Re: Problems installing FreeBSD with 3ware 9500S-4LP

From: Patrick Hurrelmann (outi_at_bytephobia.de)
Date: 06/18/04

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    Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 20:12:53 +0200
To: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>

    On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 10:27:47 -0700 (PDT)
    Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> wrote:

    > Please don't crosspost -questions and other lists. I've removed it from
    > the cc:.

    ok, noticed that.

    > > finally i received my new raid-controller, bu i have problems installing
    > > FreeBSD on it :/
    > >
    > > I tried different releases and current snapshots...
    >
    > The twa driver is still very new. It just came out a few weeks ago, I
    > think. I haven't seen one of those cards yet and we have a lot of 3ware
    > here.
    >
    > Whats the RAID config?

    I forgot to include that. Shame on me.
    4x 120GB, 7200rpm, 8mb chache WesternDigital Disks are configured as one Raid 5 array.

    > > 5.1-Release
    > > w ACPI: Loading twa.ko (binary distribution of 3ware.com for 5.2) in sysinstall failes.
    > > w/o ACPI: same as w ACPI.
    >
    > I wouldn't expect this to work.

    I tried that, as download page on 3ware says (FreeBSD 5.1, but i excpect that this is an error)
     
    > > 5.2-Release
    > > w ACPI: loaded twa.ko in sysinstall.
    > > install went ok, on next reboot it just halts after BTX-Loader.
    > > I cannot load twa.ko in loader.
    > > w/o ACPI: same as w ACPI.
    >
    > Hm, sounds like the loader is getting corrupted. Try booting the install
    > CD, breaking out of the loader countdown and run these commands
    > (untested):
    >
    > unload
    > set rootdev=disk1s1a (or whatever disk you put freebsd on)
    > boot /boot/kernel/kernel

    No, i think i didn't make it clearly enough. It halt on BTX-Loader.
    I don't to the "real" loader. I don't see what modules it loads, etc.
    I'll reboot an post the exact message i see.

    > >
    > > 5.2.1-Release
    > > identical to 5.2 Release.
    > >
    > > 5.2-CURRENT-20040420
    > > w ACPI: install went ok, on next reboot the following message scrolls the screen and it reboots:
    > > "Console internal keyboard/video" (or sth. like that)
    > > w/o ACPI: same as w ACPI.
    > >
    > > 5.2-CURRENT-20040504
    > > identical to 5.2-CURRENT-20040420
    > >
    > > 5.2-CURRENT-20040617
    > > identical to 5.2-CURRENT-20040420
    > >
    > > I attached a normal and a verbose-dmesg.
    >
    > I'm suspecting two problems:
    >
    > 1. Volume was not created correctly so the loader binary is corrupted
    > 2. The twa Int13 handler doesn't like how boot2 is loading the loader
    > binary, which shouldn't happen.
    >
    > I'd check for a twa firmware update; these sound like firmware or
    > firmware/BIOS issues.

    twa.ko from 3ware dowload-site included new firmware. The controller has been updated automatically.

    I have second ide-disk with a some day old current. I can mount the partitions created during install. All seems to be ok.

    I tried a install with twa.ko of current, but it panics with an page-fault everytime i load the module through sysinstall.
     
    > --
    > Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
    > dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
    >
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