From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 23 00:48:19 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F82410656EC; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:48:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pv0-f182.google.com (mail-pv0-f182.google.com [74.125.83.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12CBA8FC18; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:48:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pvh1 with SMTP id 1so3816533pvh.13 for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:48:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:from:date:to:cc :subject:message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=dg5ecx9nvYSfL9rpGYaSwRkwppi/xmMGdZN2Gsd5wLg=; b=Ib7SGKKAyfwpP+hTKscDe55uT2O5jdMto+HTSLu2eYr6dbo8Ki8OZWgu2TCIuhA2rC MFsrYDlw4HMNHqHRNvbbZxK0CqHKHV/zKQpacPcxEmE5yN/+g/CYcJkz464xXIvTx8Aw wrftDuESpKcOjxK6Xp9bBFyb/vQSbDq11Fx7o= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:date:to:cc:subject:message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=d2n1Ov70kZsXHV8VcS80Sq9bjNc8KoxUztIcHKphfKWtpSuK0ra22Dr88g6aylLoQT Atez4wInzBAOAadLzWV8w84kj0SzNzD8Kn+iLdYjQ0YTUr+obu+4sAbAJ6tcf50wZ4E5 un8rsvwamSfKVdQ+T1t8mVqIXzsefnajm/Mcw= Received: by 10.142.136.1 with SMTP id j1mr3209471wfd.329.1279846098423; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:48:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pyunyh@gmail.com ([174.35.1.224]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id n2sm11057019wfl.13.2010.07.22.17.48.16 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:48:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by pyunyh@gmail.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:47:32 -0700 From: Pyun YongHyeon Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:47:32 -0700 To: "Mahlon E. Smith" , sbruno@freebsd.org, "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" Message-ID: <20100723004732.GH16185@michelle.cdnetworks.com> References: <20100722213836.GH15227@martini.nu> <1279836216.2456.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20100723003611.GA66678@martini.nu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100723003611.GA66678@martini.nu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: jfv@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Unable to install 8.x on a PowerEdge R810 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: pyunyh@gmail.com List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:48:19 -0000 On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 05:36:11PM -0700, Mahlon E. Smith wrote: > On Thu, Jul 22, 2010, Sean Bruno wrote: > > > > Funny you should mention this box. I've been arm wrestling with this > > beastie for a couple of weeks and finally had some amount of success > > today. > > > > A couple of things: > > > > 1. Reduce your RAM to 64G (seriously) > > 2. Don't use the H200 Dell RAID controller. It's not supported yet. > > -- Use the 6i or whatever the mfi(4) card is called. > > 3. Don't compile in the ipmi(4) when you get the system up. > > -- I know there's an unpatched problem on 7 that is fixed in HEAD, but > > have no idea if its patched in 8 > > 4. Try doing serial console installs. > > -- at the Beastie prompt, hit [6]. then at the OK prompt, type "set > > console=comconsole" > > > Thanks for the suggestions, Sean. > > On a whim I decided to try with 8.1-RELEASE (since I obviously started > trying to get this goin' before it came out) -- lo, it put me right into > the sysinstall. ... that was an easy fix. Heh. (Is kern.smb.disabled > set for the 8.1 install or something? I didn't change anything > in between attempts.) In any event -- yaaaaay! > > Install worked great, though it appears I need to keep hyperthreading > ("logical processors" bios option) disabled for it to boot reliably. > Similar errors as before if I enable it. > > real memory = 103079215104 (98304 MB) > avail memory = 99492831232 (94883 MB) > ACPI APIC Table: > FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 24 CPUs > FreeBSD/SMP: 4 package(s) x 6 core(s) > > Holy cow, that's a nice sight. > > Got one panic shortly after getting it on the network: > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7234177/panic.jpg > > ... but it looks like I'll have a lot of kernel and sysctl tweaking to > do regardless ("ix0: RX Descriptors exceed system mbuf max, using default Nonetheless it should not panic. Jack may want to know back trace information for the panic above.(CCed) > instead!"), so I'll report back to the list if the panic re-appears after > some tuning. > > -- > Mahlon E. Smith > http://www.martini.nu/contact.html