Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 20:47:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Tom Glover <tomg@egg.net> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Promise SX6000 controller Message-ID: <20040405204527.N82596@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.58.0404010723480.70252@enema.egg.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.58.0401160732440.63061@enema.egg.net><Pine.BSF.4.58.0402050804340.14155@enema.egg.net> <Pine.BSF.4.58.0403311729020.13223@enema.egg.net> <1620.24.71.128.221.1080804901.squirrel@mailtest.sd73.bc.ca> <Pine.BSF.4.58.0404010723480.70252@enema.egg.net>
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On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, Tom Glover wrote: > On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Freddie Cash wrote: > > > > Before I go beat my head against the proverbial wall - again .... > > > > > Any tips on installing 5.2.1 using this controller? Any tricks to > > > making it bootable? In fact is it possible to make it bootable? > > Interestingly I can install 5.2.1 just fine on a RAID 1 using the sx6000. > However it won't boot - just stops after the "Verifying DMI Pool Data" > prompt. I can however boot on floppy and it sees the sx6000 as pst0: > Then I can specify usb:pst0s1a as the boot device at the mountroot> prompt > at which time it boots off the sx6000. I wonder if I have a BIOS issue. Yeah, that message is from your BIOS. Its hanging trying to read the MBR off the array. You might need a firmware update on both the SX6k and system, or try rearranging the cards in the system, as you might be out of mappable RAM space for add-in cards. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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