From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 14 15:48:45 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 286C3106568D for ; Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:48:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from beckman@angryox.com) Received: from nog.angryox.com (nog.angryox.com [70.164.19.87]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3C8E8FC12 for ; Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:48:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nog.angryox.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nog.angryox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D2B62C3D3F; Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:48:43 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=angryox.com; h=date:from :to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type; s=powerfulgood; bh=NeM+oabhkTCRpG/248t0H3CgSyQ=; b= gtGa0hfw1fdGfbvW8OSka8cSOve9oETuPaaz/VckcJlHRZ2iF9tsNVnuheQLGbNr pdN8bKuzQ5ERq8D8NEWvfB/RhInFPQTP3rlRZKKON/zEE6sVNb/jHAc28fFG134d faUFlscikoE1OPzJaJWa/qHziYFrhX5ZLCTj7Azt2Js= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=angryox.com; h=date:from:to :cc:subject:in-reply-to:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=powerfulgood; b=y3lKtVAz9xmkmH+D1YfcUIhV 6lstgi+1/X+JfnINsvPBN66WkhRoW6g6mMD6UbqJUg5ejF5dutHfQdrQMfiwiLaW ovC16/hqp5hEIWllZTVNPBo9T8wFxosakpnFYwzgcnK4hvgjG3WBvuvfOyjBqDK/ tr0BJvlGamcHe4Sb0o0= Received: by nog.angryox.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 61EAA2C3D3E; Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:48:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nog.angryox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60F6A2C3D3D; Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:48:43 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:48:43 -0500 From: Peter Beckman To: Thierry Herbelot In-Reply-To: <200911141245.20217.thierry.herbelot@free.fr> Message-ID: References: <200911141245.20217.thierry.herbelot@free.fr> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="0-151665445-1258213723=:10412" Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell M600 Blade: 6.4 works, 7.x and 8.x fail to boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:48:45 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-151665445-1258213723=:10412 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 14 Nov 2009, Thierry Herbelot wrote: > Le Friday 13 November 2009, Peter Beckman a =C3=A9crit : >> I've been scratching my head all day on an issue that's been frustrati= ng. >> >> I've got two FreeBSD 6.2 instances installed on two M600 blades, and a= m >> moving to a new datacenter with M600 blades and trying to install Free= BSD >> 7.2 or 8. But as others on this list and elsewhere have mentioned, >> seemingly without resolution, is that it doesn't work. >> >> >> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2009-July/029147.ht= ml >> http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=3D486 >> >> I was able to install 6.4 on it today, but I'm still at a loss as to w= hy >> 7.x and even 8.x will not. Did the architecture change in such a way = that >> it could no longer support M600 blades? Did someone leave something o= ut of >> the standard ISO kernel? Am I not doing it right? >> >> Happy to pass along my dmesg.boot; > > from the two URLs you provide, it seems that i386 is working (for all F= reeBSD > versions) and only amd64 is failing : can you confirm this ? > > then, one of the first steps would be a the dmesg of both a succeeding = and a > failing kernels (verbose !) I tried the bootonly ISOs for 7.x and 8.x, both amd64 and i386, all of which fail to boot on the Dell M600. I was able to boot the bootonly 6.4 ISO, install via the net, and a fri= end suggested I try binary updating. I have been able to binary update to 7.0-RELEASE thus far. I'm trying to get to 8.0-RC3 via binary update n= ow, and will report back. I believe the issue is not with FreeBSD but the bootonly ISO. It could also be a problem with the other ISOs, I'm not yet sure. > PS : is there any more recent version of the Dell BIOS ? According to the iDRAC, the firmware 2.2.3 reported as installed is wha= t Dell reports as the latest version (August 2009). -------------------------------------------------------------------------= -- Peter Beckman Internet G= uy beckman@angryox.com http://www.angryox.co= m/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------= -- --0-151665445-1258213723=:10412--