From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 27 14:30:16 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0AF81065673 for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:30:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from bigwig.baldwin.cx (bigknife-pt.tunnel.tserv9.chi1.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f10:75::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B754B8FC0C for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:30:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from jhbbsd.localnet (unknown [209.249.190.124]) by bigwig.baldwin.cx (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 37D1DB90E; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:30:16 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 07:55:53 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (FreeBSD/8.2-CBSD-20110714-p10; KDE/4.5.5; amd64; ; ) References: <20120327020841.67b4de01@mkproductions.org> In-Reply-To: <20120327020841.67b4de01@mkproductions.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201203270755.53759.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (bigwig.baldwin.cx); Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:30:16 -0400 (EDT) Cc: Mark Kane Subject: Re: BTX Loader hang with ICH6R in RAID mode 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: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:30:17 -0000 On Tuesday, March 27, 2012 3:08:41 am Mark Kane wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I've got a Supermicro P8SC8 board with an ICH6R SATA controller and am > trying to install FreeBSD on a RAID1 on this controller. Booting > FreeBSD 9, 8, 7, or 6 i386 disc1 when the controller is in RAID mode > results in a hang at the BTX loader: > > ------------------------------------- > Boot from CD : > CD Loader 1.2 > > Building the boot loader arguments > Looking up /BOOT/LOADER... Found > Relocating the loader and the BTX > Starting the BTX loader > > BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.08 > Consoles: internal video/keyboard > BIOS CD is cd0 > _ (continues to blink indefinitely) > ------------------------------------- > > If the SATA mode is set to IDE instead of RAID in the BIOS, it boots > normally with no problem. I've also tried disabling ACPI as a test but > there was no change. > > Any suggestions on what else to try would be much appreciated. > Unfortunately the box is remote and it takes quite a bit of > time/expense for remote hands to power cycle the machine or swap discs > after each attempt. > > Thanks in advance! Hmm, these things are generally not very easy to debug, esp. remotely. :( It sounds like your BIOS is doing something unusual and that is why BTX hangs. Are you able to PXE boot this box from another machine to install it? -- John Baldwin