From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 4 20: 8:35 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from shorty.ahpcns.com (joemoore-host.dsl.visi.com [209.98.246.61]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 500CD153C7 for ; Sat, 4 Dec 1999 20:08:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jomor@ahpcns.com) Received: from ahpcns.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by shorty.ahpcns.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 308B119D for ; Sat, 4 Dec 1999 22:07:11 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <3849E4EE.DB4ADBD5@ahpcns.com> Date: Sun, 05 Dec 1999 04:07:11 +0000 From: jomor Organization: ahpcns X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.36 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: fbsd current + Mylex raid (dac960) reboot after install fails References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Dunno about 4.0-current, but 3.3-STABLE doesn't seem to have support for any RAID cards in the GENERIC kernel. When I wanted to install to a compaq w/RAID, I had to build a custom kernel, gzip it and copy it to the kernel.flp floppy. Then after the install and B4 a reboot you need to copy the (unzipped) custom kernel to / since install puts in a GENERIC kernel. It doesn't pull the kernel from the install floppy. HTH ...jgm Martin Anderberg wrote: > Hi! > > I've been trying to install the current Fbsd 4.0 (dated 99120x) onto a > machine which has a Mylex AcceleRAID 250 (dac960) card on it. The > boot-floppies find the mylex-card and the installation seems to work out > great. > > When installing i've used the novice installation. When in the "Fdisk > Partition editor i've chosen" 'A' (for Use entire disk) followed by an > 'S' to make the fbsd slice bootable. Finally i pressed 'Yes' (to > remain cooperative with any future possible operating systems). I chose > to use the FreeBSD Boot Manager. When in the disklabel editor i once again > chose 'A' (to automagically make the partitions). The disk-geometry is set > manually according to settings i had on a previous linux-installation on > the same machine since fbsd seems to have problems detecting the > diskgeometry in a corect way. Disksize is 9.1 gig raid 1. > > Sofar so good.. The installation runs smoothly and i exit the installer to > watch the machine reboot and to see fbsd booting. Unfortunately it doesnt. > The bootloader appears to load fine, but when it (i'm guessing here) tries > to load the fbsd kernel it (the kernel?) panics. The result is a screen > that contains alot of debug (?) info plus a line saying 'Invalid Slice'. > > I've tried installing numerous times using different settings in fdisk / > disklabel editor without any success. > > I've though of 2 things (me guessing again) that could be wrong: > > 1. Geometry (it works perfectly in linux, shouldn't the same disk geometry > work in fbsd?) - can i manually verify this somehow? > > 2. The kernel that is installed on the hd - does it include support for > the raidcard? How do i verify this? > > If anyone have any clues what might be wrong, please share so i can get > this thing working. I hope i've included sufficient information in this > letter. > > Kindest Regards > > Martin Anderberg > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message