From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 30 20:26:38 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DD4B16A41F for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:26:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsd@bathnetworks.com) Received: from lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk (mail.bathnetworks.com [84.92.24.252]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F20743D53 for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:26:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsd@bathnetworks.com) Received: (qmail 15339 invoked by uid 510); 30 Aug 2005 21:26:52 +0100 Received: from 84.92.24.252 by lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk (envelope-from , uid 508) with qmail-scanner-1.24-st-qms (clamdscan: 0.86.2/1032. spamassassin: 3.0.2. perlscan: 1.24-st-qms. Clear:RC:0(84.92.24.252):SA:0(-4.4/5.0):. Processed in 1.343545 secs); 30 Aug 2005 20:26:52 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.4 required=5.0 X-Antivirus-MYDOMAIN-Mail-From: bsd@bathnetworks.com via lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk X-Antivirus-MYDOMAIN: 1.24-st-qms (Clear:RC:0(84.92.24.252):SA:0(-4.4/5.0):. Processed in 1.343545 secs Process 15332) Received: from mail.bathnetworks.com (HELO ?84.92.24.252?) (bsd@bathnetworks.com@84.92.24.252) by lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk with SMTP; 30 Aug 2005 21:26:51 +0100 From: Robert Slade To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" In-Reply-To: <200508301210.39835.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> References: <1125428745.6664.37.camel@lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk> <200508301210.39835.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1125433611.14752.9.camel@lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:26:51 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Proliant 5000 sever Fbsd 5.4 (re)boot problem 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: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:26:38 -0000 On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 20:10, Vizion wrote: > On Tuesday 30 August 2005 12:05, the author Robert Slade contributed to the > dialogue on- > Proliant 5000 sever Fbsd 5.4 (re)boot problem: > > >Hiya, > > > >I've been working on this beasty on and off for some time. It's a Quad > >processor 1 Gbyte of memory and 5 scsi drives using the 2p raid > >controller setup as 2 raid arrays + 1 spare. > > > >The machine works fine with 5.4 release #0 with the supplied generic > >kernel. > > > >The problem(s) I have been having are: > > > >1. When I recompiled the Kernel with SMP support, I get random reboots. > >It also fails to boot sometimes failing at the point after waiting for > >the scsi drives to settle. I get some error codes and Fbsd fails to find > >the boot device. > > > >2. I CVSuped to 5.4 release #2 and recompiled the Kernel with SMP > >support. This does to boot at all. It gets as far as the waiting 15s for > >scsi devices to settle, then (appears to) reset the scsi controller and > >immediately tries to access the drives (does not wait). I have tried > >recompiling with scsi_delay set to 30000 (30s) with no change. > > > >I have checked dmesg and message logs but there is nothing related to > >the problem(s) there. > > > >I have gone back to the 5.4 release #0 single processor kernel for now > >which is a shame as the machine is slow without the multi processor > >support. > > > >The only thing out of the ordinary I have noted is a tx underunn -- > >increasing threshold to 512 bytes message which appears related to > >running kde remotely via vncserver and tinync. > > > >Any ideas, I can send conf files etc if needed. > > > >Thanks > > > >Rob > > > What are your bios setting? > My guess is that you have not made the right setting using the siftware and > configuration utilities > david David, Thanks. The BIOS setting appear ok - OS type is set as UNIX (Small disk geometry) and the machine passes all the diagnostics. Rob