From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 12 07:10:05 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5272C106567B for ; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:10:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CE6B8FC17 for ; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:10:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m6C7A5cr046815 for ; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:10:05 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m6C7A5MX046814; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:10:05 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:10:05 GMT Message-Id: <200807120710.m6C7A5MX046814@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org From: "Mars G Miro" Cc: Subject: Re: kern/122572: [install] FreeBSD 7.0 doesn't install on Dell PowerEdge SC1435 [regression] X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mars G Miro List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:10:05 -0000 The following reply was made to PR kern/122572; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Mars G Miro" To: Mel Cc: "Felipe Neuwald" , bug-followup@freebsd.org, vwe@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/122572: [install] FreeBSD 7.0 doesn't install on Dell PowerEdge SC1435 [regression] Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:08:52 +0800 On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 7:53 PM, Mel wrote: > On Friday 11 July 2008 12:17:50 Mars G Miro wrote: >> Hi Guys, >> >> Yeah this bug exists in: >> - 7.0-RELEASE (i386, amd64) >> - 7.0-STABLE-200806 (amd64, didnt try i386) >> >> 8.0-CURRENT-200806/amd64 (didn't try i386) works OK > > > I upgraded this machine from source to RELENG_7 this week and it hosed the > disk, with multiple WRITE_DMA and NMI's in /var/log/messages. I was unable to > get a verbose boot before it totally stopped working. So it's not just the > install, it's acpi and/or SATA related. [1] > However, this is good information. Is there any way to identify, what was > fixed in -current that makes it work? I'm happy to try any MFC patches once I guess this isn't fixed in RELENG_7 atm. I really dunno whatever it is in -CURRENT that fixed this, sorry :-( > it's back on RELENG_6 (probably today). I'll reserve a bootable slice for it. > For example, could you (Mars) post a verbose boot? > sure: http://pastebin.com/m16928365 > [1] I have a second machine that is totally different (i386/Gateway/ich5/Intel > HTT/SATA-150) that had the same install problem and an in place upgrade > changed the FreeBSD 6 'ad4' to 'ad16', so we went with UDMA disk instead. Jahh, i think I experienced the adX name change (just hafta correct /etc/fstab, then reboot) sometime when I was in 6.X, I think other folks have reported this too. But this is a separate issue (I think) ;-) Thanks. > -- > Mel > -- cheers mars