From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 20 14:24:43 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36FB1106566B for ; Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:24:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from listensammler@q827es.in-berlin.de) Received: from einhorn.in-berlin.de (einhorn.in-berlin.de [192.109.42.8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEDF28FC16 for ; Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:24:41 +0000 (UTC) X-Envelope-From: listensammler@q827es.in-berlin.de X-Envelope-To: Received: from adolfputzen (wlan-215-108.net.TU-Berlin.DE [130.149.215.108]) (authenticated bits=0) by einhorn.in-berlin.de (8.13.6/8.13.6/Debian-1) with ESMTP id o0KEESs4018761 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:14:28 +0100 Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:14:24 +0100 From: Julian Fagir To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100120151424.3b799f47@adolfputzen> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.2 (GTK+ 2.14.7; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang_at_IN-Berlin_e.V. on 192.109.42.8 Subject: SunFire X2100 fails X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:24:43 -0000 Hello, I recently got a SunFire X2100 to play with (first version, not M2). Linux (Debian) and 7.2-RELEASE works without problems, just installs straight-away and runs fine (currently 31 days uptime). But 8.0-RELEASE does not work, neither when being upgraded nor when installing from CD or memstick. The problem is: The kernel does not recognize the slices and partitions. When installing it, the installer shows me a single slice on each of the two hard disks though there are more. It also shows a warning about a GPT-label, no matter whether there is a GPT or MBR on it. After reslicing and -partitioning them, the installer fails when creating a filesystem on them, saying the devices (in this case the partitions) are not configured. Looking at the disk with Linux shows me that the partitions and slices were created properly at this point. When upgrading from 7.2 to 8.0, I'll be dropped to the "mount-shell" when restarting after doing the freebsd-update of the kernel. The possible mount-options the kernel recognizes are two labels (mbr/hdds, I think), the disks themselves and one slice on each disk, no partitions nor the other slices. Nothing capable of booting is found on the disks/slices anyway when I try to boot from them. As I currently have 7.2 on it, I can only show you the information I'll get from that one. # lspci 00:00.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller (rev a3) 00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge (rev a3) 00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus (rev a2) 00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a2) 00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a3) 00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE (rev f2) 00:07.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3) 00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3) 00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge (rev a2) 00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3) 00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3) 00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3) 00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3) 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27) 04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 11) 05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06) 05:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06) Regards, Julian Fagir