From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 16 09:36:37 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 017F2106564A for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:36:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A7DC8FC16 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:36:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LNl7y-0004mf-3n for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:36:34 +0000 Received: from pool-141-156-171-233.esr.east.verizon.net ([141.156.171.233]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:36:34 +0000 Received: from nightrecon by pool-141-156-171-233.esr.east.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:36:34 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Michael Powell Followup-To: gmane.os.freebsd.questions Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:37:08 -0500 Lines: 56 Message-ID: References: <21489832.post@talk.nabble.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-141-156-171-233.esr.east.verizon.net Sender: news Subject: Re: Help needed w/ HighPoint RocketRAID 3120 on FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: nightrecon@verizon.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:36:37 -0000 ThinkDifferently wrote: > > > Michael Powell-6 wrote: >> >> In your motherboard BIOS is there any entry that controls which >> controller boots first? If so set it to boot from the add-in card first >> instead of the >> onboard controller. >> > > In my BIOS there is the following... > Hard Disk Boot Priority [Press Enter] > 1. SCSI-0: : RocketRAID 3120 SATA C > 2. Bootable Add-in Cards So what happens when you choose 2. Bootable Add-in Cards, save the setting and reboot with [Hard Disk] as First Boot Device? > First Boot Device [CDROM] > Second Boot Device [Hard Disk] > Third Boot Device [USB-FDD] > > For grins, I tried making Hard Disk the first boot device and disabling > the > others. I also tried moving the card to another PCI slot. Finally, I > tried shutting off any unnecessary devices on the mobo to include the > unused serial & parallel headers, usb, firewire, etc. > > Nothing changed. > > On reset... > 1) The RocketRAID card beeps. > 2) The motherboard BIOS screen is displayed. > 3) The RocketRAID BIOS screen is displayed. > 4) It shows all devices that are enabled and their interrupt settings. > 5) It tries to boot from the "Hard Disk", which is set to "SCSI-0: : > RocketRAID 3120 SATA C". > 6) It resets and the above repeats. > > In the table of devices that I mention in #4, above, see the attached > image. > It shows up as "RAID Cntrlr". In this screenshot, just about everything > else is turned off. > http://www.nabble.com/file/p21489832/P1158072.jpg > > > Michael Powell-6 wrote: >> >> Also ensure that in the Highpoint card BIOS INT 13 is >> "on", should be this way by default. >> > > Yes, that is enabled.