From owner-freebsd-alpha Sun Dec 8 13:23:54 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4965F37B401 for ; Sun, 8 Dec 2002 13:23:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail4.sea.registeredsite.com (mail4.sea.registeredsite.com [66.111.73.204]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB8F043E4A for ; Sun, 8 Dec 2002 13:23:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from opml@terraflux.com) Received: from terraflux.com ([216.122.242.190]) by mail4.sea.registeredsite.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gB8LNl4E000643 for ; Sun, 8 Dec 2002 16:23:47 -0500 Received: from [192.168.0.40] (dsl-65-184-11-93.telocity.com [65.184.11.93]) by terraflux.com (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id gB8LNk568014 for ; Sun, 8 Dec 2002 13:23:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from opml@terraflux.com) User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.1.1.2418 Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2002 13:23:43 -0800 Subject: AlphaServer1200 (5305), FBSD4.7 and Symbios53C875 From: oliver To: Message-ID: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi there, I am trying to run (and install) FreeBSD 4.7/alpha on a former Digital Server 5305 WinNT Whitebox system with two 533 processors and 512mb. There are two SCSI controllers in the box, one embedded Symbios 53C810 (Fast SCSI-2), and a PCI Symbios 53C875 (Ultra-Wide with onboard NIC). The 810 connects to a cdrom and tape drive on the front left. The 875 connects to the actual harddisk array to the right. Now, trying to install or boot via CDROM or Floppy stalls after freebsd tries to reset the two channels on the 875 card. Console info: ... Timecounter "alpha" frequency 532801256 Hz Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle (noperiph:sym1:0:-1:-1): SCSI Bus reset delivered. (noperiph:sym2:0:-1:-1): SCSI Bus reset delivered. The system will remain "stuck" after last line. No further messages appear on the console. However, the 810 bus appears recognized because if I remove the 875 card, and swap the tape with a spare SCSI drive, I can install and boot FreeBSD. But the 875 card appears functional; At the SRM (version 6.0-4 most recent) the test command works the array -and all other components- just fine. I need the array, but what am I missing as Symbios (NCR) should be supported no problem? Thanks, Oliver opml@terraflux.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message