From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 19 19:44:31 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4AA016A4CE for ; Sat, 19 Mar 2005 19:44:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hanoi.cronyx.ru (hanoi.cronyx.ru [144.206.181.53]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 175C643D2D for ; Sat, 19 Mar 2005 19:44:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rik@cronyx.ru) Received: (from root@localhost) by hanoi.cronyx.ru (8.13.0/vak/3.0) id j2JJfTOj009990 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org.checked; Sat, 19 Mar 2005 22:41:29 +0300 (MSK) (envelope-from rik@cronyx.ru) Received: from cronyx.ru (localhost.cronyx.ru [127.0.0.1]) by hanoi.cronyx.ru (8.13.0/vak/3.0) with ESMTP id j2JJcWge009973; Sat, 19 Mar 2005 22:38:33 +0300 (MSK) (envelope-from rik@cronyx.ru) Message-ID: <423C7D76.2050501@cronyx.ru> Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 22:28:54 +0300 From: Roman Kurakin User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; ru-RU; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20030426 X-Accept-Language: ru-ru, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: nahthan subramanian References: <20050309214444.99019.qmail@web50209.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20050309214444.99019.qmail@web50209.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on IBM BladeCenter? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 19:44:32 -0000 Have you tried FreeBSD 6.Current? Also try to boot in safe mode. Best regards, Roman Kurakin nahthan subramanian: >Hi there, > > Any success stories out there of getting FreeBSD running on IBM BladeCenter hardware? >It's not officially supported. It's designed to run Linux/*doze. > >Here's a document of my attempts: > >--------------------------- > >Hardware Information >general: http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/bladecenter/ > chassis: http://tinyurl.com/4gcbw > blade: http://tinyurl.com/6js9m >HS20 blade machine type: 8843 >HS20 blade model number: 11U >Chassis model number: 8677-3XU >Chassis machine type: 8843 >Chassis model number: 11U >basic blade config: >Dual Intel Xeon 3.0Ghz > hyper threading and EM64T support >4096MB memory >---------------- >FreeBSD Installation media tried: >tried with freebsd 5.3 i386 from floppy & CD >tried with freebsd 4.ii i386 from floppy & CD >-- >tried with BIOS 1.2 on blade. >tried with BIOS 1.0 on blade. >-- >tried with an extrenal USB keyboard connected, and without. >-- >tried with hyperthreading disabled in BIOS. >tried with CPU cache enabled/disabled in BIOS. >tried with CPU write back cache enabled/disabled in BIOS. >tried with CPU prefetch queue enabled/disabled in BIOS. >tried with CPU Execute Disable bit enabled/disabled in BIOS. >-- >tried with ACPI enabled/disabled from the installation prompt. > >nothing. > >Here are the crashes and error messages: >------- >FreeBSD 5.3 boot from CD/floppy crash/panic: > >atapci0: port 0x376,0x170-0x177,0x3f6,0x1f0-0x1f7 at drvice 31.1 on pci0 > >fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode >fault virtual address = 0x5 >fault code = supervisor read, page not present >instruction pointer = 0x8:0xc06200d0 >stack pointer = 0x10:0xc1021914 >frame pointer = 0x10:0xc1021914 >code segment = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b > = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1 >processor eflags = interrupt enabled, resume, IPOL=0 >current process = 0 (swapper) >trap number = 12 >panic: page fault >uptime: 1s >shutting down ACPI >stray IRQ 11 >Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press a key on the console to abort >Rebooting... >Keyboard reset did not work, attempting CPU shutdown >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >FreeBSD 5.2.1 booting from CD, hangs on boot: > >acpi0: on motherboard >pcibios: BIOS version 2.10 >acpi_bus_number: can't get _ADR >acpi_bus_number: can't get _ADR >acpi_bus_number: can't get _ADR >acpi_bus_number: can't get _ADR >acpi_bus_number: can't get _ADR >acpi_bus_number: can't get _ADR >acpi0: Power Button (fixed) >Timecounter "ACPI-safe" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 >(...hangs here forever... machine completely locks up...) >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >FreeBSD 4.11, booting from CD: > >Uncompressing ... done >BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01 >Console: internal video/keyboard >BIOS drive C: is disk0 >BIOS 629/3275513kB available memory >FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 0.8 >(root@perseus.cse.buffalo.edu, Fri Jan 21 15:42:07 GMT 2005) >Can't work out which disk we're booting from. >Guessed BIOS device 0x0 not found by probes, defaulting to disk0: >Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. >Booting [kernel]... >can't load 'kernel' >can't load 'kernel.old' >Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help. >ok >------------- >FreeBSD 4.11, booting from floppy: >Uncompressing ... done >BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01 >Console: internal video/keyboard >BIOS drive C: is disk0 >BIOS 629/3275513kB available memory >FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 0.8 >(root@perseus.cse.buffalo.edu, Fri Jan 21 15:42:07 GMT 2005) >/kernel text=0x289d91 data=0x30170+0x32d04 zf_read: fill error >elf_loadexec: archsw.readin failed >can't load module '/kernel': input/output error >- >Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. >booting [kernel]... >/kernel text=0x289d91 data=0x30170+0x32d04 zf_read: fill error >elf_loadexec: archsw.readin failed >can't load 'kernel' >can't load 'kernel.old' >Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help. >ok >---------------------------- > >I can't think of much else to try for now. Any clues? Thanks. > >-Nate > > >--------------------------------- >Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! > Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >