Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 18:14:34 +1100 From: "Andrew MacLeod" <a.macleod@ballarat.edu.au> To: <freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org> Subject: Boot hangs on mpt0: failing to detect tape drive Message-ID: <s40c7c20.080@mthelen7.ballarat.edu.au>
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Currently trying to install freebsd on a new ACER Altos R710 server. Having problems on bootup where it seems not able to detect the Internal Sony AIT-2 Turbo tape drive. System hangs at mpt0: [GIANT-LOCKED] for five minutes then several messages like the following: mpt0: Soft Reset Failed: ack timeout mpt0: WARNING - Failed Hard Reset mpt0: failed to reset device mpt0: soft reset failed: device not running. IOcmpt: LSILogic 1030 Ultra4 adapter..... When I disconnect the tape drive from the SCSI card system boots fine. I am running Freebsd 6.0-Release with a slightly modified GENERIC Kernel to enable SMP and PF. I am not a hardward expert but I will try to explain the setup of the system as best I can. The server is a dual xeon with 5x73GB SCSI hard discs which we have setup in a combination of RAID 1 for the operating system and RAID 5 for the data. These run on an LSILogic 2 channel SCSI card. The system has an identical 2nd LSILogic SCSI card which the vendor assured us was needed to run the Tape Drive. However the Motherboard also has onboard SCSI support and the tape drive is connected to this. The tape drive has a terminator attached. We have attempted to attach the tape drive to both the secondary channel on the primary SCSI card and both channels on the secondary one and the system hangs on SCSI initialisation prior to reaching freebsd. We have had no luck altering settings in the LSILogic configuration utility or in the system BIOS. Any assistance would be much appreciated as my next step is to try an alternate O/S to see if this is hardware or system related. Kind Regards Andrew ____________________________________________________________________ Andrew Macleod Technical Manager Centre for Electronic Commerce and Communications University of Ballarat Registered Provider Number 00103D Suite 12A Greenhill Enterprise Centre University Drv Mt Helen 3350 Tel: +61 3 5327 9315 Email: a.macleod@ballarat.edu.au
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