From owner-freebsd-scsi Tue Jun 30 20:30:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA10981 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 20:30:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nomis.simon-shapiro.org ([209.86.126.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id UAA10905 for ; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 20:29:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from shimon@nomis.Simon-Shapiro.ORG) Received: (qmail 21830 invoked by uid 1000); 1 Jul 1998 03:30:41 -0000 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <19980630102804.A3257@easynet.fr> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 23:30:41 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: shimon@simon-shapiro.org Organization: The Simon Shapiro Foundation From: Simon Shapiro To: David Ramahefason Subject: RE: DPT Install big problem Cc: FreeBSD-SCSI@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 30-Jun-98 David Ramahefason wrote: > Hi, > > We have a 3334UW plus a 7 slot DPT cabinet with hot plus HD. > The dptmgr create all the array without any problem... > But when we start to install FreeBSD, the card hangs during > the filesystem creation.... with LED 1 on... > I've called DPT to have some advice... but the only thing > they told me was to lower the xfer rate on the SCSI bios. > I've lowered it to 5Mhz.. it didn't change anything. > We've tryied to install Redhat, and it worked... > Do we have to do special things to have the DPT system > working under FreeBSD (which is want we really want) LED 1 stuck on means the PCI bus is hung, or the DPT is hung on the bus. I need a bit more data: Exact kernel configuration and version Motherboard details DPT firmware and BIOS versions - not the same! Any kernel messages that show during the hang There are some special options to compile for kernels that tax the PCI bus, but let's see what you have first. Simon ---------- Sincerely Yours, Simon Shapiro Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG Voice: 770.265.7340 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message