From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 5 03:58:42 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECFB216A4C0 for ; Sun, 5 Oct 2003 03:58:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bitbucket.upnix.net (bitbucket.upnix.net [209.82.111.158]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77FBF43FF5 for ; Sun, 5 Oct 2003 03:58:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from earonyk@360integration.com) Received: from zeta (h24-86-222-172.ed.shawcable.net [24.86.222.172]) (authenticated bits=0) by bitbucket.upnix.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h95Awbox019185 for ; Sun, 5 Oct 2003 04:58:38 -0600 (MDT) From: "Edward Aronyk" To: Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 04:58:53 -0600 Message-ID: <001c01c38b2f$addc3700$6501a8c0@zeta> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Subject: SMP + Compaq 2DH Array Controller cause freeze in boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2003 10:58:42 -0000 Good day all, I've recently added a new piece of hardware to my collection - it's a Compaq Proliant 1600R with a Smart Array 2DH controller and dual processors. Unfortunately these features don't seem to play well together. Installing FreeBSD 4.8 was very smooth. After doing a CVSup, one of my first tasks was to compile a new kernel with SMP support. The compile went fine, but when I reboot with the new kernel, the box freezes at: "Mounting root from ufs:/dev/idad0s2a" After doing some searching on the mailing lists I found that this problem has been encountered by a few people over the last three or four years. One solution in the past for a similar problem was to tell the Compaq BIOS that you are running Windows NT. Compaq tries to disable SMP support for operating systems it doesn't think will support it. I tried this fix with no success. Another person tried selecting Linux with success, however that was on a different model - mine has no option for Linux. Does anyone have any solutions, or will this bug remain unfixed? Thank you all for your time, Edward Aronyk