From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 1 07:08:31 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9821D37B415 for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2003 07:08:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail7.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.207]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0D9543FCB for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2003 07:08:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from adam@blacktabby.org) Received: (qmail 13468 invoked by uid 64014); 1 Aug 2003 14:08:30 -0000 Received: from adam@blacktabby.org by mail7.speakeasy.net with AmikaGuardian-Server-2.0.0 (Processed in 0.715096 secs); 01 Aug 2003 14:08:30 -0000 X-AmikaGuardian-Id: mail7.speakeasy.net105974690923613461 X-AmikaGuardian-Category: AN:Vectored : 2.3 X-AmikaGuardian-Category: AN:Forwarded Mail : 2.3 X-AmikaGuardian-Category: AN:Override : 2.3 X-AmikaGuardian-Category: AN:Exception : 2.3 X-AmikaGuardian-Action: Do Nothing() Received: from unknown (HELO cheshire.blacktabby.org) (akranzel@[67.74.32.225]) (envelope-sender ) by mail7.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 1 Aug 2003 14:08:29 -0000 From: Adam Kranzel To: "Anthony O'Meara" , Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 07:08:08 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 References: <002301c357d2$7881d870$1f00a8c0@colorite.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <002301c357d2$7881d870$1f00a8c0@colorite.co.nz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200308010708.09281.adam@blacktabby.org> Subject: Re: RAID controller problem on Digital Server 5305 X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 14:08:31 -0000 On Thursday 31 July 2003 19:13, Anthony O'Meara wrote: > Hi, > > I have a DIGITAL Server 5305 (AKA AlphaServer 1200) with a Mylex DAC960 > Raid controller, every time I try and install FreeBSD 4.8 on it comes up > with an error, mlx0: I/O error - attempt to write beyond end of drive. > > I have tried to install FreeBSD 5.0 and 5.1 but there appears to be no > drivers for the controller included in the setup disks (kern and mfsroot), > I appears there are drivers in the drivers.flp but I have no idea how to > load them into the system. > > I have tried using Raid 5 and also no raid (each disk is independent), > Still no lucky. > > Can some please explain how to get round these problems. > > Thanks, > Anthony. > FreeBSD 4.8 will *not* work on the machine, to the best of my knowledge. It doesn't properly support multiple hoses (I/O busses). FreeBSD 5.0 and later will work fine, IME. You need to choose the option to load additional modules from Sysinstall, and then load the 'mlx' module. I'll try to find my notes on what I did to get the one I had working. -Adam