From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 21 19:05:00 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1215516A420 for ; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 19:05:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bkc@dreamfire.com) Received: from dreamfire.com (dreamfire.com [192.220.72.206]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA9F013C468 for ; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 19:04:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bkc@dreamfire.com) Received: (qmail 68431 invoked by uid 18638); 21 Jul 2007 19:04:59 -0000 Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 12:04:59 -0700 From: Bruce Caruthers To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070721120459.A63066@dreamfire.com> References: <20070713150725.A52319@dreamfire.com> <4698D140.9010301@mawer.org> <20070720212648.A71287@dreamfire.com> <46A18C37.7040005@u.washington.edu> <46A18C78.1010707@u.washington.edu> <20070720214126.B71287@dreamfire.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20070720214126.B71287@dreamfire.com>; from bkc-freebsdlists@dreamfire.com on Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 09:41:26PM -0700 Organization: DreamFire Enterprises Subject: Re: Intel G965 chipset? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Bruce Caruthers List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 19:05:00 -0000 On Fri Jul 20, 2007, Bruce Caruthers wrote: > > On Fri Jul 20, 2007, Garrett Cooper wrote: > > Garrett Cooper wrote: > > > Bruce Caruthers wrote: > > >> On Sat Jul 14, 2007, Antony Mawer wrote: > > >> > > >>> On 14/07/2007 8:07 AM, Bruce Caruthers wrote: > > >>> ... > > >>> > > >>>> === My Question: > > >>>> So, can I use an Intel motherboard with the 965 > > >>>> chipset? If not, what is the latest chipset I can > > >>>> use which will meet my needs? > > >>>> > > >>> We use the 965 based boards for many of our servers and they work > > >>> fine - > > >>> the only gotchas I have come across has been the onboard IDE controller > > >>> is a Marvell ATA controller, and not supported by the drivers in > > >>> 6.2-RELEASE. I made a back-port of the -CURRENT driver to 6.2 some > > >>> months ago and have not had any problems (although the CD-ROM connected > > >>> to said IDE channel is only used for the installation process!). > > >>> > > >>> I would imagine that the driver is likely present in 6-STABLE and the > > >>> upcoming 6.3 release later this year. > > >>> > > >>> --Antony > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> Now that the parts have arrived and I actually have > > >> the machine (physically) set up, I am trying to > > >> install from the downloaded ISO images (6.2-Release, > > >> downloaded 7/20). > > >> > > >> Each boot option hangs at different places (standard > > >> stops after identifying the disks as ad4 and ad8, > > >> ACPI turned off stops at md0, and verbose logging > > >> actually gets to the first menu, but no longer > > >> accepts keyboard input at that point -- might be > > >> hung, since couldn't warm boot from the keyboard, > > >> either, at that point). > > >> > > >> Were you able to do any of the install without the > > >> backported driver, or did you generate a custom > > >> install disk? > > >> > > >> Or, would it be better if I try making the boot > > >> floppies and installing over ftp? > > >> > > >> Any suggestions, or perhaps a downloadable ISO > > >> image, since you already went through this? :) > > >> > > >> I have 2xSATA300 disks as RAID-1, and an ATAPI DVD > > >> drive for installing. And an old 3.5" floppy drive > > >> I found on one of my parts heaps. > > >> > > >> (mobo: Intel DG965WH) > > >> > > >> Thanks for any help! > > >> -bkc > > >> > > > > > > Try a 6.2 snapshot (if that's not what you meant by downloaded 7/20). > > > If that fails, try 7-CURRENT snapshots (most recent ones, i.e. over > > > the last month, are the best idea). There were a variety of fixes made > > > to USB input and control (if you're using a USB keyboard instead of a > > > PS/2 one). > > > -Garrett > > > > Another idea -- update your BIOS if possible via bootdisk. There were > > most likely some BIOS / chipset fixes done in the past couple months > > which will benefit your board. > > -Garrett > > > I already checked, and my board was shipped with the > latest BIOS updates (5/10). But thanks for the suggestion. > > I had downloaded the 6.2-Release ISOs, I just mentioned > the date in case anything had been updated in the > versions online (although I assume they would have been > noted as such). > > How stable/reliable will a 6.2 snapshot or 7-current be? > This machine is intended to replace my primary home server > (SAMBA to Windows and Mac, web development sandbox, name > server, etc.) so data integrity and reasonable uptime > reliability are key. (My old 4.2 server is maxed out on > disks, and has slowly been failing erratically.) > > Thanks! > -bkc 6-STABLE (Jun07) hung at all the same places as 6.2-RELEASE. 7-CURRENT installed, but couldn't configure the network properly to ftp packages (haven't had the chance to experiment further with that yet). At the moment, I have a developer install (tried to do X-Developer, but the X.org and X.srv packages failed to ftp) on my system. Will see whether this 7-CURRENT install will fulfill my needs, I guess, since at the moment, I don't really have a choice. Since I now have a live system (assuming I get the network running on it) is there any way to build a custom mod of 6.2-RELEASE with the backported Marvell driver changes others have posted, and make an install CD from that? I really haven't mucked about with that kind of stuff since FreeBSD 1.1. :) (2.x and 4.x just worked smoothly for my systems.) Unfortunately, I wouldn't really call myself a programmer anymore, so consider my C/C++ skills weak/extremely rusty (shell, sed, perl and ruby are reasonably good still, though, if that helps). Thanks! -bkc