From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 12 16:14:19 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-10.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9DF837BB1B for ; Wed, 12 Jul 2000 16:14:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from pierre@vortex-systems.demon.nl) Received: from [212.238.5.211] (helo=nt4workst3) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #2) id 13CVhf-00067S-00; Wed, 12 Jul 2000 23:14:08 +0000 From: "Pierre Sjauw En Wa" To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Cc: "support@cdrom.com" Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 01:16:46 +0200 Reply-To: "Pierre Sjauw En Wa" X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Standard (2.10.2010) For Windows NT (4.0.1381;5) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Fwd: Re: Unable to install FreeBSD Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG L.S., Can anyone help me with this problem. The Support Engineer at Mylex just doesn't understand the problem. The Mylex DAC960PG Raid Controller (in my view) prevents a normal boot process from the FreeBSD 3.3 Kernel boot-floppy. The system halts with a register dump and the message "System Halted". This is not a regular error message from a motherboard BIOS and must either be a message initiated by the DAC960PG or ... the FreeBSD kernel boot-disk. I personnaly don't think it's the kernel boot-disk since this error message occurs within the first second after reading the kernel diskette. Thanks in advance. Pierre. ==================BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE================== Pierre: Have you taken this problem to the FreeBSD groups? We don't support FreeBSD itself, we can only assist with hardware issues. The most common problem with Linux or FreeBSD, during the install, is that some users don't realize that the DAC960 driver is a relatively new addition to the kernel releases, and earlier versions didn't come with the driver automatically compiled in, that they would have to add the driver and recompile. Are you able to install any other OS properly with this system and the current configuration? Is the system drive online when you begin the install? We do not list any of the newer Quantum drives as approved for use with Mylex controllers. Jo ---------------------------------------------------- Pierre Sjauw En Wa wrote: > > Dear Jo, > > It's not a driver problem. The system halts within the first 2 seconds > after booting from > the FreeBSD installation floppy. I guess there's a conflict between > the floppy-disk > bootrecord and the DAC960PG. There's nothing wrong with the FreeBSD > kernel boot-floppy: > it works flawlessly on several other systems. > > Pierre. > > On Wed, 12 Jul 2000 06:46:31 -0700, Mylex Technical Support wrote: > > >Dear Sir: As far as I know, there is no DAC960 driver included in > >FreeBSD 3.3, but you need to be talking to the FreeBSD folks - they > >wrote the driver. You would have to get the source code and compile > it > >into that kernel. FreeBSD 4.0 contains a DAC960 driver, I've been > told. > > > >Regards, > >Jo Kellner > >Technical Support > >Mylex Corp, an IBM Company > >510-608-2400 > >510-745-7715 (fax) > > > >Visit our online Technical Resources: > >http://www.mylex.com/support/index.html > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Pierre Sjauw En Wa wrote: > >> > >> Dear Sir/Madam, > >> > >> I'm using a Mylex DAC960PG (dual-channel with 8 MB Cache) with the > >> latest Firmware and > >> BIOS. The controller is installed on a Asus P3BF motherboard with a > >> 466 MHz Celeron. My > >> SCSI boot-disk is a Atlas 10K (connected as JBOD on channel 0). > >> > >> I'm trying to install FreeBSD 3.3 on this system by booting from > the > >> FreeBSD Kernel floppy- > >> disk. The system hangs immediately, displaying a register dump and > the > >> message "System > >> Halted". This error message must be generated by the DAC960PG which > >> intercepts the booting > >> sequence from drive A:. > >> > >> Is there a fix for this bug? > >> > >> Thanks in advance. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Pierre. > >> > >> > ************************************************************************ > >> * Pierre Sjauw En Wa: pierre@vortex-systems.demon.nl <-- > preferred > >> * > >> * or: pierre@stack.nl > >> * > >> > >> > ************************************************************************ ===================END FORWARDED MESSAGE=================== ************************************************************************ * Pierre Sjauw En Wa: pierre@vortex-systems.demon.nl <-- preferred * * or: pierre@stack.nl * ************************************************************************ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message