From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Jul 21 20:36:50 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B04C937B400; Sun, 21 Jul 2002 20:36:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wantadilla.lemis.com (wantadilla.lemis.com [192.109.197.80]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B15D43E3B; Sun, 21 Jul 2002 20:36:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: by wantadilla.lemis.com (Postfix, from userid 1004) id F0C9681434; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 13:06:43 +0930 (CST) Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 13:06:43 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey To: FreeBSD-hardware@FreeBSD.org, FreeBSD-scsi@FreeBSD.org Subject: Seeking beyond EOF on SCSI DDS tapes Message-ID: <20020722033643.GA80263@wantadilla.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.99i Organization: The FreeBSD Project Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9A1B 8202 BCCE B846 F92F 09AC 22E6 F290 507A 4223 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Idiot that I am, I managed to overwrite the beginning of an important tape backup with a small quantity of other data. The backup is on a DDS-4 cartridge, a total of 31 separate files containing about 35 GB of data. It's clear that the first one or two files have been overwritten, but after that the original data is still on the tape, and since it's in separate files, it should be readable--*if* I can get to it. All positioning commands that I know stop after a double tape mark. Is there any diagnostic command which can get beyond the double tape mark? Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Jul 21 21: 9:43 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7F9037B400; Sun, 21 Jul 2002 21:09:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tinker.exit.com (tinker.exit.com [206.223.0.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CE2D43E3B; Sun, 21 Jul 2002 21:09:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from frank@exit.com) Received: from realtime.exit.com (realtime [206.223.0.5]) by tinker.exit.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g6M49Uji031922; Sun, 21 Jul 2002 21:09:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from frank@exit.com) Received: from realtime.exit.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by realtime.exit.com (8.12.3/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g6M49Uh4002967; Sun, 21 Jul 2002 21:09:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from frank@realtime.exit.com) Received: (from frank@localhost) by realtime.exit.com (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g6M49Uo4002966; Sun, 21 Jul 2002 21:09:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Frank Mayhar Message-Id: <200207220409.g6M49Uo4002966@realtime.exit.com> Subject: Re: Seeking beyond EOF on SCSI DDS tapes In-Reply-To: <20020722033643.GA80263@wantadilla.lemis.com> To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 21:09:30 -0700 (PDT) Cc: FreeBSD-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: frank@exit.com X-Copyright0: Copyright 2002 Frank Mayhar. All Rights Reserved. X-Copyright1: Permission granted for electronic reproduction as Usenet News or email only. X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL99 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > Idiot that I am, I managed to overwrite the beginning of an important > tape backup with a small quantity of other data. The backup is on a > DDS-4 cartridge, a total of 31 separate files containing about 35 GB > of data. It's clear that the first one or two files have been > overwritten, but after that the original data is still on the tape, > and since it's in separate files, it should be readable--*if* I can > get to it. All positioning commands that I know stop after a double > tape mark. Is there any diagnostic command which can get beyond the > double tape mark? An 'mt -f /dev/nrsa0 fsf' a couple of times should get you past the file mark. Then just dd. -- Frank Mayhar frank@exit.com http://www.exit.com/ Exit Consulting http://www.gpsclock.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Jul 22 15:28: 1 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 393A437B400 for ; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 15:27:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bsd1.rgptech.com (adsl-64-163-15-235.dsl.sndg02.pacbell.net [64.163.15.235]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98C6A43E3B for ; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 15:27:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from root@bsd1.rgptech.com) Received: by bsd1.rgptech.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA23608 for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 18:27:56 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from root) From: Gordon Price Reply-To: root@bsd1.rgptech.com To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: best hardware configuration for FREEBSD??? Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 18:16:48 -0400 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.21] Content-Type: text/plain MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <02072218275600.23601@bsd1.rgptech.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Gents or Ladies, I have been putting together FREEBSD boxes since 1995/96 and have run into motherboards that have built in sound cards and vga etc that either XFREE86 has trouble with or KDE. I have several webservers up and running using various flavors of FREEBSD from 4.1 back to 3.1 ........... I can never seem to pick a hardware combo where everything seems to work correctly without major surgery. Has anyone tried the INTEL manufactured motherboards such as the D850MV, D850MD, D850GB with a P4 and sound and stuff on board???? What version of FREEBSD works best with KDE and XFREE86??? There must be a magic combo that the development team swears by and not at! I hate buying stuff only to find out it is not supported or has bugs. Thanks, R. Gordon Price Director of Research Engineering Loronix Information Systems, Inc. Del Mar CA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jul 23 10:39:34 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A97137B400 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 10:39:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ma101.mailarmory.com (ma101.mailarmory.com [216.17.222.193]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6591843E65 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 10:39:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from clayton@frii.net) Received: from deimos.frii.net (deimos.frii.com [216.17.128.2]) by ma101.mailarmory.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g6NHdWDX085525 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 11:39:32 -0600 (MDT) Received: from elara.frii.com (elara.frii.com [216.17.128.9]) by deimos.frii.net (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g6NHdURG080172 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 11:39:30 -0600 (MDT) Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 11:39:28 -0600 (MDT) From: "C.J." X-X-Sender: clayton@elara.frii.com To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Supermicro and FreeBSD? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I'm having some issues with three separate SuperMicro 6022c SuperServers. Random reboots, sig 11's in /var/log/messages (most of the coming from ident2), sig 11's when trying to buildworld (rare but it has happened), etc. They all have the same hardware configuration: * SuperMicro 6022c w/ SUPER P4DC6+ motherboard and Integrated Adaptec AIC-7899W dual channel U160 SCSI controller. * Dual Pentium Xeon 2.0 GHz processors. * Integrated Intel 82559 LAN controller. * Quantum Atlas 10k III 18GB U160 SCSI drive. * 2GB of PC800 RDRAM ram (512meg sticks x 4). Here's what I've done: * Swapped power supplies between boxes. * Backed off to 1GB of RAM. * Removed one processor. * Swapped RAM between boxes. * Reinstalled FreeBSD (numerous times). * Installed WinXP *shiver* and ran some hardware diagnostic software (passed every time). * Tried a different brand of RAM. So after trying everything above and coming to the conclusion that SuperMicro products just suck, I give them a call and try to get more ideas and the tech tells me he doesn't think they are compatible with FreeBSD and I should try running RedHat 7.3, which is of course a non option :-) Does anyone else use these boxes with FreeBSD and have luck with them, or are SuperMicro and FreeBSD not compatible? Does anyone else use FreeBSD and Dual Xeons, or is that too bleeding edge? Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated :) Thanks in advance, - C.J. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jul 23 11:21:20 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4348237B400 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 11:21:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cobra.acceleratedweb.net (cobra-gw.acceleratedweb.net [207.99.79.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A0FB243E65 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 11:21:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from simon@optinet.com) Received: (qmail 73400 invoked by uid 106); 23 Jul 2002 18:20:20 -0000 Received: from 24-90-121-13.nyc.rr.com (HELO station1) (24.90.121.13) by cobra.acceleratedweb.net with SMTP; 23 Jul 2002 18:20:20 -0000 From: "Simon" To: "freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org" Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 14:22:16 -0400 Reply-To: "Simon" X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.10.2010) For Windows 2000 (5.0.2195;2) In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Supermicro and FreeBSD? Message-Id: <20020723182112.A0FB243E65@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi, Although I haven't tried their Xeon boards, Supermicro makes solid boards and cases, we use them exclusively. Make sure you get %100 compatible RAM (different brand doesn't mean it's compatible or reliable), if that doesn't help, try different board, it's possible for the board itself to be faulty. I really doubt this is FreeBSD issue, try running linux on this box and see how it handles, but be aware, freebsd is much more sensitive to flaky hardware (which is a good thing, in a long run). I would strip everything down, leave a single CPU, 1 (or 2 if required) modules of RAM, one drive and take it from there. There are memory tests, harddrive IO tests, see what causes the crash. Failed buildworld could mean anything, a failed memory test alone will most likely indicate faulty memory, you get the picture. PS: I once had a SCA backplane break and it would cause panics, first I thought it was RAM, but then realized that it started to happen after I swapped drives in RAID... so as you can see, it can be a number of things, but rarely the FreeBSD itself. Good luck (sometimes you just need it)! -Simon On Tue, 23 Jul 2002 11:39:28 -0600 (MDT), C.J. wrote: >I'm having some issues with three separate SuperMicro 6022c SuperServers. >Random reboots, sig 11's in /var/log/messages (most of the coming from >ident2), sig 11's when trying to buildworld (rare but it has happened), >etc. > >They all have the same hardware configuration: >* SuperMicro 6022c w/ SUPER P4DC6+ motherboard and Integrated Adaptec > AIC-7899W dual channel U160 SCSI controller. > >* Dual Pentium Xeon 2.0 GHz processors. > >* Integrated Intel 82559 LAN controller. > >* Quantum Atlas 10k III 18GB U160 SCSI drive. > >* 2GB of PC800 RDRAM ram (512meg sticks x 4). > > >Here's what I've done: >* Swapped power supplies between boxes. > >* Backed off to 1GB of RAM. > >* Removed one processor. > >* Swapped RAM between boxes. > >* Reinstalled FreeBSD (numerous times). > >* Installed WinXP *shiver* and ran some hardware diagnostic software >(passed every time). > >* Tried a different brand of RAM. > >So after trying everything above and coming to the conclusion that >SuperMicro products just suck, I give them a call and try to get more >ideas and the tech tells me he doesn't think they are compatible with >FreeBSD and I should try running RedHat 7.3, which is of course a non >option :-) > >Does anyone else use these boxes with FreeBSD and have luck with them, or >are SuperMicro and FreeBSD not compatible? Does anyone else use FreeBSD >and Dual Xeons, or is that too bleeding edge? Any help or suggestions >would be greatly appreciated :) > >Thanks in advance, > > >- C.J. > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jul 23 11:49:38 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC41C37B400 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 11:49:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from panzer.kdm.org (panzer.kdm.org [216.160.178.169]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C13643E3B for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 11:49:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ken@panzer.kdm.org) Received: from panzer.kdm.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by panzer.kdm.org (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g6NInRKi074651; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 12:49:27 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from ken@panzer.kdm.org) Received: (from ken@localhost) by panzer.kdm.org (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g6NInRor074650; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 12:49:27 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from ken) Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 12:49:27 -0600 From: "Kenneth D. Merry" To: "C.J." Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Supermicro and FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20020723124927.A74593@panzer.kdm.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from clayton@frii.net on Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 11:39:28AM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 11:39:28 -0600, C.J. wrote: > I'm having some issues with three separate SuperMicro 6022c SuperServers. > Random reboots, sig 11's in /var/log/messages (most of the coming from > ident2), sig 11's when trying to buildworld (rare but it has happened), > etc. > > They all have the same hardware configuration: > * SuperMicro 6022c w/ SUPER P4DC6+ motherboard and Integrated Adaptec > AIC-7899W dual channel U160 SCSI controller. > > * Dual Pentium Xeon 2.0 GHz processors. > > * Integrated Intel 82559 LAN controller. > > * Quantum Atlas 10k III 18GB U160 SCSI drive. > > * 2GB of PC800 RDRAM ram (512meg sticks x 4). > > > Here's what I've done: > * Swapped power supplies between boxes. > > * Backed off to 1GB of RAM. > > * Removed one processor. > > * Swapped RAM between boxes. > > * Reinstalled FreeBSD (numerous times). > > * Installed WinXP *shiver* and ran some hardware diagnostic software > (passed every time). > > * Tried a different brand of RAM. > > So after trying everything above and coming to the conclusion that > SuperMicro products just suck, I give them a call and try to get more > ideas and the tech tells me he doesn't think they are compatible with > FreeBSD and I should try running RedHat 7.3, which is of course a non > option :-) > > Does anyone else use these boxes with FreeBSD and have luck with them, or > are SuperMicro and FreeBSD not compatible? Does anyone else use FreeBSD > and Dual Xeons, or is that too bleeding edge? Any help or suggestions > would be greatly appreciated :) I've used FreeBSD on a P4DC6+ system with dual 1.5GHz Xeons, 1GB (and 512MB RAM, both with 256MB DIMMs), and random SCSI disks hooked up to the onboard 7899. It worked fine. There is nothing inherently wrong with SuperMicro boards. They don't suck, although I have had failures before. (One 370DE6 board came with a bad serial EEPROM hooked up to the onboard 7899, so the Adaptec bios settings wouldn't stick. We got it replaced by the reseller without any hassles.) Is your RAM ECC or not? Do you have parity checking turned on? The RAM I have in the P4DC6+ is Kingston ValueRAM, and they're 256MB PC800 ECC rambus modules. Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@kdm.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jul 23 12: 3: 0 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 973BB37B400 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 12:02:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cobra.acceleratedweb.net (cobra-gw.acceleratedweb.net [207.99.79.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0305643E4A for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 12:02:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from simon@optinet.com) Received: (qmail 82732 invoked by uid 106); 23 Jul 2002 19:02:04 -0000 Received: from 24-90-121-13.nyc.rr.com (HELO station1) (24.90.121.13) by cobra.acceleratedweb.net with SMTP; 23 Jul 2002 19:02:04 -0000 From: "Simon" To: "freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG" Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 15:03:57 -0400 Reply-To: "Simon" X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.10.2010) For Windows 2000 (5.0.2195;2) In-Reply-To: <20020723124927.A74593@panzer.kdm.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Supermicro and FreeBSD? Message-Id: <20020723190255.0305643E4A@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Speaking of ValueRAM, I would not recommend it to anyone for a server use, I had nothing but nightmare with it, so much for its value. -Simon On Tue, 23 Jul 2002 12:49:27 -0600, Kenneth D. Merry wrote: >On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 11:39:28 -0600, C.J. wrote: >> I'm having some issues with three separate SuperMicro 6022c SuperServers. >> Random reboots, sig 11's in /var/log/messages (most of the coming from >> ident2), sig 11's when trying to buildworld (rare but it has happened), >> etc. >> >> They all have the same hardware configuration: >> * SuperMicro 6022c w/ SUPER P4DC6+ motherboard and Integrated Adaptec >> AIC-7899W dual channel U160 SCSI controller. >> >> * Dual Pentium Xeon 2.0 GHz processors. >> >> * Integrated Intel 82559 LAN controller. >> >> * Quantum Atlas 10k III 18GB U160 SCSI drive. >> >> * 2GB of PC800 RDRAM ram (512meg sticks x 4). >> >> >> Here's what I've done: >> * Swapped power supplies between boxes. >> >> * Backed off to 1GB of RAM. >> >> * Removed one processor. >> >> * Swapped RAM between boxes. >> >> * Reinstalled FreeBSD (numerous times). >> >> * Installed WinXP *shiver* and ran some hardware diagnostic software >> (passed every time). >> >> * Tried a different brand of RAM. >> >> So after trying everything above and coming to the conclusion that >> SuperMicro products just suck, I give them a call and try to get more >> ideas and the tech tells me he doesn't think they are compatible with >> FreeBSD and I should try running RedHat 7.3, which is of course a non >> option :-) >> >> Does anyone else use these boxes with FreeBSD and have luck with them, or >> are SuperMicro and FreeBSD not compatible? Does anyone else use FreeBSD >> and Dual Xeons, or is that too bleeding edge? Any help or suggestions >> would be greatly appreciated :) > >I've used FreeBSD on a P4DC6+ system with dual 1.5GHz Xeons, 1GB (and 512MB >RAM, both with 256MB DIMMs), and random SCSI disks hooked up to the onboard >7899. > >It worked fine. > >There is nothing inherently wrong with SuperMicro boards. They don't suck, >although I have had failures before. (One 370DE6 board came with a bad >serial EEPROM hooked up to the onboard 7899, so the Adaptec bios settings >wouldn't stick. We got it replaced by the reseller without any hassles.) > >Is your RAM ECC or not? Do you have parity checking turned on? > >The RAM I have in the P4DC6+ is Kingston ValueRAM, and they're 256MB PC800 >ECC rambus modules. > >Ken >-- >Kenneth Merry >ken@kdm.org > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jul 23 12:49:20 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7867D37B400 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 12:49:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from panzer.kdm.org (panzer.kdm.org [216.160.178.169]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8F5543E31 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 12:48:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ken@panzer.kdm.org) Received: from panzer.kdm.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by panzer.kdm.org (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g6NJlpKi075058; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 13:47:51 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from ken@panzer.kdm.org) Received: (from ken@localhost) by panzer.kdm.org (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g6NJloRS075057; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 13:47:50 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from ken) Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 13:47:50 -0600 From: "Kenneth D. Merry" To: Simon Cc: "freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: Supermicro and FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20020723134750.A75035@panzer.kdm.org> References: <20020723124927.A74593@panzer.kdm.org> <20020723190255.0305643E4A@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020723190255.0305643E4A@mx1.FreeBSD.org>; from simon@optinet.com on Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 03:03:57PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 15:03:57 -0400, Simon wrote: > > Speaking of ValueRAM, I would not recommend it to anyone for a server use, I > had nothing but nightmare with it, so much for its value. I generally use Micron (Crucial) memory, but they don't sell rambus. :) Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@kdm.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jul 23 13:15:40 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 272BA37B400 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 13:15:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ma101.mailarmory.com (ma101.mailarmory.com [216.17.222.193]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4145A43E3B for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 13:15:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from clayton@frii.net) Received: from deimos.frii.net (deimos.frii.com [216.17.128.2]) by ma101.mailarmory.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g6NKFZDX076351 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 14:15:35 -0600 (MDT) Received: from elara.frii.com (elara.frii.com [216.17.128.9]) by deimos.frii.net (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g6NKFXZW040284 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 14:15:33 -0600 (MDT) Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 14:15:33 -0600 (MDT) From: "C.J." X-X-Sender: clayton@elara.frii.com To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Supermicro and FreeBSD? In-Reply-To: <20020723124927.A74593@panzer.kdm.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Thanks everyone for the responses. Just to clear up (sorry I didn't mention it before) I've tried SyncMax memory which is 'guaranteed to work in any xeon board' and Samsung Original memory which SuperMicro recommends for use. The SyncMax memory has produced hundreds of errors in Memtest86 in the course of a few hours (total garbage) where the Samsung Original memory only produced one ECC error that was corrected over the course of a full day (which to me still seems too high). Has anyone had problems with the boards being overly picky about room temperature or power (not getting enough, or not getting clean enough power)? It was suggested to me that the stock power supplies that come in the SuperMicro chassis are underpowered. - C.J. On Tue, 23 Jul 2002, Kenneth D. Merry wrote: > On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 11:39:28 -0600, C.J. wrote: > > I'm having some issues with three separate SuperMicro 6022c SuperServers. > > Random reboots, sig 11's in /var/log/messages (most of the coming from > > ident2), sig 11's when trying to buildworld (rare but it has happened), > > etc. > > > > They all have the same hardware configuration: > > * SuperMicro 6022c w/ SUPER P4DC6+ motherboard and Integrated Adaptec > > AIC-7899W dual channel U160 SCSI controller. > > > > * Dual Pentium Xeon 2.0 GHz processors. > > > > * Integrated Intel 82559 LAN controller. > > > > * Quantum Atlas 10k III 18GB U160 SCSI drive. > > > > * 2GB of PC800 RDRAM ram (512meg sticks x 4). > > > > > > Here's what I've done: > > * Swapped power supplies between boxes. > > > > * Backed off to 1GB of RAM. > > > > * Removed one processor. > > > > * Swapped RAM between boxes. > > > > * Reinstalled FreeBSD (numerous times). > > > > * Installed WinXP *shiver* and ran some hardware diagnostic software > > (passed every time). > > > > * Tried a different brand of RAM. > > > > So after trying everything above and coming to the conclusion that > > SuperMicro products just suck, I give them a call and try to get more > > ideas and the tech tells me he doesn't think they are compatible with > > FreeBSD and I should try running RedHat 7.3, which is of course a non > > option :-) > > > > Does anyone else use these boxes with FreeBSD and have luck with them, or > > are SuperMicro and FreeBSD not compatible? Does anyone else use FreeBSD > > and Dual Xeons, or is that too bleeding edge? Any help or suggestions > > would be greatly appreciated :) > > I've used FreeBSD on a P4DC6+ system with dual 1.5GHz Xeons, 1GB (and 512MB > RAM, both with 256MB DIMMs), and random SCSI disks hooked up to the onboard > 7899. > > It worked fine. > > There is nothing inherently wrong with SuperMicro boards. They don't suck, > although I have had failures before. (One 370DE6 board came with a bad > serial EEPROM hooked up to the onboard 7899, so the Adaptec bios settings > wouldn't stick. We got it replaced by the reseller without any hassles.) > > Is your RAM ECC or not? Do you have parity checking turned on? > > The RAM I have in the P4DC6+ is Kingston ValueRAM, and they're 256MB PC800 > ECC rambus modules. > > Ken > -- > Kenneth Merry > ken@kdm.org > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jul 23 15:49: 5 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FFFC37B400 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 15:49:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bsd1.rgptech.com (adsl-64-163-15-235.dsl.sndg02.pacbell.net [64.163.15.235]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E232643E72 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 15:48:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from root@bsd1.rgptech.com) Received: by bsd1.rgptech.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA25010 for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 18:48:18 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from root) From: Gordon Price Reply-To: root@bsd1.rgptech.com To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: 4.6 ISO image file Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 18:43:53 -0400 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.21] Content-Type: text/plain MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <02072318481800.25006@bsd1.rgptech.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Anybody know how to take the version 4.6 FreeBSD ISO CD image file on a WIN2K box and get it copied on a CD using Adaptec Easy CD Creator?? Is it as easy as doing a data disk or does it require special handling since it needs to boot?? I do have the ISO image file from the ftp site already. Thanks, R. Gordon Price To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jul 23 15:52:24 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 096E437B400 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 15:52:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from blue.gerhardt-it.com (gw.gerhardt-it.com [204.83.38.103]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AA9D43E31 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 15:52:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from scott@gerhardt-it.com) Received: from [192.168.100.110] (gw.gerhardt-it.com [204.83.38.103]) by blue.gerhardt-it.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B73610024; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 16:52:20 -0600 (CST) User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.1.0.2006 Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 16:52:13 -0600 Subject: Re: 4.6 ISO image file From: Scott Gerhardt To: , Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <02072318481800.25006@bsd1.rgptech.com> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 7/23/02 4:43 PM, "Gordon Price" wrote: > Anybody know how to take the version 4.6 FreeBSD ISO CD image file on a WIN2K > box and get it copied on a CD using Adaptec Easy CD Creator?? Is it as easy > as > doing a data disk or does it require special handling since it needs to boot?? > I do have the ISO image file from the ftp site already. I believe Adaptec Easy CD Creator has a create CD from ISO option which allows you to just burn the CD. -- Scott Gerhardt, P.Geo. Gerhardt Information Technologies [G-IT] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jul 23 17:10:53 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FF5937B400 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 17:10:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mgw1-out.MEIway.com (mgw1.meiway.com [212.73.210.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4966043E42 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 17:10:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from LConrad@Go2France.com) Received: from VirusGate.MEIway.com (virus-gate.meiway.com [212.73.210.91]) by mgw1-out.MEIway.com (Postfix Relay Hub) with ESMTP id 1F796EF69E for ; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 02:05:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost.meiway.com [127.0.0.1]) by VirusGate.MEIway.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 3D6905D009 for ; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 02:13:44 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.Go2France.com (ms1.meiway.com [212.73.210.73]) by VirusGate.MEIway.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA18C5D008 for ; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 02:13:43 +0200 (CEST) Received: from LenConrad.Go2France.com [66.64.14.18] by mail.Go2France.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-6.06) id A16A271C0102; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 02:14:34 +0200 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20020723190916.0b48f3d0@mail.Go2France.com> X-Sender: LConrad@Go2France.com@mail.Go2France.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 19:10:36 -0500 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org From: Len Conrad Subject: Re: 4.6 ISO image file In-Reply-To: <02072318481800.25006@bsd1.rgptech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Anybody know how to take the version 4.6 FreeBSD ISO CD image file on a WIN2K >box and get it copied on a CD using Adaptec Easy CD Creator?? Is it as >easy as >doing a data disk or does it require special handling since it needs to boot?? >I do have the ISO image file from the ftp site already. I've never had CD Creator fail to give me a perfect FreeBSD from the .iso. It's on the File pulldown, something like "create cd from image". Len __________________________________________________________________ www.menandmice.com/DNS-training : DNS Training BIND8NT.MEIway.com : ISC BIND for NT4 & W2K IMGate.MEIway.com : Build free, hi-perf, anti-abuse mail gateways To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jul 24 8: 7:47 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91A1A37B406 for ; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 08:07:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smarthost.yourcomms.net (mailgate.yourcomms.net [195.8.160.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3944C43E42 for ; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 08:07:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dave@fyonn.net) Received: from [195.8.191.5] by smarthost.yourcomms.net (NTMail 5.06.0016/GM0002.04.00842b74) with ESMTP id ejkzfaaa for freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 16:05:48 +0100 Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 16:07:46 +0100 From: David Haworth To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: fujifilm SM-R2 problems Message-Id: <20020724160746.73fe5fb7.dave@fyonn.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.7.8 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.6) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org heya folks as the usb mass storage on my olympus C-2 digicam isn't supported by freebsd I looked in the news archives and saw that the Fujifilm SM-R2 apparently works under the umass driver creating a scsi disk that can be mounted and used. so I went and found a company selling them and bought one and I've just tried to use the blighter and it's not working :( well, just to make sure I cvsup'd to the latest stable and rebuilt world (to make sure there was nothing left from my frigging around with the code to make my olympus digicam work (failed btw) and still no luck. when I have it plugged in from boot then it never shows up in dmesg or under camcontrol devlist. thats what I understand I am supposed to do with it. well anyways if I boot up with it disconnected and then plug it in I get: Jul 23 21:04:48 blink /kernel: umass0: Hagiwara Sys-Com SmartMedia R/W, rev 1.10/2.00, addr 2 Jul 23 21:04:48 blink /kernel: umass0: Get Max Lun not supported (STALLED) Jul 23 21:04:53 blink /kernel: umass0: BBB reset failed, IOERROR Jul 23 21:04:53 blink /kernel: umass0: BBB bulk-in clear stall failed, IOERROR Jul 23 21:04:53 blink /kernel: umass0: BBB bulk-out clear stall failed, IOERROR Jul 23 21:04:58 blink /kernel: umass0: BBB reset failed, IOERROR Jul 23 21:04:58 blink /kernel: umass0: BBB bulk-in clear stall failed, IOERROR Jul 23 21:04:58 blink /kernel: umass0: BBB bulk-out clear stall failed, IOERROR (and repeat for a while, eventaully followed by) Jul 23 21:05:31 blink /kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): got CAM status 0x4 Jul 23 21:05:31 blink /kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): fatal error, failed to attach to device Jul 23 21:05:31 blink /kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): lost device Jul 23 21:05:31 blink /kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): removing device entry if I camcontrol devlist while it's BBB'ing then the umass device appears, but then it goes away again. I've got usb, umass, pass, da etc in the kernel. what am I doing wrong? I'd really aprecciate the help here. I bought this reader so I could use my camera under freebsd and not need windows... cheers dave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jul 24 9:42:16 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FD9537B401 for ; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 09:42:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from arg1.demon.co.uk (arg1.demon.co.uk [62.49.12.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14A9C43E31 for ; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 09:42:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from arg-bsd@arg1.demon.co.uk) Received: by arg1.demon.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 17D9D9B04; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 17:42:13 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by arg1.demon.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14E095D0C; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 17:42:13 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 17:42:12 +0100 (BST) From: Andrew Gordon X-X-Sender: To: David Haworth Cc: Subject: Re: fujifilm SM-R2 problems In-Reply-To: <20020724160746.73fe5fb7.dave@fyonn.net> Message-ID: <20020724173604.W77797-100000@server.arg.sj.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 24 Jul 2002, David Haworth wrote: > I've got usb, umass, pass, da etc in the kernel. what am I doing wrong? Does anything work USB-wise on this machine? Looks like you've got things configured OK. > I'd really aprecciate the help here. I bought this reader so I could use my > camera under freebsd and not need windows... Assuming you are running 4.x, you could try Joe's USB upgrade patches, available at: http://www.josef-k.net:/misc/RELENG_4-USB-20020301.patch.gz These greatly improved the stability of my USB, though I was able to use the SM-R2 without them. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jul 24 12:31:51 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23E6937B400 for ; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 12:31:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ren.sasknow.com (ren.sasknow.com [207.195.92.131]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E5A543E4A for ; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 12:31:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) Received: from localhost (ryan@localhost) by ren.sasknow.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6OJVjc54451 for ; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 13:31:45 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 13:31:45 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Intel 82562ET NIC support? Message-ID: <20020724132415.V49158-100000@ren.sasknow.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi all, Looked through 4.6's HARDWARE.TXT, and poked around -CURRENT, but couldn't find anything specific regarding Intel 82562ET (10/100 NIC) support under FreeBSD. I found this post in the archives, from June: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=23942+25712+/usr/local/www/db/text/2002/freebsd-hardware/20020609.freebsd-hardware It sounds like bad news... But didn't receive any replies. Can someone confirm or deny this? I'm considering the Intel 815EBM1 server board in some builds, and want to know if I'll be able to use the on-board NIC. http://www.intel.com/design/servers/s815ebm1/index.htm Thoughts? - Ryan -- Ryan Thompson SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com 901 1st Avenue North - Saskatoon, SK - S7K 1Y4 Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-244-7037 Saskatoon Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jul 24 12:32:49 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 538) id 0DA3437B401; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 12:32:48 -0700 (PDT) To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org From: Majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Majordomo results Reply-To: Majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG Message-Id: <20020724193248.0DA3437B401@hub.freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 12:32:48 -0700 (PDT) Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org -- >>>> subscribe freebsd-hardware **** You are trying to subscribe one mailing list another. **** Your subscription request has been rejected. >>>> >>>> -- END OF COMMANDS To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message