Re: IBM / FreeBSD Install problem
- From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:39:55 -0400
On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 10:14:13AM +1000, Murray Taylor wrote:
Server: IBM X3850 (88633SM)
CPU X 4: 40K2522
HDD X 6: 40K1051
IBM ServeRAID 8i: 39R8729
We are attempting to install FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE onto this machine and
are running into a problem getting the operating system to recognise the
RAID controller. As a result not finding any disks when it comes to
installing the O/S.
We have attempted various modifications to the boot process, including
the loading of an "aac" module, which according to the BSD website,
should provide support for this type of controller.
I have only installed on a couple of raids and so don't know about
them all or even this one. So, this might not apply to your situation.
But, I found that I had to study DMESG very carefully to find out what
device to use for them. The system seemed to put out a lot of messages
that looked like other device names but in the end there was just one
little line that pointed to the correct one. The most recent one was
a Dell Perc 3i or something like that and I had to run the fixit and
study the boot messages to figure it out. I don't have that one
available to look at what it turned out to be, but it was more simple
than I first thought from all the stuff it wrote out. After mucking
with fixit a bit, then sysinstall seemed to figure it out OK. I don't
remember actually changing anything - just fishing around a while.
I may have run fdisk under fixit to look at things and maybe delete
some slices.
So, rather than trying to change things right off, I would suggest
looking carefully at stuff and trying to determine what it is already
doing.
Anyway, good luck,
////jerry
_______________________________________________
When we attempt to boot to OS to install after making these above
modifications, the boot loader advises that this module already appears
to be loaded, which contradicts what I believe. In any respect, it
doesn't work either way (with or without the module manually loaded).
One side note (which i don't think is contributing) is that when I
attempt to start the boot loader with ACPI enabled, it freezes with the
message "cpu id 38 too high". However if I boot the boot loader with
ACPI disabled, this message dissapears. It _may_ be a possibility that a
bi-product of disabling the ACPI is causing the RAID controller to have
issues. This appears to be an issue because of the X4 CPU count ??
That's a quick summary of the problem we have, and the path(s) we have
been down to date to attempt to fix it. Any help you can provide would
be very much appreciated. We are at the position now where we are
prepared to pay for consulting services to get it going.
Dave Faulkner / Murray Taylor
Bytecraft Systems
--
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It
takes a
touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite
direction."
--Albert Einstein
---------------------------------------------------------------
The information transmitted in this e-mail is for the exclusive
use of the intended addressee and may contain confidential
and/or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission,
dissemination or other use of it, or the taking of any action
in reliance upon this information by persons and/or entities
other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you
received this in error, please inform the sender and/or
addressee immediately and delete the material.
E-mails may not be secure, may contain computer viruses and
may be corrupted in transmission. Please carefully check this
e-mail (and any attachment) accordingly. No warranties are
given and no liability is accepted for any loss or damage
caused by such matters.
---------------------------------------------------------------
### This e-mail message has been scanned for Viruses by Bytecraft ###
_______________________________________________
freebsd-questions@xxxxxxxxxxx mailing list
http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx"
freebsd-questions@xxxxxxxxxxx mailing list
http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx"
- References:
- IBM / FreeBSD Install problem
- From: Murray Taylor
- IBM / FreeBSD Install problem
- Prev by Date: Re: MS, Adobe competition heats up, Will Adobe wake and port Flash to BSD?
- Next by Date: Re: dhcpd assign duplicated IP address
- Previous by thread: IBM / FreeBSD Install problem
- Next by thread: Re: IBM / FreeBSD Install problem
- Index(es):
Relevant Pages
|
