From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 16 18:58:24 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org 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 BC7C116A41F for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 18:58:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from iaccounts@ibctech.ca) Received: from pearl.ibctech.ca (pearl.ibctech.ca [209.167.58.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4F0B43D45 for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 18:58:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from iaccounts@ibctech.ca) Received: (qmail 30617 invoked by uid 1002); 16 Nov 2005 18:58:15 -0000 Received: from iaccounts@ibctech.ca by pearl.ibctech.ca by uid 89 with qmail-scanner-1.22 (spamassassin: 2.64. Clear:RC:1(209.167.16.15):. Processed in 2.867618 secs); 16 Nov 2005 18:58:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO fuze) (209.167.16.15) by pearl.ibctech.ca with SMTP; 16 Nov 2005 18:58:11 -0000 From: "Steve Bertrand" To: "'Chuck Swiger'" Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 13:58:19 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 Thread-Index: AcXq1oLm89d2g9KMR3S5w3nGAWgq9AACMKLg In-Reply-To: <437B71D6.7080907@mac.com> X-Qmail-Scanner-Message-ID: <113216749267530611@pearl.ibctech.ca> Message-Id: <20051116185820.C4F0B43D45@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Cc: 'FreeBSD Questions' Subject: RE: ICH6-R X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 18:58:24 -0000 > > - During install (this time it's 6.0-RELEASE as of Nov. 3), > I have 3 > > selections to select from when FDISKing etc: ad4, ad6 and ar0. > > > > - I select ad0 to configure as this is the bootable RAID volume, and > ^^^ ...? > > everything installs perfectly fine. I then proceed to > reboot the box, > > and a blinking cursor appears in the top-left side of the > screen, as > > if BSD wants to boot, but nothing ever happens. > > If you've configured or enabled a RAID setup in the BIOS, > then ar0 ought to be the device you should use. Yes, I have RAID-1 configured in the BIOS for SATA drives. My other servers (using either Promise cards, or software RAID on IDE) are all ar0, so I figured this would be right/ > If you are trying to install to a drive in normal, non-RAID > mode, then ad0 (if you have it) would be the choice. If > you've got static ATA numbering enabled in the kernel and > you've got no parallel ATA devices attached, only SATA, then > ad4 might be right. All drives are SATA, not PATA. I have tried to boot off of ad4, and ad6 respectively to no avail. I'm going to try one more install disabling RAID and popping out one of the 2 SATA drives in the system to see if that will work, although I'm certain I've tried that before. Tks for the reply. Any and all advice is appreciated, even the thoughts that may be way off. Like I said, I'll try anything at this point! Steve > > -- > -Chuck > >