From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 17 17:39:59 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5312106564A for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:39:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47CC28FC08 for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:39:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LOF9I-0001D1-59 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:39:56 +0000 Received: from pool-141-156-171-233.esr.east.verizon.net ([141.156.171.233]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:39:56 +0000 Received: from nightrecon by pool-141-156-171-233.esr.east.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:39:56 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Michael Powell Followup-To: gmane.os.freebsd.questions Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:40:31 -0500 Lines: 48 Message-ID: References: <21489832.post@talk.nabble.com> <21501771.post@talk.nabble.com> <21517692.post@talk.nabble.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-141-156-171-233.esr.east.verizon.net Sender: news Subject: Re: Help needed w/ HighPoint RocketRAID 3120 on FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: nightrecon@verizon.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:40:00 -0000 ThinkDifferently wrote: [snip] > Gigabyte's tech support guy was a whole lot more helpful, but in the end > he > couldn't get it to work either. His working theory is that since the > motherboard has its own RAID controller (even if it's disabled), it may be > interfering with the RocketRAID's ability to intervene using the same > mechanism (called Interrupt 13). I even upgraded the RocketRAID's > firmware > in an attempt to get it working. Nothing changed the situation. The only other thing is if you can disable INT 13 boot in the motherboard BIOS so as to leave the one on the HighPoint card the only one active. You would still change the below to "Bootable Add-in Cards". The theory does explain this though: In my BIOS there is the following... Hard Disk Boot Priority [Press Enter] 1. SCSI-0: : RocketRAID 3120 SATA C 2. Bootable Add-in Cards The RocketRAID card should not be showing up here on line 1 as SCSI-0. I was initially very confused when I saw this, but this would match the Gigabyte tech guys theory. This line should only be involving devices on the 1rst controller, e.g. the mobo one. > So, my working theory is that this RocketRAID is not compatible with my > motherboard and vice versa. In fact, I checked Highpoint's web site, and > they have a motherboard support list. It is in fact an astonishingly tiny > list, mostly (w)Intel boards, and quite obscure. A very small niche. Could very well be the case. If they have the INT13 hardwired in the BIOS to only try to boot from the 1rst (onboard controller) it won't look for an mbr anywhere else, even when told to boot from the add in card. This would be a fairly extreme oversight as the ability to boot from external add in cards was added a long long time ago. I've been doing such things successfully for years. This would be really crappy BIOS design on Gigabyte's part. Hell if I had another motherboard to run the experiment on and prove the hypothesis I'd be tempted to return the motherboard! :-) > I have very little patience when there's a 15 day return policy. %-O Roger that! -Mike