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Date:      Mon, 10 Mar 2003 15:30:09 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To:        "Ryan T. Dean" <rtdean@cytherianage.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD on an IBM PC Server 325
Message-ID:  <20030310152936.S25780@carver.gumbysoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030307002629.Y27320@lumina.cytherianage.net>
References:  <20030307002629.Y27320@lumina.cytherianage.net>

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On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Ryan T. Dean wrote:

> Greetings and Howdy-
> 	I was gifted with an IBM PC Server 325 a few months back, and I've
> been trying on and off since then to get FreeBSD loaded onto it.  Its
> nothing too special - dual PPro motherboard with an onboard AIC7880 SCSI
> controller.  There is currently only one processor in it (unchanged since
> its arrival).  I cannot, for the life of me, get FreeBSD to load on it.
> The machine hardlocks while loading the kernel, right after 'Waiting 15
> seconds for SCSI devices to settle...' (complete boot -v output displayed
> below).

I recently ran into this problem. It was caused by the use of a non-LVD
SCSI cable on an LVD chain.

Check your cable and termination.

-- 
Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@gumbysoft.com          |  www.FreeBSD.org

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