Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:12:49 +1000 From: "Murray Taylor" <MTaylor@bytecraft.com.au> To: "Derek Ragona" <derek@computinginnovations.com>, "FreeBSD Mailing List" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: general@vicfug.au.freebsd.org Subject: RE: IBM / FreeBSD Install problem Message-ID: <04E232FDCD9FBE43857F7066CAD3C0F12DF189@svmailmel.bytecraft.internal>
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________________________________ =09From: Derek Ragona [mailto:derek@computinginnovations.com]=20 =09Sent: Wednesday, 18 April 2007 11:34 PM =09To: Murray Taylor; FreeBSD Mailing List =09Cc: general@vicfug.au.freebsd.org =09Subject: Re: IBM / FreeBSD Install problem =09 =09 =09At 07:07 AM 4/18/2007, Murray Taylor wrote: =09 =09 Server: IBM X3850 (88633SM) =09 CPU X 4: 40K2522 =09 HDD X 6: 40K1051 =09 IBM ServeRAID 8i: 39R8729 =09=09 =09 We are attempting to install FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE onto this machine and =09 are running into a problem getting the operating system to recognise the =09 RAID controller. As a result not finding any disks when it comes to =09 installing the O/S. =09=09 =09 We have attempted various modifications to the boot process, including =09 the loading of an "aac" module, which according to the BSD website, =09 should provide support for this type of controller. =09=09 =09 When we attempt to boot to OS to install after making these above =09 modifications, the boot loader advises that this module already appears =09 to be loaded, which contradicts what I believe. In any respect, it =09 doesn't work either way (with or without the module manually loaded). =09=09 =09 One side note (which i don't think is contributing) is that when I =09 attempt to start the boot loader with ACPI enabled, it freezes with the =09 message "cpu id 38 too high". However if I boot the boot loader with =09 ACPI disabled, this message dissapears. It _may_ be a possibility that a =09 bi-product of disabling the ACPI is causing the RAID controller to have =09 issues. This appears to be an issue because of the X4 CPU count ?? =09=09 =09 That's a quick summary of the problem we have, and the path(s) we have =09 been down to date to attempt to fix it. Any help you can provide would =09 be very much appreciated. We are at the position now where we are =09 prepared to pay for consulting services to get it going. =09=09 =09 Dave Faulkner / Murray Taylor =09=09 =09 Bytecraft Systems =09=09 =09Are you creating an Array before you try the installation? =09 =09What does the console show for the recognized hardware, and not recognized hardware? =20 You can boot from CD and run dmesg to get this information. =09 =09 -Derek =09=20 The array is already created... =20 The hardware for the RAID array _and_ the bge interface are not found. Murray Taylor Special Projects Engineer Bytecraft Systems P: +61 3 8710 2555 F: +61 3 8710 2599 D: +61 3 9238 4275 E: mtaylor@bytecraft.com.au=20 -- "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." --Albert Einstein=20 =20 --------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted in this e-mail is for the exclusive use of the intended addressee and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or other use of it, or the taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons and/or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please inform the sender and/or addressee immediately and delete the material.=20 E-mails may not be secure, may contain computer viruses and may be corrupted in transmission. Please carefully check this e-mail (and any attachment) accordingly. No warranties are given and no liability is accepted for any loss or damage caused by such matters. --------------------------------------------------------------- ### This e-mail message has been scanned for Viruses by Bytecraft ###
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