From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 13 08:43:00 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 DF5851065692; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:43:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrew.hotlab@hotmail.com) Received: from bay0-omc3-s18.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc3-s18.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.218]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C464A8FC18; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:43:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrew.hotlab@hotmail.com) Received: from BAY102-W38 ([64.4.61.138]) by bay0-omc3-s18.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:43:00 -0700 Message-ID: X-Originating-IP: [217.133.1.92] From: Andrew Hotlab To: Jeremy Chadwick , Mike Tancsa Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:43:00 +0000 Importance: Normal Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 13 Aug 2008 08:43:00.0421 (UTC) FILETIME=[9798BF50:01C8FD20] 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: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:43:01 -0000 > Date: Tue=2C 12 Aug 2008 12:20:36 -0700 > From: koitsu@FreeBSD.org > To: mike@sentex.net > CC: andrew.hotlab@hotmail.com=3B freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Areca ARC-1120 on FreeBSD 7.0 > > On Tue=2C Aug 12=2C 2008 at 02:53:32PM -0400=2C Mike Tancsa wrote: >> At 01:54 PM 8/12/2008=2C Andrew Hotlab wrote: >>> I tried to boot without disks using the new firmware=2C but nothing >>> changed! Then I created a new RAID0 >>> set/volume using only a single SATA drive (it was used as online >>> spare)=2C but still not success... I'm afraid >>> to have ended any ideas about what it might be the cause of this troubl= e!! :( >>> >>> I'll go on changing PCI-X slot of the Areca card=2C but I'm going to >>> became pessimistic about a successful >>> end of this story... sigh! >> >> >> MB BIOS update ? On some more exotic boards I find I sometimes have to >> disable some features=2C typically USB related=2C if there are problems.= Not >> sure in your case. I think MSI is enabled by default on 7 and not on 6= =2C >> so perhaps something on the board does not like that ? Try disabling it >> in the loader.conf >> >> hw.pci.enable_msi=3D0 > > Don't forget MSI-X: > > hw.pci.enable_msix=3D"0" > > -- > | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | > | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | > | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View=2C CA=2C USA = | > | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | > Sorry for the late post=2C my Windows Live Hotmail mailbox suffered a disru= ption... :( I flashed the BIOS of the Supermicro H8DAE with the latest update available= (v1.1a to v1.1b). With both the old and the new version of the BIOS to modify sysctl tunables do n= ot resolve the problem=2C but I've found that FreeBSD 7.0R boots successfully simply by changing the PCI-= X slot for the Areca card!!! I've also verified that 7.0R boots when only the RAID card is plugged in th= e system (removing the Intel Pro/1000MT Quad Port adapter)... it might be changed something in the lates= t FreeBSD release causing the fault with this particular hardware configuration. Thanks you all very much to have supported me in solving this trouble... th= at system will be the first physical Unix BSD host that can be considered in production in my net= work! I'm going to begin the setup! :) Andrew _________________________________________________________________ News=2C entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Get it now= ! http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx=