Re: IBM eServer x225 - LSI 1030 SCSI - BTX Halted / infinite loop
On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 10:15 PM, Derek Ragona wrote: Obviously it is the SCSI card or drives. Have you tried changing the BIOS settings on the SCSI? You might want to try changing the SCSI BUS speed. You may also want to try turning off hyperthreading. -Derek Disabling Hyperthreading didn't do anything, and i cannot find many options for the SCSI. I'll try lowering the speed and i will also try another drive if i can find one. I also tried 8.0-current bootcd and that lists the dvd-rom and the floppy but none of the disks. There's another four x225:s at work but they all have lsi-controllers. I was really looking forward to using the hotswap.. Thank you for your replies, i hope you can help me fix this eventually ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: IBM eServer x225 - LSI 1030 SCSI - BTX Halted / infinite loop
underligast wrote: On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 10:15 PM, Derek Ragona wrote: Obviously it is the SCSI card or drives. Have you tried changing the BIOS settings on the SCSI? You might want to try changing the SCSI BUS speed. You may also want to try turning off hyperthreading. -Derek Disabling Hyperthreading didn't do anything, and i cannot find many options for the SCSI. I'll try lowering the speed and i will also try another drive if i can find one. I also tried 8.0-current bootcd and that lists the dvd-rom and the floppy but none of the disks. There's another four x225:s at work but they all have lsi-controllers. I was really looking forward to using the hotswap.. Thank you for your replies, i hope you can help me fix this eventually Ok, so 8-CURRENT boots? There have been modifications to the boot loader, I think they will be present in 7.1. The controller is a different problem - apparently the driver doesn't recognize it. There are a few things you can try but all of them depend on that you can compile and boot a different kernel on the machine (i.e. different from what's on the official CDs). If you can do this (for example, by installing a test system on a drive on a different, supported controller, or possibly on a USB drive), ask on hardware@ mailing list for further instructions. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: IBM eServer x225 - LSI 1030 SCSI - BTX Halted / infinite loop
At 04:56 AM 8/6/2008, underligast wrote: On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 10:15 PM, Derek Ragona wrote: Obviously it is the SCSI card or drives. Have you tried changing the BIOS settings on the SCSI? You might want to try changing the SCSI BUS speed. You may also want to try turning off hyperthreading. -Derek Disabling Hyperthreading didn't do anything, and i cannot find many options for the SCSI. I'll try lowering the speed and i will also try another drive if i can find one. I also tried 8.0-current bootcd and that lists the dvd-rom and the floppy but none of the disks. There's another four x225:s at work but they all have lsi-controllers. I was really looking forward to using the hotswap.. Thank you for your replies, i hope you can help me fix this eventually It sounds like your controller either it isn't recognized or supported. You can try a different SCSI card or see if your SCSI has a firmware that is update-able and try different firmware version. -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
IBM eServer x225 - LSI 1030 SCSI - BTX Halted / infinite loop
I'm trying to install FreeBSD 7.0 on my new server, an IBM eServer x225 (8647-5CG) The server/drives runs fine under windows 2003 and ubuntu server but the FreeBSD installation just halts. So far i've tried: CD: disk1 from 6.2, 7.0, CD: bootonly from 7.0 Floppys: 7.0 They all end the same, cds with an infinite loop of numbers, floppys with BTX Halted and a lot of numbers. int=000derr=efl=00010006eip=000219b2 eax=000219acebx=ecx=c080edx=000587d8 esi=0003e007edi=ebp=0008fcbcesp=00099c88 cs=0008 ds=0010 es=0010 fs=0010 gs=0010 ss=0010 cs:eip=0f 32 0d 00 01 00 00 0f-30 0f 20 e0 83 c8 30 0f 22 e0 b8 00 c0 03 00 0f-22 d8 0f 20 c0 0d 00 00 ss:esp=90 95 00 00 00 80 fc 00-00 90 fc 00 07 e0 03 00 00 00 00 00 07 d0 03 00-00 00 00 00 cc 87 05 00 BTX halted The only difference is when i boot from 7.0-STABLE-200804-i386-bootonly.iso, then i see BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.02 Consoles: internal video/keyboard BIOS CD is cd0 BIOS drive A: is disk0 Then it stops. If i remove both the harddrives i can boot into the freebsd installer, but as there are no drives, there is nowhere to install. Atleast when i started with the floppys it detected drive1 and 2 before BTX halted.. I dont know what to do anymore, there is just no way to get freebsd to install on this thing. Is it the LSI controller, it should still be initiated when there are no drives in it, and the installation starts fine then. Is it the Motherboard, the bios, the cpu, the ram? what? The disks, having just one in doesn't work, switching positions doesn't work? Does anyone have any idea on how i can proceed once i'm in the installation, can i mount the drives and install somehow? The hardware is: 1x Xeon 2.8GHz(512KB), 2x 2048MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM (ecc), 2x 74GB 10K rpm U320 HDD, Ultra320 SCSI, 48x CD-ROM, Broadcom NetXtreme 10/100/1000 Integrated Ethernet, ATI Rage XL ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: IBM eServer x225 - LSI 1030 SCSI - BTX Halted / infinite loop
At 01:42 PM 8/5/2008, underligast wrote: I'm trying to install FreeBSD 7.0 on my new server, an IBM eServer x225 (8647-5CG) The server/drives runs fine under windows 2003 and ubuntu server but the FreeBSD installation just halts. So far i've tried: CD: disk1 from 6.2, 7.0, CD: bootonly from 7.0 Floppys: 7.0 They all end the same, cds with an infinite loop of numbers, floppys with BTX Halted and a lot of numbers. int=000derr=efl=00010006eip=000219b2 eax=000219acebx=ecx=c080edx=000587d8 esi=0003e007edi=ebp=0008fcbcesp=00099c88 cs=0008 ds=0010 es=0010 fs=0010 gs=0010 ss=0010 cs:eip=0f 32 0d 00 01 00 00 0f-30 0f 20 e0 83 c8 30 0f 22 e0 b8 00 c0 03 00 0f-22 d8 0f 20 c0 0d 00 00 ss:esp=90 95 00 00 00 80 fc 00-00 90 fc 00 07 e0 03 00 00 00 00 00 07 d0 03 00-00 00 00 00 cc 87 05 00 BTX halted The only difference is when i boot from 7.0-STABLE-200804-i386-bootonly.iso, then i see BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.02 Consoles: internal video/keyboard BIOS CD is cd0 BIOS drive A: is disk0 Then it stops. If i remove both the harddrives i can boot into the freebsd installer, but as there are no drives, there is nowhere to install. Atleast when i started with the floppys it detected drive1 and 2 before BTX halted.. I dont know what to do anymore, there is just no way to get freebsd to install on this thing. Is it the LSI controller, it should still be initiated when there are no drives in it, and the installation starts fine then. Is it the Motherboard, the bios, the cpu, the ram? what? The disks, having just one in doesn't work, switching positions doesn't work? Does anyone have any idea on how i can proceed once i'm in the installation, can i mount the drives and install somehow? The hardware is: 1x Xeon 2.8GHz(512KB), 2x 2048MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM (ecc), 2x 74GB 10K rpm U320 HDD, Ultra320 SCSI, 48x CD-ROM, Broadcom NetXtreme 10/100/1000 Integrated Ethernet, ATI Rage XL Obviously it is the SCSI card or drives. Have you tried changing the BIOS settings on the SCSI? You might want to try changing the SCSI BUS speed. You may also want to try turning off hyperthreading. -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: IBM eServer x225 - LSI 1030 SCSI - BTX Halted / infinite loop
underligast wrote: I'm trying to install FreeBSD 7.0 on my new server, an IBM eServer x225 (8647-5CG) The server/drives runs fine under windows 2003 and ubuntu server but the FreeBSD installation just halts. So far i've tried: CD: disk1 from 6.2, 7.0, CD: bootonly from 7.0 Floppys: 7.0 They all end the same, cds with an infinite loop of numbers, floppys with BTX Halted and a lot of numbers. Just to be sure, try bootonly 8-CURRENT. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
