From owner-freebsd-alpha Thu Apr 4 23:24:10 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from skywalker.systec.no (skywalker.systec.no [80.64.196.212]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89C5E37B422; Thu, 4 Apr 2002 23:22:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from skywalker.systec.no (skywalker.systec.no [192.168.100.3]) by relay.systec.no (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g33FQpZ34159; Wed, 3 Apr 2002 17:26:51 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oystein.andreassen@systec.no) Received: by skywalker.systec.no with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Wed, 3 Apr 2002 17:20:44 +0200 Message-ID: From: =?iso-8859-15?Q?=D8ystein_Andreassen?= To: "'Wilko Bulte'" , Andrew Gallatin Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, msmith@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Problem with MyLex KZPAC PCI RAID controller Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 17:20:34 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org (If I'm posting this wrong, kick me or something... I'm kinda new to = this.. :) If it helps, the controller firmware is 2.70 (Latest I found on www.compaq.com). The config prog for both DOS and Alpha reports that = this is the firmware version. I found an article on FreeBSD.org (http://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/4-STABLE/installation/alpha/trouble.htm= l#Q4 .3.21.), but I can't seem to find the place where I set the geometry = mode, so I can't test this... :( =D8ystein -----Original Message----- From: Wilko Bulte [mailto:wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl] Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 16:39 To: Andrew Gallatin Cc: =D8ystein Andreassen; freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG; msmith@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem with MyLex KZPAC PCI RAID controller On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 09:36:46AM -0500, Andrew Gallatin wrote: We used to have different firmware on the Mylex's for Intel and Alpha based servers. Don't ask me why. Wilko > =D8ystein Andreassen writes: > >=20 > > Hello, > >=20 > > I have tried to install FreeBSD 4.5 (Release(?)) on a Digital = Server 5000 > > Model 5303 6533A. > > It has a MyLex KZPAC PCI RAID Controller. I manage to boot the CD = and > > everything seems fine until the file copying starts. > > When the copying is around 23% of / it comes to a complete halt = and i get > > ALOT of errors like > > "mlx0: I/O error - attempt to write beyond end of drive" > > I've read the mailinglists and found that this was a problem in = 4.3 (i386) > > (mailinglist "current", may 2001). > > So I tried to put the MyLex controller in an i386 machine. I still = had the > > disks in the alpha. This worked fine! > >=20 > > I guess my question is: Why isn't the alpha driver updated while = the i386 > > driver is? (I really hope that someone just forgot and it's VERY = simple to > > fix!:) >=20 > Its the same driver on all platforms. >=20 > I'm a little out of my depth here, as I've never even seen a mylex > card. One WAG I have is that perhaps the alpha is storing the size = of > the array someplace in the hosts firmware & when you moved the card = to > a PC, that information was cleared? >=20 > Drew >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message ---end of quoted text--- --=20 | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message