From owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 28 21:34:37 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71275106566B for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2012 21:34:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mcdouga9@egr.msu.edu) Received: from mail.egr.msu.edu (hill.egr.msu.edu [35.9.37.162]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4373F8FC08 for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2012 21:34:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hill (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.egr.msu.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8139483DF9 for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:27:12 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at egr.msu.edu Received: from mail.egr.msu.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by hill (hill.egr.msu.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id iGASmwEC-9lV for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:27:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: from EGR authenticated sender Message-ID: <503D37B0.8080200@egr.msu.edu> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:27:12 -0400 From: Adam McDougall User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:14.0) Gecko/20120727 Thunderbird/14.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org References: <20120827203817.GB44988@mikea.ath.cx> <201208280934.14161.jhb@freebsd.org> <20120828140507.GB64344@mikea.ath.cx> <201208281238.48041.jhb@freebsd.org> <20120828210618.GD69985@mikea.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <20120828210618.GD69985@mikea.ath.cx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Bug Report: IBM x3650M4 (32GB, 2x4-core Xeon E5-2600, IBM ServeRaid M5110e): fails in install with NMI X-BeenThere: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SCSI subsystem List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 21:34:37 -0000 On 08/28/2012 17:06, Mike A wrote: > At this point I don't know whether the problems stem from the RAID adapter > hosing the CD/DVD boot process, or from some other impediment. It may be > that this belongs in the amd64 group, instead of the scsi group. I don't > see a way to tell until I (or you) can determine the cause of the CD/DVD > boot problems. > > Thanks so much for your help so far. > For the sake of debugging, can you remove or disable the RAID adapter and see if it works any better? Also, if it really is an mpt chip, I'm not sure it would do much worthwhile RAID in the first place. I'd expect a different driver to try to attach if it did full RAID. If it boots without the original card, it may be worth exploring replacement controllers, even temporarily just to get more in-depth testing going.