Closure: Help needed w/ HighPoint RocketRAID 3120 on FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE
In my research and unwitting trials with this particular motherboard (Gigabyte GA-MA78G-DS3H), I found that, while it is generally well tolerated by FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE, the onboard RAID is completely incompatible. Even when a RocketRAID 3120 card was used, the RAID could be built, but the ar0 device thus created, did not survive a reboot. Also, a software RAID was attempted -- after a minimal install from CD, the atacontrol command was used to create RAID ar0, then (without rebooting) exiting back to the installer, the OS was loaded onto it; however, upon reboot, ar0 could not be found. In other words, it could not boot from any RAID, whether by software in FreeBSD or by hardware on RocketRAID. The problem stems from the board's Southbridge SB700 chipset (the infamous 700 series). This chipset is not (yet?) supported in FreeBSD. Other notes on this board include the following: -Generic VGA worked. -The onboard LAN (chipset 8111C) worked in 7.1-RELEASE, but not 7.0. -If the SATA ports are put into AHCI or Native IDE modes, individual disks were recognized, but in RAID mode, neither the RAID nor individual disks could be seen. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Help-needed-w--HighPoint-RocketRAID-3120-on-FreeBSD-7.1-RELEASE-tp21479839p21591518.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Closure: Vetting motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA78G-DS3H for FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE
Frank Shute-2 wrote: > > I've had good luck with anything by Asus and Gigabyte. I tend to avoid > boards with bleeding edge hardware/features as these will not have > received so much testing (and may not even be supported) on FreeBSD. > This in practice means get a board that's been on sale for a bit. > In my research and unwitting trials with this particular motherboard (Gigabyte GA-MA78G-DS3H), I found that, while it is generally well tolerated by FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE, the onboard RAID is completely incompatible. Even when a RocketRAID 3120 card was used, the RAID could be built, but the ar0 device thus created, did not survive a reboot. Also, a software RAID was attempted -- after a minimal install from CD, the atacontrol command was used to create RAID ar0, then (without rebooting) exiting back to the installer, the OS was loaded onto it; however, upon reboot, ar0 could not be found. In other words, it could not boot from any RAID, whether by software in FreeBSD or by hardware on RocketRAID. The problem stems from the board's Southbridge SB700 chipset (the infamous 700 series). This chipset is not (yet?) supported in FreeBSD. Other notes on this board include the following: -Generic VGA worked. -The onboard LAN (chipset 8111C) worked in 7.1-RELEASE, but not 7.0. -If the SATA ports are put into AHCI or Native IDE modes, individual disks were recognized, but in RAID mode, neither the RAID nor individual disks could be seen. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A-Vetting-motherboard-Gigabyte-GA-MA78G-DS3H-for-FreeBSD-7.0-RELEASE-tp21100783p21591458.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Help needed w/ HighPoint RocketRAID 3120 on FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE
Michael Powell-6 wrote: > > Sorry to not be more helpful here, but the couple of times in the > past that I've used old Highpoints it was just create array, reboot, > install to ar0 (older PATA IDE array) and it was done. > Well, I've been on the phone with both Gigabyte's and Highpoint's technical support staff. Highpoint was very cavalier about the whole thing. He actually said, "well, when it comes to hardware, we're just guessing". %-| DUH! You're in the hardware business! Gigabyte's tech support guy was a whole lot more helpful, but in the end he couldn't get it to work either. His working theory is that since the motherboard has its own RAID controller (even if it's disabled), it may be interfering with the RocketRAID's ability to intervene using the same mechanism (called Interrupt 13). I even upgraded the RocketRAID's firmware in an attempt to get it working. Nothing changed the situation. So, my working theory is that this RocketRAID is not compatible with my motherboard and vice versa. In fact, I checked Highpoint's web site, and they have a motherboard support list. It is in fact an astonishingly tiny list, mostly (w)Intel boards, and quite obscure. A very small niche. To summarize... Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA78G-DS3H RAID Card: Highpoint RocketRAID 3120 I could get the RAID card to function, but I couldn't boot from it. Perhaps it's remotely possible that there's still something else to try, but I have very little patience when there's a 15 day return policy. %-O -- So, now I'm trying to get software RAID to work. See... http://www.nabble.com/Help-with%3A--atacontrol-create-RAID1-ad4-ad6-to21511186.html http://www.nabble.com/Help-with%3A--atacontrol-create-RAID1-ad4-ad6-to21511186.html I'm not having much luck with that either. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Help-needed-w--HighPoint-RocketRAID-3120-on-FreeBSD-7.1-RELEASE-tp21479839p21517692.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Help with: atacontrol create RAID1 ad4 ad6
I need help with this. I'm trying to create a software RAID1. I followed the instructions in man page http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=atacontrol&sektion=8&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+7.1-RELEASE atacontrol(8) atacontrol(8) wrote: > > [snip] > A quick and dirty way to create such a mirrored array on a new system is > to boot off the FreeBSD install CD, do a minimal scratch install, abort > out of the post install questions, and at the command line issue the com- > mand: > >atacontrol create RAID1 ad4 ad6 > > then immediately issue a reboot and boot from the installation CD again, > and during the installation, you will now see "ar0" listed as a disk to > install on, and install on that instead of ad4, ad6, etc. > [snip] > I did the above exactly as stated, except when I reboot ar0 just disappears. What went wrong? Or, please point out what I missed. :confused: I've tried setting the SATA type in BIOS to either "Native IDE" or "AHCI" modes. If I set it to RAID mode, the installation says "no disks found". When I boot up, either from the CD or from ad4, I see both disks, ad4 & ad6. When I do the "atacontrol create RAID1 ad4 ad6" command and then "atacontrol status ar0", it reports that ar0 is READY, but when I reboot, it's gone. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Help-with%3A--atacontrol-create-RAID1-ad4-ad6-tp21511186p21511186.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Help needed w/ HighPoint RocketRAID 3120 on FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE
Another user wrote: > > Try to reload a boot manager with the new boot order. It may be the bios > is > renumbering the drives with the boot order. I have several plug in cards > and have > had to to this. Boot manager is on ad0 but boot order looks to ad6 first. > You could > use another manager like GAG, my fav. > You may need to force file system mount and edit the fstab after moving > everything > around. > (Another user sent the above to me in e-mail, but I had trouble replying to him, and I didn't see it on Nabble.) OK, this is interesting, but I admit I don't know much about boot managers. Can you please elaborate a little more on this? Is this something I can do from the FixIt shell? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Help-needed-w--HighPoint-RocketRAID-3120-on-FreeBSD-7.1-RELEASE-tp21479839p21502779.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Help needed w/ HighPoint RocketRAID 3120 on FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE
Michael Powell-6 wrote: > > > ThinkDifferently wrote: >> >> 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? > No change. :-( -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Help-needed-w--HighPoint-RocketRAID-3120-on-FreeBSD-7.1-RELEASE-tp21479839p21501771.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Help needed w/ HighPoint RocketRAID 3120 on FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE
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 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. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Help-needed-w--HighPoint-RocketRAID-3120-on-FreeBSD-7.1-RELEASE-tp21479839p21489832.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Vetting motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA78G-DS3H for FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE
ThinkDifferently wrote: > > I'm currently looking for an ATX motherboard... > Sorry, I forgot to mention that I do not need HTPC quality video and sound from this thing. I know the mobo I mentioned has HTPC written all over it, but it's the base qualities (processor, chipset, SATA, etc.) that really count. All I need is basic VGA, and some stereo sound wouldn't be too bad. I don't really care if accelerated video or theater-quality sound output was bad or flaky. I'm going to operate it as a server and plug it into a VGA KVM that has a max resolution of 1024x768. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Vetting-motherboard-Gigabyte-GA-MA78G-DS3H-for-FreeBSD-7.0-RELEASE-tp21077043p21077407.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Vetting motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA78G-DS3H for FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE
I'm currently looking for an ATX motherboard that supports the AM2+ socket, Phenom Quad-Core processor, 4 DDR2 RAM slots (800 MHz is fine), 6 SATA ports with RAID, and Gigabit LAN. Onboard VGA would be nice. It needs to work well with FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE, using a 2-disk SATA RAID1. I'm currently looking at the Gigabyte GA-MA78G-DS3H. Has anyone successfully operated 7.0 on this board? Any booting issues? Did you need to modify the ISO to get it to boot (if so how)? Did RAID work? Did it require a special driver to be loaded (if so how)? Do any other motherboards fit the bill, given the specifications I give above? I recently got a black eye &-( with the MSI K9N2G Neo-FD, using the GeForce 8200 (MCP78) chipset. FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE and CentOS 5.2 wouldn't even boot on it, no matter what the BIOS config was. Also, Vista wouldn't even recognize the SATA disks, even if the SATA ports were in IDE, RAID or AHCI modes (it requires a driver, even if you aren't doing RAID). -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Vetting-motherboard-Gigabyte-GA-MA78G-DS3H-for-FreeBSD-7.0-RELEASE-tp21077043p21077043.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
Steve Randall-2 wrote: > > > ThinkDifferently wrote: >> >> Also, I've been able to determine that I don't have a RocketRAID device. >> That's a separate RAID card, and I simply don't have one. What I have is >> an >> onboard NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller. I'm befuddled as to why >> FreeBSD >> thinks I have RocketRAID. >> > > It doesn't. FreeBSD DOES include the hptrr driver (among many others) > in the generic kernel. Most drivers remain quiet when they find nothing > to drive, but not hptrr. The message confirms that you DON'T have > RocketRAID, and gives no insight into your problem. > > I can't really help you with that. I can tell you that FreeBSD 7.0 > works fine on my nForce 630a chipset, though I do not have it > configured for RAID, only AHCI. Your 720a chipset is newer, perhaps > too new to be supported by FreeBSD 7.0. You might want to give 7.1 a > try. You might also check if your BIOS is up to date, in case the > problem is there. > Thanks for the update. I strongly believe now it is the GeForce 8200 chipset (aka MCP78). I have found a few posts on other forums with users expressing the same hang issue. The cases weren't with the same mobo, but it was the same chipset. Here is one example: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=941420 See message #3. Keywords: FreeBSD 7.0 GeForce 8200 hangs So, steer clear of GeForce 8200 for FreeBSD (at least for the 7.0 release). -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FreeBSD-7-load-hangs-on-boot-tp21039625p21076723.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
Polytropon wrote: > > On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:24:17 -0800 (PST), ThinkDifferently > wrote: >> Anyway, what is this atapicam option. How is it implemented, from the >> loader prompt, editing the iso, or what? BTW, how would one edit the >> iso? > > The atapicam facility can either be loaded as a module via > kld_load (or put into /boot/loader.conf as atapicam_load="YES") > or compiled into a custom kernel. > > The effect is that, when atapicam is loaded, ATA(PI) devices > can be accessed as if they were SCSI devices. Your install > devlice would then be /dev/cd0 (instead of /dev/acd0), using > "SCSI commands" to access the ATAPI drive (this is what atapicam > "translates"). > Well, one thing's for sure. This really isn't a CD/DVD boot problem. Booting from USB is no different. I will add regarding my previous post about trying to load the driver using the "Windows method" seems kind of pointless. After reading up on it further, it seems that all it's doing is loading the driver into Windows during the install process. It's not actually effecting the hardware any...but I could be wrong. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FreeBSD-7-load-hangs-on-boot-tp21039625p21065105.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
Polytropon wrote: > > > ThinkDifferently wrote: >> hptrr: no controller detected. > > It looks like there's a proble with the hptrr driver? Have you > tried loading the "HighPoint RocketRAID device drive" by putting > > hptrr_load="YES" > > into /boot/loader.conf? > > Further information can be obtained by: > > % man hptrr > > Check if your particular controller is supported. > I went back to this, using my USB boot device and edited /boot/loader.conf to have hptrr_load="YES". Still, no joy. Also, I've been able to determine that I don't have a RocketRAID device. That's a separate RAID card, and I simply don't have one. What I have is an onboard NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller. I'm befuddled as to why FreeBSD thinks I have RocketRAID. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FreeBSD-7-load-hangs-on-boot-tp21039625p21065051.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
Steve Bertrand-2 wrote: > > > ThinkDifferently wrote: >> >>> ...some more interesting errors from bootup... >>> hptrr: HPT RocketRAID controller driver v1.1 (Feb 24 2008 10:34:18) >>> :confused: >>> acpi0: <052008 RSDT1050> on motherboard >>> acpi0: [ITHREAD] >>> acpi0: Power Button (fixed) >>> acpi0: reservation of free0, 1000 (3) failed >>> acpi0: reservation of 0, a (3) failed >>> acpi0: reservation of 10, c7f0 (3) failed >> > > AFAIK, your RocketRAID should be picked up by the 'twe' driver. > RocketRAID ??? :confused: So, there is quite a bit of confusion going on here. My motherboard is the MSI K9N2G Neo-FD. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130182 http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=K9N2G_Neo-FD&class=mb It is AMD64 using the NVIDIA chipset. Its manual states that it has the NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller, and there is absolutely no mention of RocketRAID anywhere in the manual or on MSI's web site. MSI mentions... 6 SATA II (1~6) ports by NVIDIA® GeForce 8200 Series SATAII 1~6 support RAID 0/1/0+1/5 or JBOD mode by NVIDIA® GeForce 8200 Series RocketRAID appears to be a type of PCI card RAID controller, which I don't have. I'm very confused why FreeBSD uses the "HPT RocketRAID controller driver v1.1" on boot. Also, isn't the NVIDIA chipset supposed to be supported by FreeBSD? I have a USB boot of FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE. I put hptrr_load="YES" in the /boot/loader.conf file. But, I haven't tried it yet (I'm at work at the moment). Is there anything else to try? What about getting FreeBSD to not use RocketRAID? Shouldn't it be loading a driver for NForce? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FreeBSD-7-load-hangs-on-boot-tp21039625p21060042.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
michael-439 wrote: > > if he would try it along with the atapicam, he would probably get > further. i had a similar issue and that was the solution. well, the > errors were the same, so it was the same issue. > "he". Are you not talking to me any more? Anyway, what is this atapicam option. How is it implemented, from the loader prompt, editing the iso, or what? BTW, how would one edit the iso? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FreeBSD-7-load-hangs-on-boot-tp21039625p21054078.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
michael-439 wrote: > > disable dma specifically by escaping to the loader prompt and type > hw.ata.atapi_dma=0 > Tried it. Didn't work. michael-439 wrote: > > you can also try loading the device as a "scsi" device with atapicam. > you could make this static on your iso by editing the loader.conf on the > iso. > Forgive my ignorance; as I've stated earlier, I'm pretty new to FreeBSD. How would I do as you suggest above? -- I've worked with System V Unix for well over 14 years. Working with System III-based FreeBSD, I've come to the conclusion that for every one thing I know about System V, there is one thing I don't know about System III. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FreeBSD-7-load-hangs-on-boot-tp21039625p21053991.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > Did you try the 'safe-mode' option from the loader menu? > Yes, to reiterate... ThinkDifferently wrote: > > I have tried booting from Boot-only, Disc1, LiveFS. Additionally, I've > tried the default boot, "with ACPI disabled", "Safe Mode", "single user > mode", and "verbose logging". > Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > Did you try disabling DMA for the CD-ROM by setting hw.ata.atapi_dma=0 > from the loader prompt, like someone else suggested a few emails back? > Yes. I tried booting from the boot-only CD, choosing option 6 "Escape to loader prompt", entering "set hw.ata.atapi_dma=0", followed by "boot". No change in status, still hangs. At this point, I haven't completely given up all hope. I still have one thing to try. Since the motherboard was obviously made for Windows and only has Windows instructions, what I will try is the following: 1. Make a driver diskette as the mobo instructions state. 2. Boot from Windows Vista Ultimate DVD. 3. On the storage screen, click on the "Load Driver" button. 4. Load the driver and configure the disks as per the instructions. 5. When the storage device shows up in Window's storage screen, I will shutdown. 6. Swap in the FreeBSD boot-only CD. 7. Reboot & observe if it recognizes the storage device &/or hangs. Sound like a plan? Anything else I might try? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FreeBSD-7-load-hangs-on-boot-tp21039625p21053877.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
ThinkDifferently wrote: > > Another item of curiosity... > I just now tried booting from a CentOS 5.2 DVD. It also hangs with a > little window titled "Loading SCSI driver" that says "Loading ahci > driver..." The funny thing is, I've tried turning off all RAID > functionality in the BIOS. On my mobo, this entails setting it to IDE > mode, instead of RAID or AHCI. That doesn't appear to do anything. > I'm at my wit's end with this. I tried FreeBSD in every way I know how, and they all hang. I tried CentOS and it hung. I even tried Windows Vista Ultimate. It didn't hang, but it found no storage devices. That led me to a train of thought. This board has 6 SATA ports on it, and in the BIOS it has 3 settings for them -- IDE, RAID or AHCI. When I put it into IDE mode, it shows me each disk as an individual device, but all of the OS'es fail to recognize them. When I put it into RAID mode, it recognizes each disk as a SATA device and offers me the RAID options (F10) on bootup. When I put it into AHCI mode, nothing at all is recognized. Furthermore, I was reading in the board's manual that to load Windows XP or Vista, a special driver diskette is required for Windows to recognize the storage volumes. This leads me to believe that the only way this board knows how to handle SATA disks is to use RAID mode, and the only way for an OS to recognize the RAID volume is to have a driver pre-loaded before the OS. For OS'es like FreeBSD and CentOS this is very difficult, even if such a driver exists. Unless somebody can correct me for being way off base, my conclusion can only be that this board cannot support a Unix/Linux operating system, and even with Windows it's extremely difficult. I'm now considering returning this board and suffering the dreaded 15% restocking fee. Can anyone suggest a motherboard that is FreeBSD friendly? I need it to support 4 cores with the AM2+ socket (either that, or I need to return my chip too) and be a full ATX board with 4 DDR2 ram slots. On board VGA would be nice too, but I suppose I can buy a VGA card. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FreeBSD-7-load-hangs-on-boot-tp21039625p21047496.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
Another item of curiosity... I just now tried booting from a CentOS 5.2 DVD. It also hangs with a little window titled "Loading SCSI driver" that says "Loading ahci driver..." The funny thing is, I've tried turning off all RAID functionality in the BIOS. On my mobo, this entails setting it to IDE mode, instead of RAID or AHCI. That doesn't appear to do anything. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FreeBSD-7-load-hangs-on-boot-tp21039625p21047275.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
Steve Bertrand-2 wrote: > > Out of pure sheer curiosity, does the machine boot ok with the > "boot-only" if you pull the RAID card out of its slot? > There is no RAID card. Everything is on the motherboard. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FreeBSD-7-load-hangs-on-boot-tp21039625p21047130.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
ThinkDifferently wrote: > > > Steve Bertrand-2 wrote: >> >> AFAIK, your RocketRAID should be picked up by the 'twe' driver. >> >> If you run a FreeBSD install disk (as opposed to boot-only), are you >> provided with an install location (via sysinstall) as far as hard disks >> are concerned? >> >> Is this RAID array something that you can afford to risk losing through >> troubleshooting? >> > > I haven't tried an install disk yet, just the boot-only. I will try that > right away. > > This system is so spankin' new, there's nothing loaded on it. This RAID > array is just something I setup in the BIOS. It's not even been > initialized yet...because I can't even load the OS to install anything. > Well, still no joy. :-( I have tried booting from Boot-only, Disc1, LiveFS. Additionally, I've tried the default boot, "with ACPI disabled", "Safe Mode", "single user mode", and "verbose logging". Every CD and every boot type gives me the exact same errors... at the beginning: ... acpi0: reservation of fee0, 1000 (3) failed acpi0: reservation of 0, a (3) failed acpi0: reservation of 10, c7f0 (3) failed and at the end: ... hptrr: no controller detected. acd0: DVDROM at ata0-master UDMA33 acd0: FAILURE READ_BIG MEDIUM ERROR asc=0x11 ascq=0x00 GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider acd0 is iso9660/FreeBSD_xxx (where xxx is the disc I'm using). acd0: FAILURE - READ_BIG MEDIUM ERROR asc=0x11 ascq=0x00 *** HANG *** BTW, the *** HANG *** requires a hard reset. Also, I read some hearsay in other forums that the READ_BIG error could be caused by the write speed when the ISO is burned to CD. So, I tried downgrading the burn speed from 52x to 16x. No joy. It didn't change a thing. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FreeBSD-7-load-hangs-on-boot-tp21039625p21046636.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
Steve Bertrand-2 wrote: > > AFAIK, your RocketRAID should be picked up by the 'twe' driver. > > If you run a FreeBSD install disk (as opposed to boot-only), are you > provided with an install location (via sysinstall) as far as hard disks > are concerned? > > Is this RAID array something that you can afford to risk losing through > troubleshooting? > I haven't tried an install disk yet, just the boot-only. I will try that right away. This system is so spankin' new, there's nothing loaded on it. This RAID array is just something I setup in the BIOS. It's not even been initialized yet...because I can't even load the OS to install anything. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FreeBSD-7-load-hangs-on-boot-tp21039625p21046366.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
...some more interesting errors from bootup...My biz partner seemed interested in these (don't know why)... hptrr: HPT RocketRAID controller driver v1.1 (Feb 24 2008 10:34:18) acpi0: <052008 RSDT1050> on motherboard acpi0: [ITHREAD] acpi0: Power Button (fixed) acpi0: reservation of free0, 1000 (3) failed acpi0: reservation of 0, a (3) failed acpi0: reservation of 10, c7f0 (3) failed -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FreeBSD-7-load-hangs-on-boot-tp21039625p21045931.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
Polytropon wrote: > > On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:09:44 -0800 (PST), ThinkDifferently wrote: >> hptrr: no controller detected. > > It looks like there's a proble with the hptrr driver? Have you > tried loading the "HighPoint RocketRAID device drive" by putting > > hptrr_load="YES" > > into /boot/loader.conf? > > Further information can be obtained by: > > % man hptrr > > Check if your particular controller is supported. > Thanks for responding. Forgive me for being new to FreeBSD. My career has been System V OS'es, like Solaris & HP-UX. My new biz partner has strong-armed me...er...convinced me to go FreeBSD. I am booting from the "boot only" cd (burned from the amd64 iso) for the first time. How do I put hptrr_load="YES" into /boot/loader.conf? Also on my other FreeBSD system, 'man hptrr' resulted in 'no manual page'. I've been troubleshooting a little with my biz partner. He told me there might've been something wrong with the i386 version of FreeBSD on my USB drive. So, I put an IDE DVD-ROM drive in the system and got the latest AMD64 ISO on CD. Now I'm getting... acd0: FAILURE - READ_BIG MEDIUM ERROR asc=0x11 ascq=0x00 GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider acd0 is iso9660/FreeBSD_bootonly. acd0: FAILURE - READ_BIG MEDIUM ERROR asc=0x11 ascq=0x00 *** HANG *** I also tried resetting the BIOS to "Failsafe Settings"...no luck. I'm curious, though, what the BIOS settings should be. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FreeBSD-7-load-hangs-on-boot-tp21039625p21045861.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot
I have a new system put together (see below). In booting it up for the first time, it hangs. I'm booting from a FreeBSD 7.0 distribution on a USB drive. Here are the messages, in part... . . . sc0: at flags 0x100 on isa0 sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> vga0: at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa-0xb on isa0 Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec hptrr: no controller detected. The GEOM class LABEL is already loaded. *** HANG *** Where should I look to troubleshoot? My hardware is... Motherboard: MSI K9N2G Neo-FD Processor: AMD Phenom 9600 Agena 2.3GHz Socket AM2+ Quad-Core Memory: Rendition by Crucial 1GB (x4) DDR2 SDRAM (PC2 6400) Disk Drives: 2x Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD753LJ 750GB 7200 RPM SATA I have the disks in a RAID 1 configuration via the motherboard. There is no other hardware in the case, and I'm booting from USB. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FreeBSD-7-load-hangs-on-boot-tp21039625p21039625.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
