Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 17:37:41 -0500 From: "Brandon DeYoung" <brandon@schoolpeople.net> To: "Brandon DeYoung" <brandon@schoolpeople.net>, <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Problems installing 4.1 on 3ware RAID 5200 & 6200 Message-ID: <011901c015f7$92ad24e0$4702a8c0@schoolpeople.net> References: <200009031931.MAA00828@mass.osd.bsdi.com> <00f601c015f4$f3dfae20$4702a8c0@schoolpeople.net>
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I just checked my bios version on the 3Ware 5200. It is: 1.03.00.019. This is the most recent and only bios available from 3Ware's web site. ~Brandon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brandon DeYoung" <brandon@schoolpeople.net> To: <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 5:18 PM Subject: Problems installing 4.1 on 3ware RAID 5200 & 6200 > Hello all, > ...I must be doing something wrong. > I've been trying to get a new FreeBSD 4.1 (Release) system up using the > 3ware 5200 ATA RAID controller for the past few days. In short the install > exists after "Extracting manpages into / directory" with the following > error: > > twe0: unexpected status bit(s) 200000 <MCERR> > twe0: unexpected status bit(s) 200000 <MCERR> > twe0: unexpected status bit(s) 200000 <MCERR> > twe0: unexpected status bit(s) 200000 <MCERR> > twe0: unexpected status bit(s) 200000 <MCERR> > twe0: unexpected status bit(s) 200000 <MCERR> > twe0: unexpected status bit(s) 200000 <MCERR> > twe0: unexpected status bit(s) 200000 <MCERR> > 1111111111111 > giving up on 1 buffers > uptime: 3m10s > .... > then it reboots with the OS only partially installed. > > Exhaustive install and hardware info below: > > I used 3Ware's bios utility to set up a RAID 1 array with two 30.6 GB > Seagate hard drives. > When booting 3Ware's bios displays the following message: > > Array Unit 0 - Mirror 30.6 GB INIT Array (after F8) > Port 0 - ST330630A 30.6 GB > Port 1 - ST330630A 30.6 GB > > xxx Press <Alt-3> to access 3Ware configuration screen xxx > > > I'm booting to a 4.1 Release CD-ROM (made from a dowloaded ISO image). > I chose "skip kernel configuration and continue with installation". > I chose standard install. > I chose X-Developer > I've tried various partition sizes but typically > / = 200 MB > /var = 200MB > swap = 128MB > /usr = 500MB - 30.5 GB > > The system reports: > "Doing newfs -b 8192 -f 1024 /mnt/dev/rtwed0s1f" > "Extracting bin into / directory" > "Extracting doc into / directory" > "Extracting manpages into / directory" > > It usually craps out at this point but will occaisionally get a little > further but invariably display's: > > "twe0: unexpected status bit(s) 200000 <MCERR>" > > I've tried this with 128 MB NON-ECC, 256MB NON-ECC, and 256MB ECC RAM. I've > also tried both 5200 and 6200 3Ware escalade controllers: > > Asus P2B-N Motherboard (440 BX w/ integrated intel 10/100 and ATI Rage Pro) > 466 MHz Celeron processor. > Two 30.6 Seagate Barracuda hard drives conected to the 3ware controlled. > One Generic CDROM conected to the onboard IDE controller. > > I've even broken down and read 3Ware's user guide. Of course it only covered > Linux and Windoze installation. > > Help? > ~Brandon > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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