Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 02:50:36 -0700 From: "Vinod Kashyap" <vkashyap@amcc.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>, Patrick Hurrelmann <outi@bytephobia.de> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Problems installing Fre*BSD with 3ware 9500S-4LP Message-ID: <HZLQ0G01.UDI@hadar.amcc.com>
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Looks like you cannot reboot after an install since the = driver is not part of the OS you just finished installing. This is what you can do: 1. While installing the OS, load the driver from a floppy (sysinstall->Configure->KLDLoad). You are probably already doing this. 2. After installation, during reboot, escape to the loader prompt, and again with a floppy with the driver inserted, load the driver by doing 'load disk0:twa.ko'. 3. Do a 'boot' and you should be able to boot. 4. Once you have successfully rebooted, either build the kernel with the driver sources, or simply copy the driver binary (twa.ko) to /boot/kernel, and add the following line to /boot/loader.conf: twa_load=3D"YES" This should make the driver load automatically during every reboot. Also, sorry about the mistype 'FreeBSD 5.1' on the 3ware website. It should indeed be 'FreeBSD 5.2'. It's in the = process of being corrected. Please contact 3ware support with any questions you might have. They should be able to assist you. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Doug White > Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 11:28 AM > To: Patrick Hurrelmann > Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Problems installing FreeBSD with 3ware 9500S-4LP > = > = > well you replied to yourself and made this a mess, I'll see = > what I can do > to trim it down :) > = > On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Patrick Hurrelmann wrote: > = > > > > 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. > > > > Disk details: WDC WD1200JB-75GBB0 > = > So 1 4-disk raid5. ok. > = > > > > > 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) > = > Yeah, I don't think thats right; Vinod said its been qualified on 5.2. > The kernel ABI's changed since 5.1. > = > > > > > 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=3Ddisk1s1a (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. > = > I was asking if you can boot off a different media here. = > Since you can > boot off the CDROM okay, I wanted you to use the CD's loader = > to boot the > on-disk system. If that worked then the loader binary on disk was > probably corrupted. > = > > > twa.ko from 3ware dowload-site included new firmware. The = > controller > > > has been updated automatically. > > > > > twa firmware is 2.02.00.011 > > twa bios is 2.02.01.037 > = > Ah, they split it into runtime firmware and BIOS. I was = > curious if there > was a new BIOS available, but it appears its a part of the = > driver package > now. Thats annoying; if you can't boot due to a BIOS problem, = > you can't > boot to upload a new BIOS. Nice chicken-&-egg problem. > = > > > 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. > = > Sounds like the module and kernel are mismatched here. > = > I'd suggest contacting 3ware at this point, since there is = > obviously a bug > in the 3ware BIOS. > = > -- = > Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve > dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = > "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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