Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 05:49:49 -0700 From: Cameron Tune <cameron@camerontune.com> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with Highpoint 2320 Raid card Message-ID: <5F56E17E-F7E0-463F-8229-26309A5697EB@camerontune.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=owEBVUdqc0Gao088xi%2B4opeN5TUYV6ABLiaWF@mail.gmail.com> References: <48E61CAB-27B8-4EED-9D9B-A0CF35FE14CD@yahoo.com> <AANLkTi=owEBVUdqc0Gao088xi%2B4opeN5TUYV6ABLiaWF@mail.gmail.com>
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Thanks for the info. I've decided I'm going to send this card back. = I'll try Brandon's suggestion first and get another of the same, and if = that doesn't work I'll try something from a different vendor. I'm also using ZFS - main reason I migrated to FreeBSD in the first = place. On Jan 25, 2011, at 4:23 AM, Jonas Lund wrote: > I also bought a highpoint (17xx something) card for my previous > home/smb-server and i could never get it booting either regardless of > "freebsd support". It was based on a VIA EPIA motherboard. >=20 > Ended up going with softraid (gmirror).. it worked well enough but be > warned that after an extended uptime that a gmirror sync + fsck will > cause a seek storm that will take ages to finish. Using ZFS for my > current setup with duplication. >=20 > 2011/1/16 Cameron Tune <cameron@camerontune.com>: >> Last month I purchased a Highpoint 2320 raid card, = http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=3DN82E16816115026 , for = my FreeBSD server. I'm new to the FreeBSD world - so please bear with = me as I try to solve the following issue. >>=20 >> With the card installed - the server hangs during the boot process. = I don't even get to the standard FreeBSD boot menus (loader prompt, = single-user mode, etc.), rather the freeze occurs after a "console" = message and then a listing of physical disks. A picture of where the = hang occurs is at http://www.camerontune.com/images/photo.jpg . >>=20 >> As far as I can tell this card is supported on FreeBSD (running 8.1 = STABLE i386). I've updated the motherboard bios, and have also monkeyed = around with just about every possible setting in the card's bios. = Motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P. >>=20 >> I've combed through every possible log I can find in /var/logs - but = I'm not finding anything that starts this early in the boot process. = I've also ensured that all drivers are present and loaded in loader.conf = - however I don't think I'm even getting to the point of drivers being = loaded. >>=20 >> Any thoughts are appreciated - and please let me know if there's any = additional information I can provide that may help diagnose the = problem._______________________________________________ >> freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>=20
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