Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 11:14:00 -0600 From: "J. Buck Caldwell" <freebsd@bitparts.org> To: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with IBM xSeries 226 with ServeRAID 6i+ using FreeBSD 5.3 Message-ID: <424ADE58.1040602@bitparts.org> In-Reply-To: <4249C772.5090701@samsco.org> References: <4249A248.9060709@bitparts.org> <4249A57E.2000909@samsco.org> <4249C737.8030608@bitparts.org> <4249C772.5090701@samsco.org>
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Scott Long wrote: > J. Buck Caldwell wrote: > >> Scott Long wrote: >> >>> J. Buck Caldwell wrote: >>> >>>> Any help would be appreciated. Requests for more detail will be >>>> answered promptly. >>> >>> >>> >>> It sounds very much like an interrupt routing problem. Have you >>> tried the 5.4-BETA CD? >>> >>> Scott >>> >> No help. Booting normally brings me to the same point - "ips0: >> resetting adapter, make take 5 minutes" - then nothing. System just >> hangs. Also, after that point, hitting the power button will not >> power-off the machine (of course, holding it in will). Anytime before >> that point, hitting the power button will turn the power off instantly. > > > One more test, would you mind trying the 6.0-CURRENT-SNAP002 snapshot? > If that works then that gives us a target to shoot for with 5.4. > > Scott > Well, some excellent news - 6.0-CURRENT-SNAP002 works perfectly. Or at least, it boots - I'm doing an install now, but I wanted to let you know right away. Anything we could do to get this system running properly under 5.4, let me know - because we're paying lease payments two servers that we can't use at the moment, until we can boot FreeBSD on them. (damn IBM and thier end-of-life cycles....)
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