RE: IBM 325 Server install - hangs on scsi settle
Yep those pre Y2K boxes are an real pain in the ass when it comes to their bios. it's time to replace your bio's chip with an modern one. Check out www.unicore.com 800-800-2467 for new bio chip. They will give you instruction on how to get the technical info on your bio chip, so they can price the replacement. I have replaced 3 over the past 4 years and each time it cost me $70.00 each. This is the only way to extend the life of old PC's. Good luck -Original Message- From: Andy Clements [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 4:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: IBM 325 Server install - hangs on scsi settle fbsd_user wrote: >Changes to PC Bios before installing FBSD > unfortunately, the BIOS on the machine is from 1997. It's IBM's SureBIOS. I've tried finding a update on IBM's site but no luck. >Virus Warning=, set this option to disable. It's a firmware check of >the hard drive boot sector looking for MS/Windows boot virus. This >will stop FBSD booting from the install CDROM. > set to disable >plug-n-play=, set this option to disable. FBSD is not sensitive to >Microsoft plug-n-play standard and may refuse to install, or cause >PCI cards not to be found. > not available on BIOS >Disable or set to auto any Bio's option to assign irq numbers to PCI >expansion slots. > > all set to auto >Disable any ISA expansion slots. > > not available on BIOS >Operating system type=, set to 'other' or any Unix type of operating >system, don't set to MS/Windows. > > not available on BIOS >Check to see if the cdrom drive is the slave to the IDE master Hard >drive you are installing to, if so then move the cdrom drive to the >secondary IDE controller as master. There should not be any cdrom >drive sharing the primary IDE controller with the master Hard Drive. > > The HDDs and CDROM are on SCSI, so I don't think they have any IDE controller. Anyone can feel free to correct me on this issue if I am incorrect. >boot sequence=, set this option to (CDROM,C) Since you are >installing FBSD from CDROM you must tell the PC what I/O device to >look at to boot from. Keep in mind that some older CD-ROMs drives >and older PC bios do not support booting off CD-ROM. Generally with >PC manufactured after 1999 this is not the problem. > > BIOS is old so the old boot option I have is floppy. The SCSI BIOS had a boot option, which I tried. That failed however, and brought error codes from the PC BIOS because it moved the floppy drive to B: and took over the a: slot. When FreeBSD attempts to boot the machine, ahc0 driver (for the Adaptec AIC-7880 controller) is loaded but throws the weirdest error: ahc0: Illegal Configuration. Only two connectors on the adapter can be used at one time. which means nothing to me. Does anyone know what it is asking for? I even tried removing the CDROM from the SCSI and booting , but the same error appears. Others have loaded 4.9 on 325 PC Servers, however there is something about my configuration that is giving the ahc0 driver fits. again, please cc with your response as I am not on the list. Thanks, Andy Clements original request: >I have IBM 325 PCServer with one 200 Pentium Pro CPU and two SCSI >HDD >drives and a SCSI CDROM. I'm installing FreeBSD 4.9 via floppy and >it >hangs when it says: > >Waiting 15 seconds for drives to settle > > >I notice that it is accessing the cdrom, during the wait, but >nothing >else happens. I've checked the mailing list and all I see is to >turn >the bios virus detect off. It seem that quite a few people are >having >this problem... > >any ideas? interrupt problem? > > ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: IBM 325 Server install - hangs on scsi settle
fbsd_user wrote: Changes to PC Bios before installing FBSD unfortunately, the BIOS on the machine is from 1997. It's IBM's SureBIOS. I've tried finding a update on IBM's site but no luck. Virus Warning=, set this option to disable. It's a firmware check of the hard drive boot sector looking for MS/Windows boot virus. This will stop FBSD booting from the install CDROM. set to disable plug-n-play=, set this option to disable. FBSD is not sensitive to Microsoft plug-n-play standard and may refuse to install, or cause PCI cards not to be found. not available on BIOS Disable or set to auto any Bio's option to assign irq numbers to PCI expansion slots. all set to auto Disable any ISA expansion slots. not available on BIOS Operating system type=, set to 'other' or any Unix type of operating system, don't set to MS/Windows. not available on BIOS Check to see if the cdrom drive is the slave to the IDE master Hard drive you are installing to, if so then move the cdrom drive to the secondary IDE controller as master. There should not be any cdrom drive sharing the primary IDE controller with the master Hard Drive. The HDDs and CDROM are on SCSI, so I don't think they have any IDE controller. Anyone can feel free to correct me on this issue if I am incorrect. boot sequence=, set this option to (CDROM,C) Since you are installing FBSD from CDROM you must tell the PC what I/O device to look at to boot from. Keep in mind that some older CD-ROMs drives and older PC bios do not support booting off CD-ROM. Generally with PC manufactured after 1999 this is not the problem. BIOS is old so the old boot option I have is floppy. The SCSI BIOS had a boot option, which I tried. That failed however, and brought error codes from the PC BIOS because it moved the floppy drive to B: and took over the a: slot. When FreeBSD attempts to boot the machine, ahc0 driver (for the Adaptec AIC-7880 controller) is loaded but throws the weirdest error: ahc0: Illegal Configuration. Only two connectors on the adapter can be used at one time. which means nothing to me. Does anyone know what it is asking for? I even tried removing the CDROM from the SCSI and booting , but the same error appears. Others have loaded 4.9 on 325 PC Servers, however there is something about my configuration that is giving the ahc0 driver fits. again, please cc with your response as I am not on the list. Thanks, Andy Clements original request: I have IBM 325 PCServer with one 200 Pentium Pro CPU and two SCSI HDD drives and a SCSI CDROM. I'm installing FreeBSD 4.9 via floppy and it hangs when it says: Waiting 15 seconds for drives to settle I notice that it is accessing the cdrom, during the wait, but nothing else happens. I've checked the mailing list and all I see is to turn the bios virus detect off. It seem that quite a few people are having this problem... any ideas? interrupt problem? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: IBM 325 Server install - hangs on scsi settle
Mike Galvez wrote: On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 03:49:30PM -0700, Andy Clements wrote: Hello, I have IBM 325 PCServer with one 200 Pentium Pro CPU and two SCSI HDD drives and a SCSI CDROM. I'm installing FreeBSD 4.9 via floppy and it hangs when it says: Waiting 15 seconds for drives to settle I notice that it is accessing the cdrom, during the wait, but nothing else happens. I've checked the mailing list and all I see is to turn the bios virus detect off. It seem that quite a few people are having this problem... any ideas? interrupt problem? please CC with your reply as I am not on the list. Thanks in advance, Andy Clements I have a couple of 325s with on-board SCSI, SCSI CDROM. Make sure that your SCSI devices are not set to the same ID as the SCSI card or each other. The HDDs are on SCSI 0 and 1 and the CDROM is on 6. At least that is what the SCSI BIOS is saying. Upon plying deeper into the problem I noticed that the ahc0 driver (which is the correct driver for my Adaptec AIC-7880) is saying that that there is an illegal configuration where there are more than two controllers attached to the cable (or something to that effect, unfortunately the machine is not in front of me). I remove the CDROM from the SCSI cable and still got the same message. Is there something I can do in the kernel configuration that would solve this? I also notice that IRQ15, where the SCSI is attached, is being used by an ATA /ATAPI driver. Is this correct? I don't know whether this helps but I've installed FedoraCore1 on this same machine with no problem - I would assume this leans towards the fact that there may be no hardware/BIOS problem. Thanks for your help so far! --Andy Clements ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: IBM 325 Server install - hangs on scsi settle
On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 03:49:30PM -0700, Andy Clements wrote: > Hello, > > I have IBM 325 PCServer with one 200 Pentium Pro CPU and two SCSI HDD > drives and a SCSI CDROM. I'm installing FreeBSD 4.9 via floppy and it > hangs when it says: > > Waiting 15 seconds for drives to settle > > > I notice that it is accessing the cdrom, during the wait, but nothing > else happens. I've checked the mailing list and all I see is to turn > the bios virus detect off. It seem that quite a few people are having > this problem... > > any ideas? interrupt problem? > > please CC with your reply as I am not on the list. > > Thanks in advance, > Andy Clements > I have a couple of 325s with on-board SCSI, SCSI CDROM. Make sure that your SCSI devices are not set to the same ID as the SCSI card or each other. -- Michael Galvez http://www.people.virginia.edu/~mrg8n Information Technology Specialist Office: 434-982-2975 Financial AnalysisE-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of VirginiaMessenger Mail: Carruthers Hall ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: IBM 325 Server install - hangs on scsi settle
Changes to PC Bios before installing FBSD Navigate around the Bios menus using the keyboard arrow keys looking for the following options, your PC bio's may not have all of these. Virus Warning=, set this option to disable. It's a firmware check of the hard drive boot sector looking for MS/Windows boot virus. This will stop FBSD booting from the install CDROM. plug-n-play=, set this option to disable. FBSD is not sensitive to Microsoft plug-n-play standard and may refuse to install, or cause PCI cards not to be found. Disable or set to auto any Bio's option to assign irq numbers to PCI expansion slots. Disable any ISA expansion slots. Operating system type=, set to 'other' or any Unix type of operating system, don't set to MS/Windows. Check to see if the cdrom drive is the slave to the IDE master Hard drive you are installing to, if so then move the cdrom drive to the secondary IDE controller as master. There should not be any cdrom drive sharing the primary IDE controller with the master Hard Drive. boot sequence=, set this option to (CDROM,C) Since you are installing FBSD from CDROM you must tell the PC what I/O device to look at to boot from. Keep in mind that some older CD-ROMs drives and older PC bios do not support booting off CD-ROM. Generally with PC manufactured after 1999 this is not the problem. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andy Clements Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 5:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: IBM 325 Server install - hangs on scsi settle Hello, I have IBM 325 PCServer with one 200 Pentium Pro CPU and two SCSI HDD drives and a SCSI CDROM. I'm installing FreeBSD 4.9 via floppy and it hangs when it says: Waiting 15 seconds for drives to settle I notice that it is accessing the cdrom, during the wait, but nothing else happens. I've checked the mailing list and all I see is to turn the bios virus detect off. It seem that quite a few people are having this problem... any ideas? interrupt problem? please CC with your reply as I am not on the list. Thanks in advance, Andy Clements ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
IBM 325 Server install - hangs on scsi settle
Hello, I have IBM 325 PCServer with one 200 Pentium Pro CPU and two SCSI HDD drives and a SCSI CDROM. I'm installing FreeBSD 4.9 via floppy and it hangs when it says: Waiting 15 seconds for drives to settle I notice that it is accessing the cdrom, during the wait, but nothing else happens. I've checked the mailing list and all I see is to turn the bios virus detect off. It seem that quite a few people are having this problem... any ideas? interrupt problem? please CC with your reply as I am not on the list. Thanks in advance, Andy Clements ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
