Re: install problems for freeBSD 6 on tyan i7520

From: John Baldwin (jhb_at_freebsd.org)
Date: 11/08/05

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    To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 10:29:40 -0500

    On Tuesday 08 November 2005 08:47 am, ke.han wrote:
    > I have a new server built around the Tyan i7520 motherboard. I am
    > having a tremendously difficult time getting freeBSD 6 to find a hard
    > drive to install to.
    > I have a floppy connected to the mainboard through a separate controller
    > and a CD connected through a separate controller channel. This is
    > standard for this board.
    >
    > I have tried many scenarios for connecting a single hard drive, such as:
    > 1 - running the system with just one EIDE hard drive (+ floppy and CD)
    > connected to the motherboard PATA controller.
    > 2 - running the system with just one SATA hard drive (+ floppy and CD)
    > connected to the motherboard SATA controller.
    >
    > In all cases (with many tries of different BIOS settings), the freeBSD
    > installer always says it cannot find a hard drive. The BIOS sees it.
    > The boot loader sees it. When I run lsdev from the phase 3 prompt, the
    > drives seem to be there named just as the boot loader and BIOS see them.
    > I just don't get it!!!! The installer seems brain dead.
    > Yes, the hardware works. Installing Centos 4.2 and Windows 2003 Server
    > works perfect in all these configurations.

    lsdev in the loader uses the BIOS. The kernel is not able to use the BIOS to
    talk to drives. Can you hook up a serial console and capture verbose boot
    messages? We need some more details such as what kind of ATA controller you
    are trying to use. 

    -- 
John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>  <><  http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
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