Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 21:23:41 +0100 From: Robert Suetterlin <robert@mpe.mpg.de> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Solved ?!? (was: CPQ ML350. Boot Hangs during Installation. Updated Problem Report.) Message-ID: <20020115202341.GK3257@robert2.mpe-garching.mpg.de> In-Reply-To: <20020115141549.GA3257@robert2.mpe-garching.mpg.de> References: <20020111150745.GE159@robert2.mpe-garching.mpg.de> <20020115141549.GA3257@robert2.mpe-garching.mpg.de>
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I 'solved' the Problem (?). I followed a hint in one replies (above) to install FreeBSD 4.4-Release on a single Hardrive and the upgrade to 4.4-Stable (in my case 4.5-RC) because there have been some patches to the ata driver inbetween these releases. I did it and when I reboot with a custom 4.5-RC kernel I can attach all four drives to the promise controller without hanging the system any longer. Unfortunately I do not know what caused the problem in the first place (i.e. a buggy driver that got patched, or a bad system setup that got repaired by the improved ata driver ...) and feel a little alarmed. BTW the driver works great. It delivers some 37MByte per second to a single Hardrive --- writing to a ufs filesystem --- which is close to the limit of what the IBMs can support. I was almost convinced that I should shun IDE for the rest of my life, unfortunately the ata drivers of FBSD developed a little to quickly. Sincerely, Robert S. -- Robert Suetterlin (robert@mpe.mpg.de) phone: (+49)89 / 30000-3546 fax: (+49)89 / 30000-3950 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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