From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 26 04:06:28 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F39A916A412 for ; Sun, 26 Nov 2006 04:06:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from alnrmhc11.comcast.net (alnrmhc11.comcast.net [206.18.177.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1551243D4C for ; Sun, 26 Nov 2006 04:05:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from icarus.home.lan (c-67-174-220-97.hsd1.ca.comcast.net[67.174.220.97]) by comcast.net (alnrmhc11) with ESMTP id <20061126040627b1100sl79le>; Sun, 26 Nov 2006 04:06:27 +0000 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id BB3F41FA01D; Sat, 25 Nov 2006 20:06:26 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 20:06:26 -0800 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Dave Message-ID: <20061126040626.GA11816@icarus.home.lan> Mail-Followup-To: Dave , stable@freebsd.org, Matthew Jacob References: <7579f7fb0611231216p36e9901cr68611a4038297889@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key: http://jdc.parodius.com/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Cc: Matthew Jacob , stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SunFire X4100 MPT Issues 6.2 RC1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 04:06:28 -0000 On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 09:49:13PM -0600, Dave wrote: > The unit boots find from the network. I guess I get to see if I > can downgrade the firmware but I am not having much luck finding > previous images. Have you tried talking to Sun about this? The problem really does sound like it's with the BIOS not supporting the ability to boot off of an external controller. This would be something Sun would have to address, would it not? Also, for what it's worth, I have a couple Intel boards which also exhibit the same issue (re: can't boot off of an external controller). The solution I went with was to use the onboard SATA controller instead of my Promise controller. :-) -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |