From owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 4 19:35:14 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81A6516A4D5 for ; Tue, 4 May 2004 19:35:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail1.panaso.com (mail1.panaso.com [66.154.97.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3871043D54 for ; Tue, 4 May 2004 19:35:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mblack@panaso.com) Received: (qmail 88172 invoked from network); 5 May 2004 02:35:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (127.0.0.1) by localhost.panaso.com with SMTP; 5 May 2004 02:35:13 -0000 Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 19:35:13 -0700 (PST) From: Mechael Black To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <6.0.3.0.2.20040504215823.027db120@mail.distrust.net> Message-ID: <0405041919520.87015@neobe.cnanfb.pbz> References: <0405041704360.75876@neobe.cnanfb.pbz> <6.0.3.0.2.20040504215823.027db120@mail.distrust.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Re: Dell 1750, mpt0/multiple disks + boot failure X-BeenThere: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: SCSI subsystem List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 02:35:14 -0000 On Tue, 4 May 2004, David Sze wrote: > FWIW, the problem does seem to be limited to mpt with IBM disks. We > have some customers successfully using mpt with Fujitsu, Seagate, and > Maxtor disks. I just pulled an 18G Seagate from another box - tossed it in the 1750, and it booted fine alone side an IBM drive, no problem. Added another IBM drive (1 Seagate, 2 IBM), and it failed again. So, running 2 IBM drives will fail to boot. Add a different drive, and you can use 1 IBM drive. Super. Thanks for the pointer David. -mblack