ff edx=0082 esi=579c edi=e873 edi=03ba esp=037e cs=f000 ds=0040 es=f000 fs=9dc0 gs=f000 ss=9c46 cs:eip=2e 0f 01 14 0f 20 c0 0c-01 0f 22 c0 eb 00 8e db 8e c3 8e e3 8e eb 0f 20-c0 24 fc 0f 22 c0 ea 78 ss:esp=11 64 08 00 01 00 00 00-00 f0 c0 9d 02 02 51 e8 05 00 c2 ee 05 00 00 f0-00 00 1a 7d c4 5e dd e6 BTX Halted I think I copied all that correctly. Has anyone got a quick idea why this fails right off? Does this mean I need to set the same flags as what Adi Pircalabu suggested in the help !!! thread? When the boot menu appears, try this: - escape to loader prompt - set hint.acpi.0.disabled=1 - set hint.atkbd.0.flags=0x9 - boot Would this help me? In this case I'm lost here. -Original Message- From: Craig Kleski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 12:10 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Brian Duke Subject: Re: BTX loader fails on Gateway ALR 9200 On Tuesday 21 June 2005 05:58 pm, Brian Duke wrote: The BTX loader fails right after the initial setup screen. I have : Gateway ALR 9200 4 processor xeon 500's 1 gig ram 1 adaptec 3200S scsi card running modified raid 5 6 drives. 2 sets of striped 3 and mirrored. I am having a difficult time finding anything that will load in this box. I prefer FreeBSD if possible. I've googled for a couple days and didn't find much help. Can someone help me get past this first hurdle? Brian Duke Blue Incorporated. Please give freebsd version. Also, what other operating systems have failed to load for you? How exactly does the boot fail? Any error messages? Describe in detail. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: BTX loader fails on Gateway ALR 9200
Please give freebsd version. Also, what other operating systems have failed to load for you? How exactly does the boot fail? Any error messages? Describe in detail. I have an abundance of information all I need to know is what to say that will help. The OS I am loading is currently FreeBSD 5.3 I went to adaptec and found some information about FreeBSD 4.11 so I tried. I can get Solaris 10 to load but it fails to find the raid as a valid drive. Fedora Core 2 also boots and says it can't find a drive. The Raid boots up fine and builds with no faults. When I install a little 850 meg IDE drive and set that to master, Still the btx loader dies. Here is what the final screen says: /boot/kernel/acpi.ko text=0x3fbfc data=0x1c04+0x112c syms=[0x4+0x72f0+0x4+0x97c7] / int=000d err= efl=00030002 eip=5755 eax=0001 ebx=0008 ecx=39ff edx=0082 esi=579c edi=e873 edi=03ba esp=037e cs=f000 ds=0040 es=f000 fs=9dc0 gs=f000 ss=9c46 cs:eip=2e 0f 01 14 0f 20 c0 0c-01 0f 22 c0 eb 00 8e db 8e c3 8e e3 8e eb 0f 20-c0 24 fc 0f 22 c0 ea 78 ss:esp=11 64 08 00 01 00 00 00-00 f0 c0 9d 02 02 51 e8 05 00 c2 ee 05 00 00 f0-00 00 1a 7d c4 5e dd e6 BTX Halted I think I copied all that correctly. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
