From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 7 18:26:38 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B644A1065783 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2008 18:26:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from underligast@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f24.google.com (mail-gx0-f24.google.com [209.85.217.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B55B8FC12 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2008 18:26:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from underligast@gmail.com) Received: by gxk5 with SMTP id 5so5578804gxk.19 for ; Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:26:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:mime-version:content-type; bh=6iH0hXi3Em57H7QGYuSPs1wmj9oi9erCMG+zw18OogE=; b=UeDFW8nrp6ZooaY5+8SfvMtkowB8BSgflB1iJGdZUc7EccvjI3H6vqnIxx1IHWfgf3 QofP1V6UgK7X50ClfGyLmx0wHlAUcsbfYsZPiAKNPmtz7lGWpH94Ujqf/Aj2AfqgR+et TVw6gXKgdPgJozTluZBh1NEYpExogHeJ9kSxw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=IIdi8g+1ZwC/9XTFTP9PBPsmkay6ObI78OIMPClkoiwAB4a5EQnfMADBgiEMFv+Jd9 QL7I9AODU4Qa7YR0O2EkWIj57/2YGhHpLCIbkzo4fIKoJMk8g4bUzfb8nQMKyaO82q9z 7eeILSSGuFJHA/4w22LjJ3ET1ePY+MjsorClo= Received: by 10.142.11.2 with SMTP id 2mr581159wfk.29.1218132747203; Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:12:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.11.16 with HTTP; Thu, 7 Aug 2008 11:12:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3424e810808071112m60682d82w341a19149460f0a2@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 20:12:27 +0200 From: underligast To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: IBM eServer x225 - LSI 1030 SCSI - BTX Halted / infinite loop - Need help booting recompiled kernel so i can install X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:26:38 -0000 I'm trying to install FreeBSD 7.0 on my IBM eServer x225 (8647-5CG) (1x Xeon 2.8GHz(512KB), 2x 2048MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM (ecc), 2x 74GB 10K rpm U320 HDD, Ultra320 SCSI LSI 1030 controller, 48x CD-ROM, Broadcom NetXtreme 10/100/1000 Integrated Ethernet, ATI Rage XL) The server/drives runs fine under windows 2003 and ubuntu server but the FreeBSD installation just halts. I've tried: CD: disk1 from 6.2, 7.0, CD: bootonly from 7.0-stable, 8.0-current Floppys: 7.0 They all end the same, cds with an infinite loop of numbers, floppys with BTX Halted and a lot of numbers. int=0000000d err=00000000 efl=00010006 eip=000219b2 eax=000219ac ebx=00000000 ecx=c0000080 edx=000587d8 esi=0003e007 edi=00000000 ebp=0008fcbc esp=00099c88 cs=0008 ds=0010 es=0010 fs=0010 gs=0010 ss=0010 cs:eip=0f 32 0d 00 01 00 00 0f-30 0f 20 e0 83 c8 30 0f 22 e0 b8 00 c0 03 00 0f-22 d8 0f 20 c0 0d 00 00 ss:esp=90 95 00 00 00 80 fc 00-00 90 fc 00 07 e0 03 00 00 00 00 00 07 d0 03 00-00 00 00 00 cc 87 05 00 BTX halted The only difference is when i boot from 7.0-STABLE-200804-i386-bootonly.iso, or 8.0-CURRENT-200807-i386-bootonly.iso, then i see BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.02 Consoles: internal video/keyboard BIOS CD is cd0 BIOS drive A: is disk0 Then it stops. If i remove both the harddrives i can boot into the freebsd installer, but as there are no drives, there is nowhere to install. Atleast when i started with the floppys it detected drive1 and 2 before BTX halted.. I asked on questions@ and i was suggested to compile and boot a different kernel on the machine. There are three ways for me to do this, there are IDE-slots in it so i can probably find an old IDE drive somewhere and install. I have access to a rocketraid pci-x card for sata drives (might add yet another problem to the machine) or i can do it with a usb-attached sata/ide drive. I'm guessing the straight IDE approach is the best. What i need to know is how to compile a different kernel, where do i find drivers for the LSI 1030 SCSI-controller? What i see in the old kernel.conf for freebsd 6.0 (or is it 6.2) contains device mpt # LSI-Logic MPT-Fusion device mfi # LSI MegaRAID SAS I have no idea what they are but SAS is serial attached sata isn't it? And if they're uncommented it should mean that they're active and that they're most likely actually already running in the kernel i'm trying to boot from the installation cd? Can i get other drivers/modules or whatever they're called? When i've compiled the new kernel, how do i transfer it to a cd so i can boot the installation with it? I hope i make any sense with my questions. Thanks in advance :)