RE: Areca ARC-1120 on FreeBSD 7.0
My card has no battery backup, but I disconnected the machine power cord and pulled the card off itsPCI-X slot. After few minutes I reconnected the card and I booted the machine without any hard drive. Then the same issue arised with the 7.0-RELEASE. > Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:09:04 -0600 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Areca ARC-1120 on FreeBSD 7.0 > > Pull the battery from the unit and reset the configuration. Reconnect the > battery when the system boots FreeBSD properly. > > --- > Barkley C. Vowk -- Systems Analyst -- University of Alberta > Math Sciences Department - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Office: CAB642A, 780-492-4064 > > Opinions expressed are the responsibility of the author and > may not reflect the opinions of others or reality. > > On Mon, 11 Aug 2008, Andrew Hotlab wrote: > >> >> Hi to all. I've finally convinced my IT manager to replace a MSFT Windows >> Server Virtual Server host with >> a FreeBSD 7 jail host. Obviously, before proposing this change I checked >> that our hardware was supported >> by the FreeBSD platform, but as soon as I boot the FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE/amd64 >> CD-ROM the systems >> hangs! >> >> I also tried the i386 version of the same release experiencing the same >> trouble. By using a 6.3-RELEASE >> CD-ROM all works well (excluding some warnings still showing during the >> boot). I compared the source files >> of the driver arcmsr(4) without finding any real difference: both of them >> are at the 1.20.00.15 revision, but >> I'm not a very experienced FreeBSD sysadmin (yet!), and I need at least your >> opinions about this trouble! >> >> I think the most complete set of informations I can give you are the verbose >> boot logs of both the 6.3 and >> 7.0 releases (sorry for the log post), but I'm ready to submit whatever data >> you want... please help me to >> put Windows out of my datacenter! :) >> _ Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-us&source=wlmailtagline___ freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: Areca ARC-1120 on FreeBSD 7.0
Thanks for the suggestion, Mike. I've just tested both FreeBSD/amd64 6.3 and 7.0 releases with both 1.43 and 1.44 Areca firmware revisions, but nothing seems changed: 6.3 boots up, while 7.0 hangs! :( You can confirm me that you are successfully using FreeBSD 7.0R with the 1.43 firmware? If it's so, we might compare our hardware components to find out if and what are differences... Thanks a lot for your help. > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Areca ARC-1120 on FreeBSD 7.0 > Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:13:56 -0400 > > On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:54:41 +, in sentex.lists.freebsd.hardware > you wrote: >>arcmsr0: mem 0xfc7ff000-0xfc7f,0xfc00-0xfc3f irq 31 at device >>14.0 on pci2 >>arcmsr0: Reserved 0x1000 bytes for rid 0x10 type 3 at 0xfc7ff000 >>ARECA RAID ADAPTER0: Driver Version 1.20.00.15 2007-10-07 >>ARECA RAID ADAPTER0: FIRMWARE VERSION V1.39 2006-2-9 > > > Not sure it will help you or not, but I run the same card with version > 1.43 of the firmware. I would try to upgrade the Areca card's > firmware and then give 7.0R another try. > > ---Mike _ Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy! http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us___ freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: Areca ARC-1120 on FreeBSD 7.0
> At 11:11 AM 8/12/2008, Andrew Hotlab wrote: > >>You can confirm me that you are successfully using FreeBSD 7.0R with >>the 1.43 firmware? If it's so, we might compare our hardware >>components to find out if and what are differences... > > > Hi, > The dmesg below is on a supermicro board. Actually, if you > take the Areca out, does 7.0R boot up ? As mentioned by another > poster, try the RELENG_7 snapshot to see if it boots with that. If > you are starting fresh, I would suggest it as there are a number of > bug fixes and enhancements in the snapshot and its quite stable. > > Hi Mike... you've read in my mind: I tried to boot up 7.0R without the card immediately after I sent my last e-mail! :) I can confirm that all works like a charm without the Areca card. So, where the problem might lie?! I tested the card with both 7.0-STABLE and 8.0-CURRENT (it hangs even before) without success... :( P.S.: during all these tests I was always verifying that the card itself was always functioning well, by booting the Windows Server 2003 x64 installed on the RAID set. > > >>Thanks a lot for your help. >> >> >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Subject: Re: Areca ARC-1120 on FreeBSD 7.0 >>> Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:13:56 -0400 >>> >>> On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:54:41 +, in sentex.lists.freebsd.hardware >>> you wrote: arcmsr0: mem 0xfc7ff000-0xfc7f,0xfc00-0xfc3f irq 31 >> at device 14.0 on pci2 arcmsr0: Reserved 0x1000 bytes for rid 0x10 type 3 at 0xfc7ff000 ARECA RAID ADAPTER0: Driver Version 1.20.00.15 2007-10-07 ARECA RAID ADAPTER0: FIRMWARE VERSION V1.39 2006-2-9 >>> >>> >>> Not sure it will help you or not, but I run the same card with version >>> 1.43 of the firmware. I would try to upgrade the Areca card's >>> firmware and then give 7.0R another try. >>> >>> ---Mike >> _ News, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Get it now! http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx___ freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: Areca ARC-1120 on FreeBSD 7.0
On Tue, 12 Aug 2008, Andrew Hotlab wrote: My card has no battery backup, but I disconnected the machine power cord and pulled the card off itsPCI-X slot. After few minutes I reconnected the card and I booted the machine without any hard drive. Then the same issue arised with the 7.0-RELEASE. Did you reset the raid configurations? I've had this problem several times with machines that have run the cards in Windows prior running FreeBSD. Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:09:04 -0600 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Areca ARC-1120 on FreeBSD 7.0 Pull the battery from the unit and reset the configuration. Reconnect the battery when the system boots FreeBSD properly. --- Barkley C. Vowk -- Systems Analyst -- University of Alberta Math Sciences Department - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: CAB642A, 780-492-4064 Opinions expressed are the responsibility of the author and may not reflect the opinions of others or reality. On Mon, 11 Aug 2008, Andrew Hotlab wrote: Hi to all. I've finally convinced my IT manager to replace a MSFT Windows Server Virtual Server host with a FreeBSD 7 jail host. Obviously, before proposing this change I checked that our hardware was supported by the FreeBSD platform, but as soon as I boot the FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE/amd64 CD-ROM the systems hangs! I also tried the i386 version of the same release experiencing the same trouble. By using a 6.3-RELEASE CD-ROM all works well (excluding some warnings still showing during the boot). I compared the source files of the driver arcmsr(4) without finding any real difference: both of them are at the 1.20.00.15 revision, but I'm not a very experienced FreeBSD sysadmin (yet!), and I need at least your opinions about this trouble! I think the most complete set of informations I can give you are the verbose boot logs of both the 6.3 and 7.0 releases (sorry for the log post), but I'm ready to submit whatever data you want... please help me to put Windows out of my datacenter! :) _ Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-us&source=wlmailtagline___ freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: Areca ARC-1120 on FreeBSD 7.0
At 11:11 AM 8/12/2008, Andrew Hotlab wrote: You can confirm me that you are successfully using FreeBSD 7.0R with the 1.43 firmware? If it's so, we might compare our hardware components to find out if and what are differences... Hi, The dmesg below is on a supermicro board. Actually, if you take the Areca out, does 7.0R boot up ? As mentioned by another poster, try the RELENG_7 snapshot to see if it boots with that. If you are starting fresh, I would suggest it as there are a number of bug fixes and enhancements in the snapshot and its quite stable. Copyright (c) 1992-2008 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation. FreeBSD 7.0-PRERELEASE #3: Wed Feb 13 11:51:23 EST 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/db Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU3060 @ 2.40GHz (2400.10-MHz K8-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x6f6 Stepping = 6 Features=0xbfebfbff Features2=0xe3bd AMD Features=0x20100800 AMD Features2=0x1 Cores per package: 2 usable memory = 8577662976 (8180 MB) avail memory = 8298295296 (7913 MB) ACPI APIC Table: FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0 cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 1 ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 5 ioapic0 irqs 0-23 on motherboard kbd1 at kbdmux0 acpi0: on motherboard acpi0: [ITHREAD] acpi0: Power Button (fixed) Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x408-0x40b on acpi0 cpu0: on acpi0 est0: on cpu0 est: CPU supports Enhanced Speedstep, but is not recognized. est: cpu_vendor GenuineIntel, msr 92a092a0600092a device_attach: est0 attach returned 6 p4tcc0: on cpu0 cpu1: on acpi0 est1: on cpu1 est: CPU supports Enhanced Speedstep, but is not recognized. est: cpu_vendor GenuineIntel, msr 92a092a0600092a device_attach: est1 attach returned 6 p4tcc1: on cpu1 acpi_button0: on acpi0 pcib0: port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0 pci0: on pcib0 pcib1: at device 28.0 on pci0 pci1: on pcib1 pcib2: at device 0.0 on pci1 pci2: on pcib2 arcmsr0: > mem 0xe860-0xe8600fff,0xe800-0xe83f irq 18 at device 14.0 on pci2 ARECA RAID ADAPTER0: Driver Version 1.20.00.15 2007-10-07 ARECA RAID ADAPTER0: FIRMWARE VERSION V1.43 2007-4-17 arcmsr0: [ITHREAD] pcib3: at device 0.2 on pci1 pci3: on pcib3 pcib4: at device 28.4 on pci0 pci4: on pcib4 pcib5: at device 28.5 on pci0 pci5: on pcib5 em0: port 0x2000-0x201f mem 0xe858-0xe859,0xe850-0xe857 irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci5 em0: Using MSI interrupt em0: Ethernet address: 00:15:17:50:40:28 em0: [FILTER] pci5: at device 0.3 (no driver attached) pci5: at device 0.4 (no driver attached) pcib6: at device 30.0 on pci0 pci6: on pcib6 vgapci0: port 0x1000-0x10ff mem 0xe000-0xe7ff,0xe844-0xe844 irq 18 at device 4.0 on pci6 em1: port 0x1100-0x113f mem 0xe842-0xe843,0xe840-0xe841 irq 17 at device 5.0 on pci6 em1: Ethernet address: 00:15:17:50:40:29 em1: [FILTER] isab0: at device 31.0 on pci0 isa0: on isab0 atapci0: port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0x3030-0x303f irq 18 at device 31.1 on pci0 ata0: on atapci0 ata0: [ITHREAD] ata1: on atapci0 ata1: [ITHREAD] atapci1: port 0x3048-0x304f,0x3064-0x3067,0x3040-0x3047,0x3060-0x3063,0x3020-0x302f mem 0xe870-0xe87003ff irq 19 at device 31.2 on pci0 atapci1: [ITHREAD] ata2: on atapci1 ata2: [ITHREAD] ata3: on atapci1 ata3: [ITHREAD] pci0: at device 31.3 (no driver attached) fdc0: port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f0 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0 fdc0: [FILTER] atkbdc0: port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0 atkbd0: irq 1 on atkbdc0 kbd0 at atkbd0 atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED] atkbd0: [ITHREAD] sio0: configured irq 4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 sio0: port may not be enabled sio0: configured irq 4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 sio0: port may not be enabled sio0: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0 sio0: type 16550A, console sio0: [FILTER] orm0: at iomem 0xc-0xc8fff,0xc9000-0xc9fff,0xca000-0xcafff,0xcb000-0xcbfff on isa0 ppc0: cannot reserve I/O port range sc0: at flags 0x100 on isa0 sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 sio1: port may not be enabled vga0: at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa-0xb on isa0 Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec Waiting 5 seconds for SCSI devices to settle (probe16:arcmsr0:0:16:0): inquiry data fails comparison at DV1 step da0 at arcmsr0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 da0: Fixed Direct Access SCSI-5 device da0: 166.666MB/s transfers (83.333MHz DT, offset 32, 16bit) da0: 305175MB (624999424 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 38904C) SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched! Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/da0s1a Thanks a lot for your help. > From:
RE: Areca ARC-1120 on FreeBSD 7.0
> Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:17:58 -0600 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: Areca ARC-1120 on FreeBSD 7.0 > > On Tue, 12 Aug 2008, Andrew Hotlab wrote: > >> >> My card has no battery backup, but I disconnected the machine power cord and >> pulled >> the card off itsPCI-X slot. >> >> After few minutes I reconnected the card and I booted the machine without any >> hard drive. Then the same issue arised with the 7.0-RELEASE. > > Did you reset the raid configurations? I've had this problem several times > with machines that have run the cards in Windows prior running FreeBSD. > Booting without hard drives left the card with no knowledge about RAID sets or volumes, since these data are saved on them. Surely I can now retry the boot after destroying current RAID configuration, which was defined for Windows (by the way, I did it by using the BIOS configuration utility...), but sincerely I wish to view FreeBSD 7.0R booting at least one time before "breaking with the past". :) Uhm, wait for a moment... actually all that RAID volumes were defined when the card's firmware was at v1.39! What I can do now is booting the machine up with the v1.44 firmware without any attached drive. I'll post the result as soon as possible. Thanks you very much! >> >>> Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:09:04 -0600 >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Subject: Re: Areca ARC-1120 on FreeBSD 7.0 >>> >>> Pull the battery from the unit and reset the configuration. Reconnect the >>> battery when the system boots FreeBSD properly. >>> >>> --- >>> Barkley C. Vowk -- Systems Analyst -- University of Alberta >>> Math Sciences Department - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Office: CAB642A, 780-492-4064 >>> >>> Opinions expressed are the responsibility of the author and >>> may not reflect the opinions of others or reality. >>> >>> On Mon, 11 Aug 2008, Andrew Hotlab wrote: >>> Hi to all. I've finally convinced my IT manager to replace a MSFT Windows Server Virtual Server host with a FreeBSD 7 jail host. Obviously, before proposing this change I checked that our hardware was supported by the FreeBSD platform, but as soon as I boot the FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE/amd64 CD-ROM the systems hangs! I also tried the i386 version of the same release experiencing the same trouble. By using a 6.3-RELEASE CD-ROM all works well (excluding some warnings still showing during the boot). I compared the source files of the driver arcmsr(4) without finding any real difference: both of them are at the 1.20.00.15 revision, but I'm not a very experienced FreeBSD sysadmin (yet!), and I need at least your opinions about this trouble! I think the most complete set of informations I can give you are the verbose boot logs of both the 6.3 and 7.0 releases (sorry for the log post), but I'm ready to submit whatever data you want... please help me to put Windows out of my datacenter! :) >> _ Discover the new Windows Vista http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=windows+vista&mkt=en-US&form=QBRE___ freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: Areca ARC-1120 on FreeBSD 7.0
At 12:13 PM 8/12/2008, Andrew Hotlab wrote: last e-mail! :) I can confirm that all works like a charm without the Areca card. So, where the problem might lie?! I tested the card with both 7.0-STABLE and 8.0-CURRENT (it hangs even before) without success... :( Perhaps a disk option set on the Areca ? Looking at my config, I have it set to SATA300+NCQ HDD Read Ahead Cache enabled Stagger Power On Control 0..4 Spin Down Idle HDD disabled HDD SMART status polling enabled Disk Write Cache Mode enabled Can you try booting without the drives, or with just a couple of drives with a fresh raidset created ? I wonder if the box is booting up and is confused by the existing raidset ? ---Mike P.S.: during all these tests I was always verifying that the card itself was always functioning well, by booting the Windows Server 2003 x64 installed on the RAID set. > > >>Thanks a lot for your help. >> >> >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Subject: Re: Areca ARC-1120 on FreeBSD 7.0 >>> Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:13:56 -0400 >>> >>> On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:54:41 +, in sentex.lists.freebsd.hardware >>> you wrote: arcmsr0: mem 0xfc7ff000-0xfc7f,0xfc00-0xfc3f irq 31 >> at device 14.0 on pci2 arcmsr0: Reserved 0x1000 bytes for rid 0x10 type 3 at 0xfc7ff000 ARECA RAID ADAPTER0: Driver Version 1.20.00.15 2007-10-07 ARECA RAID ADAPTER0: FIRMWARE VERSION V1.39 2006-2-9 >>> >>> >>> Not sure it will help you or not, but I run the same card with version >>> 1.43 of the firmware. I would try to upgrade the Areca card's >>> firmware and then give 7.0R another try. >>> >>> ---Mike >> _ News, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Get it now! http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx ___ freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: Areca ARC-1120 on FreeBSD 7.0
>>> >>> My card has no battery backup, but I disconnected the machine power cord >>> and pulled >>> the card off itsPCI-X slot. >>> >>> After few minutes I reconnected the card and I booted the machine without >>> any >>> hard drive. Then the same issue arised with the 7.0-RELEASE. >> >> Did you reset the raid configurations? I've had this problem several times >> with machines that have run the cards in Windows prior running FreeBSD. >> > > Booting without hard drives left the card with no knowledge about RAID sets > or volumes, since > these data are saved on them. Surely I can now retry the boot after > destroying current RAID > configuration, which was defined for Windows (by the way, I did it by using > the BIOS configuration > utility...), but sincerely I wish to view FreeBSD 7.0R booting at least one > time before "breaking > with the past". :) > > Uhm, wait for a moment... actually all that RAID volumes were defined when > the card's firmware > was at v1.39! What I can do now is booting the machine up with the v1.44 > firmware without any > attached drive. I'll post the result as soon as possible. > No improvement: I've booted first without disks and then with only a RAID0 Volume created by scratch using one disk that was used as online spare in the old RAID set, and 7.0R still have not been able to complete the boot process! :( _ Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy! http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us___ freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: Areca ARC-1120 on FreeBSD 7.0
> Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:04:32 -0400
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Areca ARC-1120 on FreeBSD 7.0
> CC: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
>
> At 12:13 PM 8/12/2008, Andrew Hotlab wrote:
>>last e-mail! :) I can confirm that all works like a charm without
>>the Areca card. So, where the problem might lie?! I tested the card
>>with both 7.0-STABLE and 8.0-CURRENT (it hangs even before) without
>>success... :(
>
> Perhaps a disk option set on the Areca ? Looking at my config, I have
> it set to
> SATA300+NCQ
> HDD Read Ahead Cache enabled
> Stagger Power On Control 0..4
> Spin Down Idle HDD disabled
> HDD SMART status polling enabled
> Disk Write Cache Mode enabled
>
> Can you try booting without the drives, or with just a couple of
> drives with a fresh raidset created ? I wonder if the box is booting
> up and is confused by the existing raidset ?
>
> ---Mike
>
My card's options were slightly different from yours ("Stagger Power On
Control" was set to "0..7" and
"Disk Write Cache Mode" was set to "Auto"). Even setting them as yours the 7.0R
didn't boot.
I tried to boot without disks using the new firmware, but nothing changed! Then
I created a new RAID0
set/volume using only a single SATA drive (it was used as online spare), but
still not success... I'm afraid
to have ended any ideas about what it might be the cause of this trouble!! :(
I'll go on changing PCI-X slot of the Areca card, but I'm going to became
pessimistic about a successful
end of this story... sigh!
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RE: Areca ARC-1120 on FreeBSD 7.0
At 01:54 PM 8/12/2008, Andrew Hotlab wrote: I tried to boot without disks using the new firmware, but nothing changed! Then I created a new RAID0 set/volume using only a single SATA drive (it was used as online spare), but still not success... I'm afraid to have ended any ideas about what it might be the cause of this trouble!! :( I'll go on changing PCI-X slot of the Areca card, but I'm going to became pessimistic about a successful end of this story... sigh! MB BIOS update ? On some more exotic boards I find I sometimes have to disable some features, typically USB related, if there are problems. Not sure in your case. I think MSI is enabled by default on 7 and not on 6, so perhaps something on the board does not like that ? Try disabling it in the loader.conf hw.pci.enable_msi=0 ---Mike ___ freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Areca ARC-1120 on FreeBSD 7.0
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 02:53:32PM -0400, Mike Tancsa wrote: > At 01:54 PM 8/12/2008, Andrew Hotlab wrote: >> I tried to boot without disks using the new firmware, but nothing >> changed! Then I created a new RAID0 >> set/volume using only a single SATA drive (it was used as online >> spare), but still not success... I'm afraid >> to have ended any ideas about what it might be the cause of this trouble!! :( >> >> I'll go on changing PCI-X slot of the Areca card, but I'm going to >> became pessimistic about a successful >> end of this story... sigh! > > > MB BIOS update ? On some more exotic boards I find I sometimes have to > disable some features, typically USB related, if there are problems. Not > sure in your case. I think MSI is enabled by default on 7 and not on 6, > so perhaps something on the board does not like that ? Try disabling it > in the loader.conf > > hw.pci.enable_msi=0 Don't forget MSI-X: hw.pci.enable_msix="0" -- | Jeremy Chadwickjdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | ___ freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
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