From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 6 22:34:40 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E553A106566B for ; Thu, 6 Aug 2009 22:34:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr8.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr8.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 625238FC17 for ; Thu, 6 Aug 2009 22:34:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr8.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n76MY43w069674; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 00:34:05 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D6117B853; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 00:34:04 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 00:34:04 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Identry Message-ID: <20090806223404.GA12602@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <4d4e09680908061012q6ea8aeacm875c556eaea7a54f@mail.gmail.com> <4A7B1B41.7090507@unsane.co.uk> <4d4e09680908061431q50c6f45bn76040bcc8d1950ae@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4d4e09680908061431q50c6f45bn76040bcc8d1950ae@mail.gmail.com> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot failure X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:34:41 -0000 --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 05:31:49PM -0400, Identry wrote: > > Try downloading and booting the livefs environment (I think you need cd1 > > and the livefs cd or just the DVD) and see if you can mount it from > > that, if not it could be a controller issue. If you can then its > > probably your OS/kernel but at least you now have access to your > > data/configs etc etc not to mention you could try extracting the GENERIC > > kernel from the install media (use the install.sh script in the kernels > > directory.) >=20 > Well, I am in the data center (2 hr drive, unfortunately)... >=20 > This is an Intel mother board. The front panel light labeled '!' is > lit. It isn't lit on the working server. I'm googling right now for > the meaning of this light, but if anyone knows off hand, please let me > know... If it won't boot from the MegaRAID, and there is a red exclamation mark showing on the front panel, I'd say there is a good chance that you've got a hardware problem... Maybe try another RAID card, if you have one available? Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkp7WlwACgkQEnfvsMMhpyVkZQCghBr15aH8eYQcWSc9ACss9omJ JiAAoK3rt3qWlEdJsN+qvyHCtg8KbULd =JX0z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY--