From owner-freebsd-current Fri Mar 21 15:26:28 2003 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 3B82A37B401 for ; Fri, 21 Mar 2003 15:26:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from freebsd.org.ru (sweet.etrust.ru [194.84.67.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85D3D43FAF for ; Fri, 21 Mar 2003 15:26:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from osa@freebsd.org.ru) Received: by freebsd.org.ru (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C9A101E2; Sat, 22 Mar 2003 02:26:24 +0300 (MSK) Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 02:26:24 +0300 From: "Sergey A. Osokin" To: "Brian J. Kirk" Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd 5.0 on hp netserver lf Message-ID: <20030321232624.GW49925@freebsd.org.ru> Reply-To: osa@FreeBSD.org.ru References: <20030321224539.GC38273@primuul.com> <000501c2effd$ab6ac220$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> <20030321231501.GA38455@primuul.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030321231501.GA38455@primuul.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 06:15:01PM -0500, Brian J. Kirk wrote: > set hw.eisa_slots=12 works, it recognizes the controller and drives, then panics. I think I'll settle for 4.7 on here fow now. Try disable ACPI with unset acpi_load at boot prompt. Maybe its help you. > On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 06:00:29PM -0500, Matthew Emmerton wrote: > > > > > I posted a question earlier on freebsd-questions concerning this, and have > > since discovered a bit more. Sorry about the cross posting. > > > > > > I'm trying to get 5.0 running on an old hp netserver lf. quoting some > > random website: > > > "How come FreeBSD does not detect my HP Netserver's SCSI controller? This > > is basically a known problem. The EISA on-board SCSI controller in the HP > > Netserver machines occupies EISA slot number 11, so all the "true" EISA > > slots are in front of it. Alas, the address space for EISA slots >= 10 > > collides with the address space assigned to PCI, and FreeBSD's > > auto-configuration currently cannot handle this situation very well. > > > > > > So now, the best you can do is to pretend there is no address range clash > > :), by bumping the kernel option EISA_SLOTS to a value of 12... > > > > > > Of course, this does present you with a chicken-and-egg problem when > > installing on such a machine. In order to work around this problem, a > > special hack is available inside UserConfig. Do not use the "visual" > > interface, but > > > +the plain command-line interface there. Simply type > > > eisa 12 quit > > > at the prompt, and install your system as usual. While it is recommended > > you compile and install a custom kernel anyway." > > > > > > The above quoted instructions worked fine when booting with 4.7 floppies, > > but 5.0 seems to lack the option to boot into UserConfig with a "boot -c" > > command. Looking at the device.hints options, which seem to be replacing > > the UserConfig command, I don't see anything listed for eisa slots. With > > 5.0's boot loader, I've used > > > set EISA_SLOTS=12 > > > set EISA=12 > > > but the dmesg and installer still don't list the scsi controller, and > > hence no drives. > > > > > > Interestingly, an "lsdev" at the boot prompt correctly lists the floppy > > and two drives, including the partition information. > > > > > > > Try using hw.eisa_slots = 12. -- Rgdz, /"\ ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN Sergey Osokin aka oZZ, \ / AGAINST HTML MAIL http://ozz.pp.ru/ X AND NEWS / \ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message