Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 16:26:31 -0600 From: freebsd@dreamchaser.org To: Tony Holmes <tony@crosswinds.net> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Asus A7N8X-E w/SATA and SCSI, 4.10 sys install snafu Message-ID: <4144CD17.4060208@dreamchaser.org> In-Reply-To: <20040912122843.GA7321@crosswinds.net> References: <41438D6A.9000603@dreamchaser.org> <20040912122843.GA7321@crosswinds.net>
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One other thing to check -- what version of BIOS for the mobo do you have? Mine came with 1011, and while the Asus notes on the 1012 bios download say the changes are to support an additional amd processor, 1012 also tweaks the way bios boot options for scsi and sata/raid are configured. Didn't solve my problems but it may affect yours, although I doubt it. But it seems wise to update it. The change adds a field for booting from scsi or raid. I take that to mean when you specify scsi as a boot device, you will get the sata drive instead if you have it set to raid. I attempted to build an nt4 system and it did work that way, although I was unable to complete the nt4 install because after writing \winnt and its contents on the sata drive during the initial install, the reboot to the sata drive fell on its face. Gary Tony Holmes wrote: > On +Sep 11, Gary Aitken wrote: > >>The BIOS reported devices and FreeBSD 4.10 boot probe (see below), >>show the scsi device (pci1 at 6.0, irq11), but fbsd doesn't recognize it. >> >>Freebsd isn't recognizing >> the buslogic controller (bt0) device (pci1, device 6.0), >> the sata device (pci1 device 11.0), >> or either of the network devices (pci0 device 4.0, pci1 device 4.0). > > > I can chime in with a "me too" here, but with an Adaptec 29160 and Promise > SATA controller. I successfully installed 4.9-RELEASE on a system. I later > cvsup'd to 4.10-Stable and the SCSI isn't seen at all. BIOS probes it, but > FreeBSD does not - appears to be a serious regression (which was reported > to -scsi but no response). > > For me the boot would hang at the "Resetting SCSI" stage of the boot and > not continue. Oddly, if I use an older 2940, it is recognized and the boot > continues. > > If the SATA card is in the system, neither will boot. >
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