From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Jul 19 00:21:17 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 691DEB9DB20 for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2016 00:21:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (unknown [127.0.1.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5815A1BA0 for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2016 00:21:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 57637B9DB1F; Tue, 19 Jul 2016 00:21:17 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5705CB9DB1E for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2016 00:21:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com) Received: from host203.r-bonomi.com (host203.r-bonomi.com [204.87.227.203]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22DA21B9F for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2016 00:21:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com) Received: (from bonomi@localhost) by host203.r-bonomi.com (8.14.9/8.14.7) id u6INl6lj099086 for questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2016 18:47:06 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from bonomi) Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 18:47:06 -0500 (CDT) From: Robert Bonomi Message-Id: <201607182347.u6INl6lj099086@host203.r-bonomi.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problems upgrading O/S and hardware on HP XW4400 workstation. In-Reply-To: <201607142223.u6EMNoPq016357@host203.r-bonomi.com> X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 00:21:17 -0000 > Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 17:23:50 -0500 (CDT) > From: Robert Bonomi > Subject: problems upgrading O/S and hardware on HP XW4400 workstation. > Solved. At least on this platform, if one lets the 3ware crd install it's own BIOS (ostensablably to be able to boot off a drive attechted to the 9650) The machine locks up. Disabled the 3ware bios installation, and the system boots, and can see all the disks. > > Have this HP XW4400 workstation, currently running FreeBSD 8.4 (Dual boot with > Windows XP-PRO). Has 8 gigs ram, 3 SATA HDD (1.4TB, 160gb, 80gb), and a SATA > DVD-RW (DL). FreeBSD on the 1.4TB disk, WinXP on the 160G disk, twiddle the > boot device order in ROM BIOS to select which disk to boot from. > > I am running a custom FreeBSD 8.4 kernel, with all the 'un-necessary' stuff > stripped out -- added the 'twa' driver to my previously 'happily running' > kernel when I put the 3ware card in -- with no drives attached to the card, > I do get the 'twa' device created. > > Attempting to move up to FreeBSD 10.3, and add 3 more SATA disks and 2 more > SATA DVD drives -- adding a 3ware 9650SE-12ML sata card for ll the extra > devices. > > Running into all sorts of weird problems (It seems I have a talent for -that-) > first off, NEITHER FreeBSD/i386 8.4 on the disk, nor FreeBSD/amd 10.3 on > distribution DVD (the proverbial 'DVD1') will boot fully if there are any > hard disks attached to the 3ware controller. Both _start_ to boot, and then > die (I don't even get a crash-dump to dissect ). FreeBSD 8 gives me > the inital boot menu, and when I hit F1 for the primary boot partition, I get > one '-' on the screen, and then a total freeze-up. power-cycle required. The > FreeBSD 10.3 DVD gives me the 'BTX loader' chatter and starts listing the > "BIOS" devices. lists the CD as 'cd0', and the floppy as 'disk0'. then it > totally freezes. power-cycle required. Without anything attached to the > 9650, 10.3 continues to announce the additional drives/slices as 'disk1' > through 'disk4' (the 1.4 TB drive -- ada0-- has 2 slices on it, both with > BSD partition tables on each slice -- 'slice1' is 32gb, and has partitions > a, b, d, e, f, g, and h on it. 'slice2' is 1.3tb+, and has partitions d and h > n it.) > > Booting from the 10.3 dvd with nothing on the 3ware card, I get /dev entries > for 'ada0', 'ada0s1'i (but no 'inferior' partitions on it), 'ada0s2', > 'ada0s2d', and 'ada0s2h', 'ada1', and 'ada1s1' (the Windows drive, as > expected), and 'ada2', 'ada2s1', 'ada2s2', 'ada2s3' which represent 2 FAT32 > partitions, and a 'Windows recovery' partition' on the 3rd (80-gig) drive. > Apparently the 10.3 boot loader doesn't see the partition table on 'ada0s1'. > HoWEver, if I use the 'live CD' on DVD1, and run bsdlabel on ada0s1, _it_ > shows me the "expected" partition info. > > None of this makes any sense to me. > > The 3ware controller _is_ 'known good' -- booting Windows works just fine > with the add-on driver for that 3ware card. And it sees all the disks attached > to the 9650 just fine. > > Has anybody got any ideas, suggestions, etc. about whats going on, how to > diagnose/troubleshoot/fix, or a better place to ask these questions? "Help" > says me, groveling. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >