Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 00:16:27 +0200 From: Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> To: "Brian Duke" <brian@box201.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gateway ALR 9200 Message-ID: <6D836F47-4530-43A1-9F5B-29831362DBFA@lassitu.de> In-Reply-To: <20050626183407.EFAAD43D58@mx1.FreeBSD.org> References: <20050626183407.EFAAD43D58@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
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Am 26.06.2005 um 20:33 schrieb Brian Duke: > I picked up one of these and would like to run FreeBSD this beast. > > Please familiarize yourself with the FreeBSD mailing list etiquette. =20 See http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/=20 eresources.html#ERESOURCES-MAIL While people on this list might or might not have ideas about what to =20= try, -questions or -stable is the proper forum. If you have specific experiences with FreeBSD on this hardware, I'm =20 sure people on -smp would love to hear about it. At any rate, people who are able to help you will probably require a =20 more detailed failure description. Stefan > > > > The BTX loader fails right after the initial setup screen. I press any > option except install prompt and it fails. > > > > I have : > > Gateway ALR 9200 > > 4 processor xeon 500's > > 1 gig ram > > 1 adaptec 3200S scsi card running modified raid 5 > > 6 drives. 2 sets of striped 3 and mirrored. > > > > I am having a difficult time finding anything that will load in =20 > this box. > > I prefer FreeBSD if possible. I've googled for a couple days and =20 > didn't find > much help. > > Can someone help me get past this first hurdle? > > > > The OS I am loading is currently FreeBSD 5.3 > > I went to adaptec and found some information about FreeBSD 4.11 and =20= > tried > that version as well. > > I can get Solaris 10 to load but it fails to find the raid as a =20 > valid drive. > > Fedora Core 2 also boots and says it can't find a drive. > > The Raid boots up fine and builds with no faults. > > I have an adaptec driver for FeeBSD but I need to install enough OS to > pkg_add the file. > > > > When I install a little 850 meg IDE drive and set that to master, =20 > Still the > btx loader dies. Here is what the final screen says: > > > > /boot/kernel/acpi.ko text=3D0x3fbfc data=3D0x1c04+0x112c > syms=3D[0x4+0x72f0+0x4+0x97c7] > > / > > int=3D0000000d err=3D00000000 efl=3D00030002 eip=3D00005755 > > eax=3D00000001 ebx=3D00000008 ecx=3D000039ff edx=3D00000082 > > esi=3D0000579c edi=3D0000e873 edi=3D000003ba esp=3D0000037e > > cs=3Df000 ds=3D0040 es=3Df000 fs=3D9dc0 gs=3Df000 ss=3D9c46 > > cs:eip=3D2e 0f 01 14 0f 20 c0 0c-01 0f 22 c0 eb 00 8e db > > 8e c3 8e e3 8e eb 0f 20-c0 24 fc 0f 22 c0 ea 78 > > ss:esp=3D11 64 08 00 01 00 00 00-00 f0 c0 9d 02 02 51 e8 > > 05 00 c2 ee 05 00 00 f0-00 00 1a 7d c4 5e dd e6 > > BTX Halted > > > > I think I copied all that correctly. > > > > Has anyone got a quick idea why this fails right off? > > > > Brian Duke > > 303-952-4983 > > Blue Incorporated. > > -=3D-_-=3D=3D--=3D_-=3D=E2=94=90 > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-arch@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arch-=20 > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > --=20 Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> Fon +49 170 346 0140
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