Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:15:22 +0100 From: "Ronald Klop" <ronald-freebsd8@klop.yi.org> To: "Jack Vogel" <jfvogel@gmail.com>, "FreeBSD Current" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, "FreeBSD Stable List" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Bringing up new Intel non-legacy system Message-ID: <op.t1gz7wxo8527sy@guido.klop.ws> In-Reply-To: <2a41acea0711071617p1ec29072y76b6ce662961ab39@mail.gmail.com> References: <2a41acea0711071617p1ec29072y76b6ce662961ab39@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 01:17:16 +0100, Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> wrote: > Although I'm a network guy, for various reasons I am helping to get > FreeBSD running on a new Intel system: S7000FC4UR. This is a > rack-mount server that has no PS/2 or PCI legacy, its all PCI-E > expansion, and only USB peripheral. I have had a lot of issues: > > First, the DVD is SATA, however I can work around that by setting > IDE mode in the BIOS. > > With FreeBSD 7 BETA the install kernel always seems to hang > in USB initialization, if I disable ACPI it gets further, but ultimately > still no joy. > > Oddly enough, STABLE OCT snapshot will actually install but > again only with ACPI disabled. > > Anyone have an idea why 6.X would actually faire better than 7, > this surprised me?! > > And, is the ACPI subsystem likely to be the source of the problem? > > I would really prefer 7 running on this, and of course with ACPI > working. > > Oh, the system also has LSI MegaRaid SAS 1078, which I was > able to install using STABLE. > > Cheers, > > Jack My computer at home (6.2-STABLE/i386) hangs on usb if my external harddisk is attached. But since I disabled USB in the BIOS it works fine. FreeBSD does still detect USB, so I think it was some conflict between BIOS initializing the hardware and FreeBSD doing that. Maybe you have the same problem. Ronald. -- Ronald Klop Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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