Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 08:36:49 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New server keeps panicking Message-ID: <3EB8FDE1.2070208@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.2.20030506234032.00a9c020@computinginnovations.com> References: <5.2.1.1.2.20030506234032.00a9c020@computinginnovations.com>
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Derek Ragona wrote: > I am installing a new server, it is using an Intel SE7501WV2 motherboard > with on-board SCSI. This Motherboard has 2 intel Xeon 2.66 GHz CPU's. You don't mention the make/model of the SCSI controller. I'm guessing that it's obscured by the fact that it's an onboard. > The system has one IDE CD-ROM, and one SCSI U320 hard disk. The SCSI > disk is cabled using an Adaptec U320 cable, with terminator. Verify your termination: that the card is configured to be a terminator at its end, and the drives _aren't_. Borked termination can cause all manner of unpredictable SCSI failures. > I have tried installing FreeBSD version 5.0 release, but it kept > panicking with SCSI disk write error messages. So I tried again, > installing this time version 4.8 release. The 4.8 had the same problems. On a whim: use the bios to set the SCSI controller to use SCSI-160 speed instead and see if it works then. It's possible that 320 isn't supported on that card yet. This is a "wild guess"/"gut feeling" thing, though, so don't get upset if it's not the cause. > Is there something I need to do because of the SCSI disk system? Or is > it the two CPU's? > > The error I get is a block cannot be written, it is out of range. The > system actually locks up, something I have never seen FreeBSD do. Sounds more like SCSI than CPU. > I looked and don't see any issues about this motherboard or U320 drives > in the problem reports or message archives. It's also possible that your motherboard is faulty. Did it come with any diagnostic utilities or anything? Bad hardware has a bad habit of sneaking in and making life difficult, and it can be very difficult to detect! -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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