From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 7 11:58:51 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51ADC37B401 for ; Wed, 7 May 2003 11:58:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from computinginnovations.com (dsl081-142-072.chi1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.142.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AC1C43FA3 for ; Wed, 7 May 2003 11:58:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from a.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-192-168-1-121.computinginnovations.com [192.168.1.121]) h47Iwjvp046599; Wed, 7 May 2003 13:58:46 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <5.2.1.1.2.20030507135527.00a84470@computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.1 Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 13:58:50 -0500 To: Bill Moran From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: <3EB8FDE1.2070208@potentialtech.com> References: <5.2.1.1.2.20030506234032.00a9c020@computinginnovations.com> <5.2.1.1.2.20030506234032.00a9c020@computinginnovations.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New server keeps panicking X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 18:58:51 -0000 Bill, My answers are below . . . At 08:36 AM 5/7/03 -0400, Bill Moran wrote: >Derek Ragona wrote: >>I am installing a new server, it is using an Intel SE7501WV2 motherboard >>with on-board SCSI. This Motherboard has 2 intel Xeon 2.66 GHz CPU's. > >You don't mention the make/model of the SCSI controller. I'm guessing that >it's obscured by the fact that it's an onboard. It is an Adaptec 7902 that is on the Motherboard. >>The system has one IDE CD-ROM, and one SCSI U320 hard disk. The SCSI >>disk is cabled using an Adaptec U320 cable, with terminator. > >Verify your termination: that the card is configured to be a terminator >at its end, and the drives _aren't_. >Borked termination can cause all manner of unpredictable SCSI failures. I know termination is important. The cable has an active terminator, and the card is also terminated. >>I have tried installing FreeBSD version 5.0 release, but it kept >>panicking with SCSI disk write error messages. So I tried again, >>installing this time version 4.8 release. The 4.8 had the same problems. > >On a whim: use the bios to set the SCSI controller to use SCSI-160 speed >instead and see if it works then. It's possible that 320 isn't supported >on that card yet. This is a "wild guess"/"gut feeling" thing, though, so >don't get upset if it's not the cause. I will try that. I already tried on a similar whim turning off the hyperthreading support in the Xeon's. >>Is there something I need to do because of the SCSI disk system? Or is >>it the two CPU's? >>The error I get is a block cannot be written, it is out of range. The >>system actually locks up, something I have never seen FreeBSD do. > >Sounds more like SCSI than CPU. > >>I looked and don't see any issues about this motherboard or U320 drives >>in the problem reports or message archives. > >It's also possible that your motherboard is faulty. Did it come with any >diagnostic utilities or anything? >Bad hardware has a bad habit of sneaking in and making life difficult, and >it can be very difficult to detect! I ran full diagnostics on the motherboard. It passes all tests. >-- >Bill Moran >Potential Technologies >http://www.potentialtech.com >