at which point does it fail...does it not boot, or do you get to sysinstall? if you get to sysinstall then you can goto another VT and run a dmesg from there i believe. i guess it's a moot point as you've moved to 5.2.1...if you are happy with the 5.x branch maybe you should test out the 5.3RC's
-p On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:46:37 -0700, Benson Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Um, I can't do a dmesg since I can't installed FBSD. > The chipset is Intel E7520 > > The BIOS does detect the cards. When booting the cards will show what > drives are attached and how they're connected to the RAID array. They > also give you the option of using Alt+3 to enter the configuration > mode. > > During boot I don't actually see the TWE drivers being loaded. I tried > using FreeBSD/amd64 5.2.1 since it supports the EM64T stuff provided > but it basically crashed during installation. I'm going to try > 5.2.1/i386 now. > > Thanks. > Ben. > > > > On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 08:22:57 -0700, pete wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 15:55:12 -0700, Benson Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I just got a new server with a SuperMicro X6DH8-G motherboard. it's > > > basically a dual xeon board with 2 3Ware controllers in it. > > > > > > The Controllers: > > > 8006-2LP > > > 8506-4LP > > > > > > A couple of days ago I installed 4.10 on old Dell 300S PowerEdge > > > server, with the same 3ware controllers and the installation went > > > flawlessly. However on this machine FreeBSD doesn't can't seem to > > > autodetect the controllers. > > > > > > I'm thinking that 4.10 doesn't have support for the motherboards, but > > > I'm not entirely sure. Has anybody else experienced the same thing, or > > > have any insight into this? Does this require some kernel tweaks of > > > the installation CD? > > > > > > > can you provide a dmesg from the machine you are having problems with. > > i think the list will specifically be interested in the "twe" lines > > from the dmesg (i think those controllers use the twe driver not > > sure). Also what chipset is on the mobo, i'm not familiar with it off > > the top of my head. finally, does the BIOS detect the cards? > > > > -p > > > > > Thanks. > > > Ben > > > > > > -- > > > blog: http://benzo.tummytoons.com > > > site: http://www.thephpwtf.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > > > > > -- > > > blog: http://benzo.tummytoons.com > site: http://www.thephpwtf.com > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
