From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 4 07:29:17 2008 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 4DC861065675 for ; Thu, 4 Dec 2008 07:29:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B45AA8FC1B for ; Thu, 4 Dec 2008 07:29:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id h3so2076982nfh.33 for ; Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:29:15 -0800 (PST) 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:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=kQBrITl7ZjqpOSgO7HGU6TlMox8kGdgvHQcc3d05frI=; b=TkNsh0/xDLpXKZwduclHXmY+yRsunik7cVdxeovYvPh2CoRsxPSzhFuPfIX244LsOr Vb5p+xlH+vxYFNTK/jQZ1jQmeyNOgyZT1YsIPoNoMB2cvj6L6d+MkXHrht0i4wTsbUdW glFEvpyd7/kgsyIIQGJdGqwoTHndgbxsJ/P0I= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:references; b=hHMP5L/SpcSDzzqBVfNqIaz1Cq0A+QCZEJ/bP7lUMQjvoZ30SFaG0FSCvgLuoVvDit XAj0kNl1+TYxydWYEzh188zVISDpVdtUYO+LDIJwCd8NKdAXefTRboY5osUJD99a1nBg 3MLeo+4cVosf1rDXsvwVi858QWt3Tc1rIeDYU= Received: by 10.210.46.14 with SMTP id t14mr9278710ebt.39.1228375755564; Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:29:15 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.210.17.12 with HTTP; Wed, 3 Dec 2008 23:29:15 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 00:29:15 -0700 From: "Tim Judd" To: "Chris Boyd" In-Reply-To: <31B0BD29-CAE5-452B-BB24-24ACC39FD2E6@gizmopartners.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <31B0BD29-CAE5-452B-BB24-24ACC39FD2E6@gizmopartners.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation on a Dell Poweredge R805 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, 04 Dec 2008 07:29:17 -0000 On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 10:57 AM, Chris Boyd wrote: > I'm having an issue installing FreeBSD 7 AMD64 on a Dell Poweredge R805. > > The system starts to boot, throws several mpt_cam_event 0x12 and 0x16 > errors, presents the boot menu, and then crashes with a "Fatal trap 12: page > fault while in kernel mode" and then wants to reboot. > > This is a dual CPU, quad core Opteron 2352 system with 8GB RAM and dual SAS > on a PERC6 controller. I've tried various memory and BIOS settings to see > if I can get it to boot, but it either does the bits describe above, or > hangs hard. > > Any and all suggestions appreciated. > > --Chris > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > 1: PERC6 is not listed as supported, last time I checked. 2: Dells are notorious for not working very well with !Windows, !Linux (haven't tried something like Open Solaris) I have a new PE2950's at the office, FreeBSD sees everything, including the PERC6i controller, but the motherboard NICs are suffering horribly bad for performance. Ping flood from the console to it's own IP address bound to the NIC looses 30% of it's packets. Also, what's "NIC2" on the motherboard/case labeling, is the first NIC FreeBSD finds. NIC1 is the 2nd nic FreeBSD finds. Just oddities. Honestly, I would either stick with IBM or iXsystems branded machines. Others may have success, but those two just seem the best I've seen. Custom builds are always an option too, and the warranties for custom builds are often equal, or longer, than a brand-name machine, but you have to talk to each device vendor, instead of "Dell" for example. --Tim