From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 18 18:10:28 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05FE816A4CE for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 18:10:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dd2626.kasserver.com (dd2626.kasserver.com [81.209.184.189]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68D1E43D1D for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 18:10:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from outi@bytephobia.de) Received: from duality.bytephobia.de (pD95F092A.dip.t-dialin.net [217.95.9.42]) by dd2626.kasserver.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 5EAE665B8C; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 20:10:08 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 20:12:53 +0200 From: Patrick Hurrelmann To: Doug White Message-Id: <20040618201253.044a6666@duality.bytephobia.de> In-Reply-To: <20040618101949.B36931@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <20040618131219.75ea8f90@duality.bytephobia.de> <20040618101949.B36931@carver.gumbysoft.com> Organization: private X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.11claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems installing FreeBSD with 3ware 9500S-4LP X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: outi@bytephobia.de List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 18:10:28 -0000 On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 10:27:47 -0700 (PDT) Doug White wrote: > Please don't crosspost -questions and other lists. I've removed it from > the cc:. ok, noticed that. > > finally i received my new raid-controller, bu i have problems installing > > FreeBSD on it :/ > > > > I tried different releases and current snapshots... > > The twa driver is still very new. It just came out a few weeks ago, I > think. I haven't seen one of those cards yet and we have a lot of 3ware > here. > > Whats the RAID config? I forgot to include that. Shame on me. 4x 120GB, 7200rpm, 8mb chache WesternDigital Disks are configured as one Raid 5 array. > > 5.1-Release > > w ACPI: Loading twa.ko (binary distribution of 3ware.com for 5.2) in sysinstall failes. > > w/o ACPI: same as w ACPI. > > I wouldn't expect this to work. I tried that, as download page on 3ware says (FreeBSD 5.1, but i excpect that this is an error) > > 5.2-Release > > w ACPI: loaded twa.ko in sysinstall. > > install went ok, on next reboot it just halts after BTX-Loader. > > I cannot load twa.ko in loader. > > w/o ACPI: same as w ACPI. > > Hm, sounds like the loader is getting corrupted. Try booting the install > CD, breaking out of the loader countdown and run these commands > (untested): > > unload > set rootdev=disk1s1a (or whatever disk you put freebsd on) > boot /boot/kernel/kernel No, i think i didn't make it clearly enough. It halt on BTX-Loader. I don't to the "real" loader. I don't see what modules it loads, etc. I'll reboot an post the exact message i see. > > > > 5.2.1-Release > > identical to 5.2 Release. > > > > 5.2-CURRENT-20040420 > > w ACPI: install went ok, on next reboot the following message scrolls the screen and it reboots: > > "Console internal keyboard/video" (or sth. like that) > > w/o ACPI: same as w ACPI. > > > > 5.2-CURRENT-20040504 > > identical to 5.2-CURRENT-20040420 > > > > 5.2-CURRENT-20040617 > > identical to 5.2-CURRENT-20040420 > > > > I attached a normal and a verbose-dmesg. > > I'm suspecting two problems: > > 1. Volume was not created correctly so the loader binary is corrupted > 2. The twa Int13 handler doesn't like how boot2 is loading the loader > binary, which shouldn't happen. > > I'd check for a twa firmware update; these sound like firmware or > firmware/BIOS issues. twa.ko from 3ware dowload-site included new firmware. The controller has been updated automatically. I have second ide-disk with a some day old current. I can mount the partitions created during install. All seems to be ok. I tried a install with twa.ko of current, but it panics with an page-fault everytime i load the module through sysinstall. > -- > Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve > dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org >