From owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 29 12:46:54 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 CFD05106567A; Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:46:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mikea@mikea.ath.cx) Received: from mikea.ath.cx (mikea.ath.cx [70.164.65.62]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99C378FC23; Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:46:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mikea.ath.cx (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mikea.ath.cx (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q7TCkr3I089533; Wed, 29 Aug 2012 07:46:53 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from mikea@mikea.ath.cx) Received: (from mikea@localhost) by mikea.ath.cx (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q7TCkrR2089532; Wed, 29 Aug 2012 07:46:53 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from mikea) Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 07:46:53 -0500 From: Mike A To: John Baldwin Message-ID: <20120829124653.GA89164@mikea.ath.cx> References: <20120827203817.GB44988@mikea.ath.cx> <201208281238.48041.jhb@freebsd.org> <20120828210618.GD69985@mikea.ath.cx> <201208290818.20990.jhb@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201208290818.20990.jhb@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org 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: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:46:54 -0000 On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 08:18:20AM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > Humm, that is bizarre. All the early bootstrap code just relies on the BIOS > to perform disk I/O, etc. Can you PXE boot these machines? That might be a > way to get the CD out of the picture. I haven't seen any machines with your > symptoms. At the least, if a machine does have a problem with the boot process > due to a bug or some such, it is consistent in having the problem every time, > not suddenly failing after working. > > Also, to be honest, the original NMI in itself is a bit odd. If you are having > these problems now I do wonder if there isn't an underlying hardware issue. > Regardless, I think netbooting would be a good thing to look to get the CD/DVD > bit out of the way. Agreed, in spades. My experience with FreeBSD, before this machine, is that Things Just Work. I have never seen anything like this before, and am seriously considering unboxing another server just to see if this is typical of the hardware or peculiar to this one box. I am installing the stuff needed for PXE boot this morning, and will provide results as I generate them. Many thanks. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mikea@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin