Re: Promise SATA controller / Maxtor drive problems (resolved)
I've got a Promise SATAII 150 TX2plus (pci) controller connected to my Asus A7N8X Deluxe motherboard. The drive in question is a Maxtor 6B200M0. First of all, when the drive is connected I can't get any resent FreeBSD boot cd to do anything but a "intsant reboot" - it starts to load, some text flashes and the computer reboots. When booting from floppies or with the drive disconnected (just reconnect it when I get to the menu) I get this: ad4: Maxtor 6B200M0 BANC1B70 ad4: 398297088 sectors [395136C/16H/63S] 16 sectors/intrupts 1 depth queue ad4: Promise check1 failed ad4: Adaptec check1 failed ad4: LSI (v3) check1 failed ad4: LSI (v2) check1 failed ad4: FreeBSD check1 failed GEOM: new disk ad4 Just for the record, I got 6.1 rel. installed by disabling firewire (1394) in the bios (this seems like an A7N8X related issue) and boot with the drive disconnected. (just connected it when I got to "the menu") Still don't know why the cd's wont boot with the SATA drive connected, but since it's only a problem under the initial install I don't really care enough to investigate it.. 6.1 is running great :) ø -- Øyvind Skaar | os guesswhat odots.org | 482 78 480 | http://odots.org http://last.fm/user/%67%69%7A%7A%6C%6Fn | http://43things.com/person/%C3%B8s 6865792c207768617420646f20796f75206b6e6f772c 796f752772652061206e65726420746f6f202e2e ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Promise SATA controller / Maxtor drive problems
Øyvind Skaar wrote: The drive in question is a Maxtor 6B200M0. These were Maxtor 6Y080M0 and 6Y160MO drives. Running under onboard SATA or Highpoint Rocket Raid cards The Maxtor drives were problematic for us from the start, and not even heavy enough to make good door stops. So your no big Maxtor fan then? :) The platters make great clocks, and the drives do a great job of keeping the packing material from shifting around during shipment ;^) Do you think the drives had compatibility problems with the controller(s)? Or maybe a driver issue? Kind of hard to believe that so many drives are just faulty.. At first we suspected controller issues but the same controller and OS has no problems with Seagate drives. I had googled the errors and came up with some possible issues with the drivers/kernel, upgrades to the OS did not solve the problems. I suspect that while SATA technology might be good, most SATA drives being manufactured are more suited to home users and gamers as "gee whiz I have SATA drives!" products. When confronted with a heavily loaded mail server they simply are not up to the task. Future servers have been ordered with SCSI drives using Adaptec cards or Perc onboard controllers. No further incidents. I have one other server going online with SATA, but it is an old Dell purchased dirt cheap with IBM SATA drives running gmirror. Load testing showed now problems after running several days. If it dies I'll put in a SCSI card and real HDDs. Btw, I used this drive with 5.4 release (It think) on another controller, but It was one of those cheap Sil controllers, and I got the usual* problems. Anyone know what these checks refer to? ad4: Maxtor 6B200M0 BANC1B70 ad4: 398297088 sectors [395136C/16H/63S] 16 sectors/intrupts 1 depth queue ad4: Promise check1 failed ad4: Adaptec check1 failed ad4: LSI (v3) check1 failed ad4: LSI (v2) check1 failed ad4: FreeBSD check1 failed GEOM: new disk ad4 Never seen it, but it sticks in my mind that disabling ACPI will help. Not sure where I read that. Try googling the error. DAve -- This message was checked by forty monkeys and found to not contain any SPAM whatsoever. Your monkeys may vary ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Promise SATA controller / Maxtor drive problems
The drive in question is a Maxtor 6B200M0. These were Maxtor 6Y080M0 and 6Y160MO drives. Running under onboard SATA or Highpoint Rocket Raid cards The Maxtor drives were problematic for us from the start, and not even heavy enough to make good door stops. So your no big Maxtor fan then? :) Do you think the drives had compatibility problems with the controller(s)? Or maybe a driver issue? Kind of hard to believe that so many drives are just faulty.. Btw, I used this drive with 5.4 release (It think) on another controller, but It was one of those cheap Sil controllers, and I got the usual* problems. Anyone know what these checks refer to? ad4: Maxtor 6B200M0 BANC1B70 ad4: 398297088 sectors [395136C/16H/63S] 16 sectors/intrupts 1 depth queue ad4: Promise check1 failed ad4: Adaptec check1 failed ad4: LSI (v3) check1 failed ad4: LSI (v2) check1 failed ad4: FreeBSD check1 failed GEOM: new disk ad4 ø *Failing under heavy load, DMA write problems etc.. -- Øyvind Skaar | os odots.org | 482 78 480 | http://odots.org http://last.fm/user/%67%69%7A%7A%6C%6Fn | http://43things.com/person/%C3%B8s 6865792c207768617420646f20796f75206b6e6f772c 796f752772652061206e65726420746f6f202e2e ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Promise SATA controller / Maxtor drive problems
Øyvind Skaar wrote: Hi I've got a Promise SATAII 150 TX2plus (pci) controller connected to my Asus A7N8X Deluxe motherboard. The drive in question is a Maxtor 6B200M0. I had 6 Maxtor SATA drives running under FreeBSD 5.2.1 up to 5.4. Installed on three mail servers. After 6 months and 7 drive swaps I had my vendor send Seagate drives and all my problems disappeared. Issues varied from drives just "falling off" to DMA issues, to drives showing as corrupted and then testing good at the vendor after being returned. These were Maxtor 6Y080M0 and 6Y160MO drives. Running under onboard SATA or Highpoint Rocket Raid cards. Systems are SuperMicro, three servers delivered at the same time, one server was replaced after 3 months but problems continued until it's drives were replaced as well (the replacement server came with Maxtor drives installed again). I tested for cable issues, Goggled for FreebSD issues, updated the kernel, BIOS changes, drive settings, heat issues, etc. No joy. With no other changes than an upgrade to Seagate drives the systems have run without intervention for 11 months now. These are high traffic mail toasters. The Maxtor drives were problematic for us from the start, and not even heavy enough to make good door stops. DAve -- This message was checked by forty monkeys and found to not contain any SPAM whatsoever. Your monkeys may vary ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Promise SATA controller / Maxtor drive problems
Hi I've got a Promise SATAII 150 TX2plus (pci) controller connected to my Asus A7N8X Deluxe motherboard. The drive in question is a Maxtor 6B200M0. First of all, when the drive is connected I can't get any resent FreeBSD boot cd to do anything but a "intsant reboot" - it starts to load, some text flashes and the computer reboots. When booting from floppies or with the drive disconnected (just reconnect it when I get to the menu) I get this: ad4: Maxtor 6B200M0 BANC1B70 ad4: 398297088 sectors [395136C/16H/63S] 16 sectors/intrupts 1 depth queue ad4: Promise check1 failed ad4: Adaptec check1 failed ad4: LSI (v3) check1 failed ad4: LSI (v2) check1 failed ad4: FreeBSD check1 failed GEOM: new disk ad4 Any ideas? The drive passed all the Maxtor PowerMax tests.. Should I get a dmesg? thanks, ö -- Øyvind Skaar | os guesswhat odots.org | 482 78 480 | http://odots.org http://last.fm/user/%67%69%7A%7A%6C%6Fn | http://43things.com/person/%C3%B8s 6865792c207768617420646f20796f75206b6e6f772c 796f752772652061206e65726420746f6f202e2e ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
