Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:40:44 -0600 From: Brandon Gooch <jamesbrandongooch@gmail.com> To: Cameron Tune <cameron@camerontune.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with Highpoint 2320 Raid card Message-ID: <AANLkTi=OAu1aVAMm3yxFmV=Ci115RQvdExMWnAqUBgCn@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <48E61CAB-27B8-4EED-9D9B-A0CF35FE14CD@yahoo.com> References: <48E61CAB-27B8-4EED-9D9B-A0CF35FE14CD@yahoo.com>
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On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Cameron Tune <cameron@camerontune.com> wro= te: > Last month I purchased a Highpoint 2320 raid card, http://www.newegg.com/= Product/Product.aspx?Item=3DN82E16816115026 , for my FreeBSD server. =A0I'm= new to the FreeBSD world - so please bear with me as I try to solve the fo= llowing issue. > > With the card installed - the server hangs during the boot process. =A0I = don't even get to the standard FreeBSD boot menus (loader prompt, single-us= er mode, etc.), rather the freeze occurs after a "console" message and then= a listing of physical disks. =A0A picture of where the hang occurs is at h= ttp://www.camerontune.com/images/photo.jpg . > > As far as I can tell this card is supported on FreeBSD (running 8.1 STABL= E i386). =A0I've updated the motherboard bios, and have also monkeyed aroun= d with just about every possible setting in the card's bios. =A0Motherboard= is a Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P. > > I've combed through every possible log I can find in /var/logs - but I'm = not finding anything that starts this early in the boot process. =A0I've al= so ensured that all drivers are present and loaded in loader.conf - however= I don't think I'm even getting to the point of drivers being loaded. > > Any thoughts are appreciated - and please let me know if there's any addi= tional information I can provide that may help diagnose the problem. I had a Silicon Image Inc SATALink/SATARaid Controller (Sil 3114). After I installed the card, the system would hang on boot every other time, until one day it hung -- for good. I replaced it with an identical, new card, and things have been good ever since. Maybe you got a bad egg? -Brandon
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