Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 07:46:53 -0500 From: Mike A <mikea@mikea.ath.cx> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bug Report: IBM x3650M4 (32GB, 2x4-core Xeon E5-2600, IBM ServeRaid M5110e): fails in install with NMI Message-ID: <20120829124653.GA89164@mikea.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <201208290818.20990.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <20120827203817.GB44988@mikea.ath.cx> <201208281238.48041.jhb@freebsd.org> <20120828210618.GD69985@mikea.ath.cx> <201208290818.20990.jhb@freebsd.org>
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On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 08:18:20AM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > Humm, that is bizarre. All the early bootstrap code just relies on the BIOS > to perform disk I/O, etc. Can you PXE boot these machines? That might be a > way to get the CD out of the picture. I haven't seen any machines with your > symptoms. At the least, if a machine does have a problem with the boot process > due to a bug or some such, it is consistent in having the problem every time, > not suddenly failing after working. > > Also, to be honest, the original NMI in itself is a bit odd. If you are having > these problems now I do wonder if there isn't an underlying hardware issue. > Regardless, I think netbooting would be a good thing to look to get the CD/DVD > bit out of the way. Agreed, in spades. My experience with FreeBSD, before this machine, is that Things Just Work. I have never seen anything like this before, and am seriously considering unboxing another server just to see if this is typical of the hardware or peculiar to this one box. I am installing the stuff needed for PXE boot this morning, and will provide results as I generate them. Many thanks. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mikea@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
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