From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 12 16:54:15 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 41E171065677 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:54:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrew.hotlab@hotmail.com) Received: from bay0-omc1-s20.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc1-s20.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.92]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 391938FC16 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:54:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrew.hotlab@hotmail.com) Received: from BAY102-W13 ([64.4.61.113]) by bay0-omc1-s20.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:54:14 -0700 Message-ID: X-Originating-IP: [217.133.1.92] From: Andrew Hotlab To: Barkley Vowk Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:54:14 +0000 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <20080812101605.B5198@3jane.math.ualberta.ca> References: <20080811170806.X99082@3jane.math.ualberta.ca> <20080812101605.B5198@3jane.math.ualberta.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Aug 2008 16:54:14.0561 (UTC) FILETIME=[0D23D910:01C8FC9C] Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Areca ARC-1120 on FreeBSD 7.0 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, 12 Aug 2008 16:54:15 -0000 > Date: Tue=2C 12 Aug 2008 10:17:58 -0600 > From: bvowk@math.ualberta.ca > To: andrew.hotlab@hotmail.com > CC: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: Areca ARC-1120 on FreeBSD 7.0 >=20 > On Tue=2C 12 Aug 2008=2C Andrew Hotlab wrote: >=20 >> >> My card has no battery backup=2C but I disconnected the machine power co= rd and pulled >> the card off itsPCI-X slot. >> >> After few minutes I reconnected the card and I booted the machine withou= t any >> hard drive. Then the same issue arised with the 7.0-RELEASE. >=20 > Did you reset the raid configurations? I've had this problem several time= s=20 > with machines that have run the cards in Windows prior running FreeBSD. > Booting without hard drives left the card with no knowledge about RAID sets= or volumes=2C since these data are saved on them. Surely I can now retry the boot after destroy= ing current RAID configuration=2C which was defined for Windows (by the way=2C I did it by u= sing the BIOS configuration utility...)=2C but sincerely I wish to view FreeBSD 7.0R booting at least o= ne time before "breaking with the past". :) Uhm=2C wait for a moment... actually all that RAID volumes were defined whe= n the card's firmware was at v1.39! What I can do now is booting the machine up with the v1.44 fi= rmware without any attached drive. I'll post the result as soon as possible. Thanks you very much! =20 >> ---------------------------------------- >>> Date: Mon=2C 11 Aug 2008 17:09:04 -0600 >>> From: bvowk@math.ualberta.ca >>> To: andrew.hotlab@hotmail.com >>> Subject: Re: Areca ARC-1120 on FreeBSD 7.0 >>> >>> Pull the battery from the unit and reset the configuration. Reconnect t= he >>> battery when the system boots FreeBSD properly. >>> >>> ----------------------------------------------------------- >>> Barkley C. Vowk -- Systems Analyst -- University of Alberta >>> Math Sciences Department - Barkley.Vowk@math.ualberta.ca >>> Office: CAB642A=2C 780-492-4064 >>> >>> Opinions expressed are the responsibility of the author and >>> may not reflect the opinions of others or reality. >>> >>> On Mon=2C 11 Aug 2008=2C Andrew Hotlab wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hi to all. I've finally convinced my IT manager to replace a MSFT Wind= ows Server Virtual Server host with >>>> a FreeBSD 7 jail host. Obviously=2C before proposing this change I che= cked that our hardware was supported >>>> by the FreeBSD platform=2C but as soon as I boot the FreeBSD 7.0-RELEA= SE/amd64 CD-ROM the systems >>>> hangs! >>>> >>>> I also tried the i386 version of the same release experiencing the sam= e trouble. By using a 6.3-RELEASE >>>> CD-ROM all works well (excluding some warnings still showing during th= e boot). I compared the source files >>>> of the driver arcmsr(4) without finding any real difference: both of t= hem are at the 1.20.00.15 revision=2C but >>>> I'm not a very experienced FreeBSD sysadmin (yet!)=2C and I need at le= ast your opinions about this trouble! >>>> >>>> I think the most complete set of informations I can give you are the v= erbose boot logs of both the 6.3 and >>>> 7.0 releases (sorry for the log post)=2C but I'm ready to submit whate= ver data you want... please help me to >>>> put Windows out of my datacenter! :) >>>> >> _________________________________________________________________ Discover the new Windows Vista http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=3Dwindows+vista&mkt=3Den-US&form=3DQBR= E=