From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 7 05:42:26 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 911FB37B401 for ; Wed, 7 May 2003 05:42:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pa-plum1b-166.pit.adelphia.net (pa-plum1a-215.pit.adelphia.net [24.53.170.215]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C09E843F3F for ; Wed, 7 May 2003 05:42:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from potentialtech.com (working [172.16.0.95]) h47Can0n009401; Wed, 7 May 2003 08:36:50 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Message-ID: <3EB8FDE1.2070208@potentialtech.com> Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 08:36:49 -0400 From: Bill Moran User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.3) Gecko/20030429 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Derek Ragona References: <5.2.1.1.2.20030506234032.00a9c020@computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.2.20030506234032.00a9c020@computinginnovations.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New server keeps panicking X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 12:42:29 -0000 Derek Ragona wrote: > I am installing a new server, it is using an Intel SE7501WV2 motherboard > with on-board SCSI. This Motherboard has 2 intel Xeon 2.66 GHz CPU's. You don't mention the make/model of the SCSI controller. I'm guessing that it's obscured by the fact that it's an onboard. > The system has one IDE CD-ROM, and one SCSI U320 hard disk. The SCSI > disk is cabled using an Adaptec U320 cable, with terminator. Verify your termination: that the card is configured to be a terminator at its end, and the drives _aren't_. Borked termination can cause all manner of unpredictable SCSI failures. > I have tried installing FreeBSD version 5.0 release, but it kept > panicking with SCSI disk write error messages. So I tried again, > installing this time version 4.8 release. The 4.8 had the same problems. On a whim: use the bios to set the SCSI controller to use SCSI-160 speed instead and see if it works then. It's possible that 320 isn't supported on that card yet. This is a "wild guess"/"gut feeling" thing, though, so don't get upset if it's not the cause. > Is there something I need to do because of the SCSI disk system? Or is > it the two CPU's? > > The error I get is a block cannot be written, it is out of range. The > system actually locks up, something I have never seen FreeBSD do. Sounds more like SCSI than CPU. > I looked and don't see any issues about this motherboard or U320 drives > in the problem reports or message archives. It's also possible that your motherboard is faulty. Did it come with any diagnostic utilities or anything? Bad hardware has a bad habit of sneaking in and making life difficult, and it can be very difficult to detect! -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com