Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:37:08 -0500 From: Michael Powell <nightrecon@verizon.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help needed w/ HighPoint RocketRAID 3120 on FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE Message-ID: <gkpkel$40n$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <a651e48fb9f7da4c14b12f4868a27430.squirrel@secure.futurecis.com> <gko1lj$kjg$1@ger.gmane.org> <21489832.post@talk.nabble.com>
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ThinkDifferently wrote: > > > Michael Powell-6 wrote: >> >> In your motherboard BIOS is there any entry that controls which >> controller boots first? If so set it to boot from the add-in card first >> instead of the >> onboard controller. >> > > In my BIOS there is the following... > Hard Disk Boot Priority [Press Enter] > 1. SCSI-0: : RocketRAID 3120 SATA C > 2. Bootable Add-in Cards So what happens when you choose 2. Bootable Add-in Cards, save the setting and reboot with [Hard Disk] as First Boot Device? > First Boot Device [CDROM] > Second Boot Device [Hard Disk] > Third Boot Device [USB-FDD] > > For grins, I tried making Hard Disk the first boot device and disabling > the > others. I also tried moving the card to another PCI slot. Finally, I > tried shutting off any unnecessary devices on the mobo to include the > unused serial & parallel headers, usb, firewire, etc. > > Nothing changed. > > On reset... > 1) The RocketRAID card beeps. > 2) The motherboard BIOS screen is displayed. > 3) The RocketRAID BIOS screen is displayed. > 4) It shows all devices that are enabled and their interrupt settings. > 5) It tries to boot from the "Hard Disk", which is set to "SCSI-0: : > RocketRAID 3120 SATA C". > 6) It resets and the above repeats. > > In the table of devices that I mention in #4, above, see the attached > image. > It shows up as "RAID Cntrlr". In this screenshot, just about everything > else is turned off. > http://www.nabble.com/file/p21489832/P1158072.jpg > > > Michael Powell-6 wrote: >> >> Also ensure that in the Highpoint card BIOS INT 13 is >> "on", should be this way by default. >> > > Yes, that is enabled.
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