Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 12:33:14 -0600 From: "Brian Duke" <brian@box201.com> To: <freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Gateway ALR 9200 Message-ID: <20050626183407.EFAAD43D58@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
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I picked up one of these and would like to run FreeBSD this beast.
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The BTX loader fails right after the initial setup screen. I press any
option except install prompt and it fails.
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I have :
Gateway ALR 9200
4 processor xeon 500's=20
1 gig ram=20
1 adaptec 3200S scsi card running modified raid 5
6 drives. 2 sets of striped 3 and mirrored.
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I am having a difficult time finding anything that will load in this =
box.=20
I prefer FreeBSD if possible. I've googled for a couple days and didn't =
find
much help.
Can someone help me get past this first hurdle?
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The OS I am loading is currently FreeBSD 5.3=20
I went to adaptec and found some information about FreeBSD 4.11 and =
tried
that version as well.=20
I can get Solaris 10 to load but it fails to find the raid as a valid =
drive.
Fedora Core 2 also boots and says it can't find a drive.
The Raid boots up fine and builds with no faults.=20
I have an adaptec driver for FeeBSD but I need to install enough OS to
pkg_add the file.
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When I install a little 850 meg IDE drive and set that to master, Still =
the
btx loader dies. Here is what the final screen says:
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/boot/kernel/acpi.ko text=3D0x3fbfc data=3D0x1c04+0x112c
syms=3D[0x4+0x72f0+0x4+0x97c7]=20
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int=3D0000000d err=3D00000000 efl=3D00030002 eip=3D00005755
eax=3D00000001 ebx=3D00000008 ecx=3D000039ff edx=3D00000082=20
esi=3D0000579c edi=3D0000e873 edi=3D000003ba esp=3D0000037e=20
cs=3Df000 ds=3D0040 es=3Df000 fs=3D9dc0 gs=3Df000 ss=3D9c46=20
cs:eip=3D2e 0f 01 14 0f 20 c0 0c-01 0f 22 c0 eb 00 8e db
8e c3 8e e3 8e eb 0f 20-c0 24 fc 0f 22 c0 ea 78
ss:esp=3D11 64 08 00 01 00 00 00-00 f0 c0 9d 02 02 51 e8
05 00 c2 ee 05 00 00 f0-00 00 1a 7d c4 5e dd e6=20
BTX Halted
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I think I copied all that correctly.
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Has anyone got a quick idea why this fails right off?
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Brian Duke
303-952-4983
Blue Incorporated.
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