Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:54:45 -0800 (PST) ThinkDifferently jer...@futurecis.com wrote: Polytropon wrote: ThinkDifferently wrote: hptrr: no controller detected. It looks like there's a proble with the hptrr driver? Have you tried loading the HighPoint RocketRAID device drive by putting hptrr_load=YES into /boot/loader.conf? Further information can be obtained by: % man hptrr Check if your particular controller is supported. I went back to this, using my USB boot device and edited /boot/loader.conf to have hptrr_load=YES. Still, no joy. Also, I've been able to determine that I don't have a RocketRAID device. That's a separate RAID card, and I simply don't have one. What I have is an onboard NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller. I'm befuddled as to why FreeBSD thinks I have RocketRAID. It doesn't. FreeBSD DOES include the hptrr driver (among many others) in the generic kernel. Most drivers remain quiet when they find nothing to drive, but not hptrr. The message confirms that you DON'T have RocketRAID, and gives no insight into your problem. I can't really help you with that. I can tell you that FreeBSD 7.0 works fine on my nForce 630a chipset, though I do not have it configured for RAID, only AHCI. Your 720a chipset is newer, perhaps too new to be supported by FreeBSD 7.0. You might want to give 7.1 a try. You might also check if your BIOS is up to date, in case the problem is there. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
Steve Randall-2 wrote: ThinkDifferently wrote: Also, I've been able to determine that I don't have a RocketRAID device. That's a separate RAID card, and I simply don't have one. What I have is an onboard NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller. I'm befuddled as to why FreeBSD thinks I have RocketRAID. It doesn't. FreeBSD DOES include the hptrr driver (among many others) in the generic kernel. Most drivers remain quiet when they find nothing to drive, but not hptrr. The message confirms that you DON'T have RocketRAID, and gives no insight into your problem. I can't really help you with that. I can tell you that FreeBSD 7.0 works fine on my nForce 630a chipset, though I do not have it configured for RAID, only AHCI. Your 720a chipset is newer, perhaps too new to be supported by FreeBSD 7.0. You might want to give 7.1 a try. You might also check if your BIOS is up to date, in case the problem is there. Thanks for the update. I strongly believe now it is the GeForce 8200 chipset (aka MCP78). I have found a few posts on other forums with users expressing the same hang issue. The cases weren't with the same mobo, but it was the same chipset. Here is one example: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=941420 See message #3. Keywords: FreeBSD 7.0 GeForce 8200 hangs So, steer clear of GeForce 8200 for FreeBSD (at least for the 7.0 release). -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FreeBSD-7-load-hangs-on-boot-tp21039625p21076723.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
michael-439 wrote: disable dma specifically by escaping to the loader prompt and type hw.ata.atapi_dma=0 Tried it. Didn't work. michael-439 wrote: you can also try loading the device as a scsi device with atapicam. you could make this static on your iso by editing the loader.conf on the iso. Forgive my ignorance; as I've stated earlier, I'm pretty new to FreeBSD. How would I do as you suggest above? -- I've worked with System V Unix for well over 14 years. Working with System III-based FreeBSD, I've come to the conclusion that for every one thing I know about System V, there is one thing I don't know about System III. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FreeBSD-7-load-hangs-on-boot-tp21039625p21053991.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
michael-439 wrote: if he would try it along with the atapicam, he would probably get further. i had a similar issue and that was the solution. well, the errors were the same, so it was the same issue. he. Are you not talking to me any more? Anyway, what is this atapicam option. How is it implemented, from the loader prompt, editing the iso, or what? BTW, how would one edit the iso? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FreeBSD-7-load-hangs-on-boot-tp21039625p21054078.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
Steve Bertrand-2 wrote: ThinkDifferently wrote: ...some more interesting errors from bootup... hptrr: HPT RocketRAID controller driver v1.1 (Feb 24 2008 10:34:18) :confused: acpi0: 052008 RSDT1050 on motherboard acpi0: [ITHREAD] acpi0: Power Button (fixed) acpi0: reservation of free0, 1000 (3) failed acpi0: reservation of 0, a (3) failed acpi0: reservation of 10, c7f0 (3) failed AFAIK, your RocketRAID should be picked up by the 'twe' driver. RocketRAID ??? :confused: So, there is quite a bit of confusion going on here. My motherboard is the MSI K9N2G Neo-FD. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130182 http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=K9N2G_Neo-FDclass=mb It is AMD64 using the NVIDIA chipset. Its manual states that it has the NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller, and there is absolutely no mention of RocketRAID anywhere in the manual or on MSI's web site. MSI mentions... 6 SATA II (1~6) ports by NVIDIA® GeForce 8200 Series SATAII 1~6 support RAID 0/1/0+1/5 or JBOD mode by NVIDIA® GeForce 8200 Series RocketRAID appears to be a type of PCI card RAID controller, which I don't have. I'm very confused why FreeBSD uses the HPT RocketRAID controller driver v1.1 on boot. Also, isn't the NVIDIA chipset supposed to be supported by FreeBSD? I have a USB boot of FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE. I put hptrr_load=YES in the /boot/loader.conf file. But, I haven't tried it yet (I'm at work at the moment). Is there anything else to try? What about getting FreeBSD to not use RocketRAID? Shouldn't it be loading a driver for NForce? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FreeBSD-7-load-hangs-on-boot-tp21039625p21060042.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:24:17 -0800 (PST), ThinkDifferently jer...@futurecis.com wrote: Anyway, what is this atapicam option. How is it implemented, from the loader prompt, editing the iso, or what? BTW, how would one edit the iso? The atapicam facility can either be loaded as a module via kld_load (or put into /boot/loader.conf as atapicam_load=YES) or compiled into a custom kernel. The effect is that, when atapicam is loaded, ATA(PI) devices can be accessed as if they were SCSI devices. Your install devlice would then be /dev/cd0 (instead of /dev/acd0), using SCSI commands to access the ATAPI drive (this is what atapicam translates). Editing the ISO, as far as I know, involves the /usr/src tree on a working FreeBSD machine, then editing the source files, and finally make release. But I'm not sure on this, I've never tried it. Maybe someone with more experience on this tpoic could be more specific and explain? -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
Polytropon wrote: On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:24:17 -0800 (PST), ThinkDifferently jer...@futurecis.com wrote: Anyway, what is this atapicam option. How is it implemented, from the loader prompt, editing the iso, or what? BTW, how would one edit the iso? The atapicam facility can either be loaded as a module via kld_load (or put into /boot/loader.conf as atapicam_load=YES) or compiled into a custom kernel. The effect is that, when atapicam is loaded, ATA(PI) devices can be accessed as if they were SCSI devices. Your install devlice would then be /dev/cd0 (instead of /dev/acd0), using SCSI commands to access the ATAPI drive (this is what atapicam translates). Editing the ISO, as far as I know, involves the /usr/src tree on a working FreeBSD machine, then editing the source files, and finally make release. But I'm not sure on this, I've never tried it. Maybe someone with more experience on this tpoic could be more specific and explain? also, if you're using a windows machine or whatever to burn you iso, download something called ultraiso or similar to edit your iso file. makes it easy as cake. not nearly as fattening. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
Giorgos Keramidas wrote: Did you try the 'safe-mode' option from the loader menu? Yes, to reiterate... ThinkDifferently wrote: I have tried booting from Boot-only, Disc1, LiveFS. Additionally, I've tried the default boot, with ACPI disabled, Safe Mode, single user mode, and verbose logging. Giorgos Keramidas wrote: Did you try disabling DMA for the CD-ROM by setting hw.ata.atapi_dma=0 from the loader prompt, like someone else suggested a few emails back? Yes. I tried booting from the boot-only CD, choosing option 6 Escape to loader prompt, entering set hw.ata.atapi_dma=0, followed by boot. No change in status, still hangs. At this point, I haven't completely given up all hope. I still have one thing to try. Since the motherboard was obviously made for Windows and only has Windows instructions, what I will try is the following: 1. Make a driver diskette as the mobo instructions state. 2. Boot from Windows Vista Ultimate DVD. 3. On the storage screen, click on the Load Driver button. 4. Load the driver and configure the disks as per the instructions. 5. When the storage device shows up in Window's storage screen, I will shutdown. 6. Swap in the FreeBSD boot-only CD. 7. Reboot observe if it recognizes the storage device /or hangs. Sound like a plan? Anything else I might try? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FreeBSD-7-load-hangs-on-boot-tp21039625p21053877.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:36:05 -0800 (PST), ThinkDifferently jer...@futurecis.com wrote: ThinkDifferently wrote: Another item of curiosity... I just now tried booting from a CentOS 5.2 DVD. It also hangs with a little window titled Loading SCSI driver that says Loading ahci driver... The funny thing is, I've tried turning off all RAID functionality in the BIOS. On my mobo, this entails setting it to IDE mode, instead of RAID or AHCI. That doesn't appear to do anything. I'm at my wit's end with this. I tried FreeBSD in every way I know how, and they all hang. Did you try the 'safe-mode' option from the loader menu? Did you try disabling DMA for the CD-ROM by setting hw.ata.atapi_dma=0 from the loader prompt, like someone else suggested a few emails back? if he would try it along with the atapicam, he would probably get further. i had a similar issue and that was the solution. well, the errors were the same, so it was the same issue. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
Polytropon wrote: On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:24:17 -0800 (PST), ThinkDifferently jer...@futurecis.com wrote: Anyway, what is this atapicam option. How is it implemented, from the loader prompt, editing the iso, or what? BTW, how would one edit the iso? The atapicam facility can either be loaded as a module via kld_load (or put into /boot/loader.conf as atapicam_load=YES) or compiled into a custom kernel. The effect is that, when atapicam is loaded, ATA(PI) devices can be accessed as if they were SCSI devices. Your install devlice would then be /dev/cd0 (instead of /dev/acd0), using SCSI commands to access the ATAPI drive (this is what atapicam translates). Editing the ISO, as far as I know, involves the /usr/src tree on a working FreeBSD machine, then editing the source files, and finally make release. But I'm not sure on this, I've never tried it. Maybe someone with more experience on this tpoic could be more specific and explain? i have edited iso files directly, as it still contains the /boot/loader.conf eg: mich...@macpro:/cdrom/boot# ls loader.conf loader.conf mich...@macpro:/cdrom/boot# cat loader.conf mfsroot_load=YES mfsroot_type=mfs_root mfsroot_name=/boot/mfsroot atapicam_load=YES ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:16:00 -0800 (PST), ThinkDifferently jer...@futurecis.com wrote: Giorgos Keramidas wrote: Did you try the 'safe-mode' option from the loader menu? Yes, to reiterate... Ok, just making sure that you didn't miss that one. Sorry for the noise :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
Polytropon wrote: ThinkDifferently wrote: hptrr: no controller detected. It looks like there's a proble with the hptrr driver? Have you tried loading the HighPoint RocketRAID device drive by putting hptrr_load=YES into /boot/loader.conf? Further information can be obtained by: % man hptrr Check if your particular controller is supported. I went back to this, using my USB boot device and edited /boot/loader.conf to have hptrr_load=YES. Still, no joy. Also, I've been able to determine that I don't have a RocketRAID device. That's a separate RAID card, and I simply don't have one. What I have is an onboard NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller. I'm befuddled as to why FreeBSD thinks I have RocketRAID. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FreeBSD-7-load-hangs-on-boot-tp21039625p21065051.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
Polytropon wrote: On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:24:17 -0800 (PST), ThinkDifferently jer...@futurecis.com wrote: Anyway, what is this atapicam option. How is it implemented, from the loader prompt, editing the iso, or what? BTW, how would one edit the iso? The atapicam facility can either be loaded as a module via kld_load (or put into /boot/loader.conf as atapicam_load=YES) or compiled into a custom kernel. The effect is that, when atapicam is loaded, ATA(PI) devices can be accessed as if they were SCSI devices. Your install devlice would then be /dev/cd0 (instead of /dev/acd0), using SCSI commands to access the ATAPI drive (this is what atapicam translates). Well, one thing's for sure. This really isn't a CD/DVD boot problem. Booting from USB is no different. I will add regarding my previous post about trying to load the driver using the Windows method seems kind of pointless. After reading up on it further, it seems that all it's doing is loading the driver into Windows during the install process. It's not actually effecting the hardware any...but I could be wrong. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FreeBSD-7-load-hangs-on-boot-tp21039625p21065105.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:09:44 -0800 (PST), ThinkDifferently jer...@futurecis.com wrote: I have a new system put together (see below). In booting it up for the first time, it hangs. I'm booting from a FreeBSD 7.0 distribution on a USB drive. Here are the messages, in part... [...] . hptrr: no controller detected. It looks like there's a proble with the hptrr driver? Have you tried loading the HighPoint RocketRAID device drive by putting hptrr_load=YES into /boot/loader.conf? Further information can be obtained by: % man hptrr Check if your particular controller is supported. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
Polytropon wrote: On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:09:44 -0800 (PST), ThinkDifferently wrote: hptrr: no controller detected. It looks like there's a proble with the hptrr driver? Have you tried loading the HighPoint RocketRAID device drive by putting hptrr_load=YES into /boot/loader.conf? Further information can be obtained by: % man hptrr Check if your particular controller is supported. Thanks for responding. Forgive me for being new to FreeBSD. My career has been System V OS'es, like Solaris HP-UX. My new biz partner has strong-armed me...er...convinced me to go FreeBSD. I am booting from the boot only cd (burned from the amd64 iso) for the first time. How do I put hptrr_load=YES into /boot/loader.conf? Also on my other FreeBSD system, 'man hptrr' resulted in 'no manual page'. I've been troubleshooting a little with my biz partner. He told me there might've been something wrong with the i386 version of FreeBSD on my USB drive. So, I put an IDE DVD-ROM drive in the system and got the latest AMD64 ISO on CD. Now I'm getting... acd0: FAILURE - READ_BIG MEDIUM ERROR asc=0x11 ascq=0x00 GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider acd0 is iso9660/FreeBSD_bootonly. acd0: FAILURE - READ_BIG MEDIUM ERROR asc=0x11 ascq=0x00 *** HANG *** I also tried resetting the BIOS to Failsafe Settings...no luck. I'm curious, though, what the BIOS settings should be. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FreeBSD-7-load-hangs-on-boot-tp21039625p21045861.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
...some more interesting errors from bootup...My biz partner seemed interested in these (don't know why)... hptrr: HPT RocketRAID controller driver v1.1 (Feb 24 2008 10:34:18) acpi0: 052008 RSDT1050 on motherboard acpi0: [ITHREAD] acpi0: Power Button (fixed) acpi0: reservation of free0, 1000 (3) failed acpi0: reservation of 0, a (3) failed acpi0: reservation of 10, c7f0 (3) failed -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FreeBSD-7-load-hangs-on-boot-tp21039625p21045931.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
ThinkDifferently wrote: ...some more interesting errors from bootup...My biz partner seemed interested in these (don't know why)... hptrr: HPT RocketRAID controller driver v1.1 (Feb 24 2008 10:34:18) acpi0: 052008 RSDT1050 on motherboard acpi0: [ITHREAD] acpi0: Power Button (fixed) acpi0: reservation of free0, 1000 (3) failed acpi0: reservation of 0, a (3) failed acpi0: reservation of 10, c7f0 (3) failed AFAIK, your RocketRAID should be picked up by the 'twe' driver. If you run a FreeBSD install disk (as opposed to boot-only), are you provided with an install location (via sysinstall) as far as hard disks are concerned? Is this RAID array something that you can afford to risk losing through troubleshooting? Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
Steve Bertrand-2 wrote: AFAIK, your RocketRAID should be picked up by the 'twe' driver. If you run a FreeBSD install disk (as opposed to boot-only), are you provided with an install location (via sysinstall) as far as hard disks are concerned? Is this RAID array something that you can afford to risk losing through troubleshooting? I haven't tried an install disk yet, just the boot-only. I will try that right away. This system is so spankin' new, there's nothing loaded on it. This RAID array is just something I setup in the BIOS. It's not even been initialized yet...because I can't even load the OS to install anything. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FreeBSD-7-load-hangs-on-boot-tp21039625p21046366.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
ThinkDifferently wrote: Steve Bertrand-2 wrote: AFAIK, your RocketRAID should be picked up by the 'twe' driver. If you run a FreeBSD install disk (as opposed to boot-only), are you provided with an install location (via sysinstall) as far as hard disks are concerned? Is this RAID array something that you can afford to risk losing through troubleshooting? I haven't tried an install disk yet, just the boot-only. I will try that right away. This system is so spankin' new, there's nothing loaded on it. This RAID array is just something I setup in the BIOS. It's not even been initialized yet...because I can't even load the OS to install anything. Well, still no joy. :-( I have tried booting from Boot-only, Disc1, LiveFS. Additionally, I've tried the default boot, with ACPI disabled, Safe Mode, single user mode, and verbose logging. Every CD and every boot type gives me the exact same errors... at the beginning: ... acpi0: reservation of fee0, 1000 (3) failed acpi0: reservation of 0, a (3) failed acpi0: reservation of 10, c7f0 (3) failed and at the end: ... hptrr: no controller detected. acd0: DVDROM SAMSUNG DVD-ROM SD-616F/F104 at ata0-master UDMA33 acd0: FAILURE READ_BIG MEDIUM ERROR asc=0x11 ascq=0x00 GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider acd0 is iso9660/FreeBSD_xxx (where xxx is the disc I'm using). acd0: FAILURE - READ_BIG MEDIUM ERROR asc=0x11 ascq=0x00 *** HANG *** BTW, the *** HANG *** requires a hard reset. Also, I read some hearsay in other forums that the READ_BIG error could be caused by the write speed when the ISO is burned to CD. So, I tried downgrading the burn speed from 52x to 16x. No joy. It didn't change a thing. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FreeBSD-7-load-hangs-on-boot-tp21039625p21046636.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
ThinkDifferently wrote: ThinkDifferently wrote: Steve Bertrand-2 wrote: AFAIK, your RocketRAID should be picked up by the 'twe' driver. If you run a FreeBSD install disk (as opposed to boot-only), are you provided with an install location (via sysinstall) as far as hard disks are concerned? Is this RAID array something that you can afford to risk losing through troubleshooting? I haven't tried an install disk yet, just the boot-only. I will try that right away. This system is so spankin' new, there's nothing loaded on it. This RAID array is just something I setup in the BIOS. It's not even been initialized yet...because I can't even load the OS to install anything. Well, still no joy. :-( I have tried booting from Boot-only, Disc1, LiveFS. Additionally, I've tried the default boot, with ACPI disabled, Safe Mode, single user mode, and verbose logging. Every CD and every boot type gives me the exact same errors... at the beginning: ... acpi0: reservation of fee0, 1000 (3) failed acpi0: reservation of 0, a (3) failed acpi0: reservation of 10, c7f0 (3) failed and at the end: ... hptrr: no controller detected. acd0: DVDROM SAMSUNG DVD-ROM SD-616F/F104 at ata0-master UDMA33 acd0: FAILURE READ_BIG MEDIUM ERROR asc=0x11 ascq=0x00 GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider acd0 is iso9660/FreeBSD_xxx (where xxx is the disc I'm using). acd0: FAILURE - READ_BIG MEDIUM ERROR asc=0x11 ascq=0x00 *** HANG *** BTW, the *** HANG *** requires a hard reset. Also, I read some hearsay in other forums that the READ_BIG error could be caused by the write speed when the ISO is burned to CD. So, I tried downgrading the burn speed from 52x to 16x. No joy. It didn't change a thing. disable dma specifically by escaping to the loader prompt and type hw.ata.atapi_dma=0 you can also try loading the device as a scsi device with atapicam. you could make this static on your iso by editing the loader.conf on the iso. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
ThinkDifferently wrote: This system is so spankin' new, there's nothing loaded on it. This RAID array is just something I setup in the BIOS. It's not even been initialized yet...because I can't even load the OS to install anything. Well, still no joy. :-( I have tried booting from Boot-only, Disc1, LiveFS. Additionally, I've tried the default boot, with ACPI disabled, Safe Mode, single user mode, and verbose logging. Every CD and every boot type gives me the exact same errors... at the beginning: ... acpi0: reservation of fee0, 1000 (3) failed acpi0: reservation of 0, a (3) failed acpi0: reservation of 10, c7f0 (3) failed and at the end: ... hptrr: no controller detected. acd0: DVDROM SAMSUNG DVD-ROM SD-616F/F104 at ata0-master UDMA33 acd0: FAILURE READ_BIG MEDIUM ERROR asc=0x11 ascq=0x00 GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider acd0 is iso9660/FreeBSD_xxx (where xxx is the disc I'm using). acd0: FAILURE - READ_BIG MEDIUM ERROR asc=0x11 ascq=0x00 *** HANG *** BTW, the *** HANG *** requires a hard reset. Also, I read some hearsay in other forums that the READ_BIG error could be caused by the write speed when the ISO is burned to CD. So, I tried downgrading the burn speed from 52x to 16x. No joy. It didn't change a thing. Out of pure sheer curiosity, does the machine boot ok with the boot-only if you pull the RAID card out of its slot? Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
Steve Bertrand-2 wrote: Out of pure sheer curiosity, does the machine boot ok with the boot-only if you pull the RAID card out of its slot? There is no RAID card. Everything is on the motherboard. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FreeBSD-7-load-hangs-on-boot-tp21039625p21047130.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
Another item of curiosity... I just now tried booting from a CentOS 5.2 DVD. It also hangs with a little window titled Loading SCSI driver that says Loading ahci driver... The funny thing is, I've tried turning off all RAID functionality in the BIOS. On my mobo, this entails setting it to IDE mode, instead of RAID or AHCI. That doesn't appear to do anything. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FreeBSD-7-load-hangs-on-boot-tp21039625p21047275.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
ThinkDifferently wrote: Another item of curiosity... I just now tried booting from a CentOS 5.2 DVD. It also hangs with a little window titled Loading SCSI driver that says Loading ahci driver... The funny thing is, I've tried turning off all RAID functionality in the BIOS. On my mobo, this entails setting it to IDE mode, instead of RAID or AHCI. That doesn't appear to do anything. I'm at my wit's end with this. I tried FreeBSD in every way I know how, and they all hang. I tried CentOS and it hung. I even tried Windows Vista Ultimate. It didn't hang, but it found no storage devices. That led me to a train of thought. This board has 6 SATA ports on it, and in the BIOS it has 3 settings for them -- IDE, RAID or AHCI. When I put it into IDE mode, it shows me each disk as an individual device, but all of the OS'es fail to recognize them. When I put it into RAID mode, it recognizes each disk as a SATA device and offers me the RAID options (F10) on bootup. When I put it into AHCI mode, nothing at all is recognized. Furthermore, I was reading in the board's manual that to load Windows XP or Vista, a special driver diskette is required for Windows to recognize the storage volumes. This leads me to believe that the only way this board knows how to handle SATA disks is to use RAID mode, and the only way for an OS to recognize the RAID volume is to have a driver pre-loaded before the OS. For OS'es like FreeBSD and CentOS this is very difficult, even if such a driver exists. Unless somebody can correct me for being way off base, my conclusion can only be that this board cannot support a Unix/Linux operating system, and even with Windows it's extremely difficult. I'm now considering returning this board and suffering the dreaded 15% restocking fee. Can anyone suggest a motherboard that is FreeBSD friendly? I need it to support 4 cores with the AM2+ socket (either that, or I need to return my chip too) and be a full ATX board with 4 DDR2 ram slots. On board VGA would be nice too, but I suppose I can buy a VGA card. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FreeBSD-7-load-hangs-on-boot-tp21039625p21047496.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:36:05 -0800 (PST), ThinkDifferently jer...@futurecis.com wrote: ThinkDifferently wrote: Another item of curiosity... I just now tried booting from a CentOS 5.2 DVD. It also hangs with a little window titled Loading SCSI driver that says Loading ahci driver... The funny thing is, I've tried turning off all RAID functionality in the BIOS. On my mobo, this entails setting it to IDE mode, instead of RAID or AHCI. That doesn't appear to do anything. I'm at my wit's end with this. I tried FreeBSD in every way I know how, and they all hang. Did you try the 'safe-mode' option from the loader menu? Did you try disabling DMA for the CD-ROM by setting hw.ata.atapi_dma=0 from the loader prompt, like someone else suggested a few emails back? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
