Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:52:39 -0600 From: Guy Helmer <ghelmer@palisadesys.com> To: Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Supermicro X7DBR-8+ hang at boot Message-ID: <45B64B67.2000905@palisadesys.com> In-Reply-To: <2a41acea0701230937p7c0f6400ida76a956fabd9b94@mail.gmail.com> References: <45B64469.9020002@palisadesys.com> <2a41acea0701230937p7c0f6400ida76a956fabd9b94@mail.gmail.com>
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Jack Vogel wrote: > On 1/23/07, Guy Helmer <ghelmer@palisadesys.com> wrote: >> Using FreeBSD 6.2, I'm having trouble with the Supermicro X7DBR-8+ >> motherboard (dual Xeon 5130 CPUs on the Blackford chipset - >> http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon1333/5000P/X7DBR-8+.cfm) >> >> hanging after printing the "Waiting 5 seconds for SCSI devices to >> settle" message. The hang doesn't always happen - sometimes we have to >> go through several reboot cycles for it to happen - but sometimes it >> happens with every reboot. For those who would suggest that this >> happens because I'm using Seagate drives, it happens even if we totally >> remove the SCSI drive (but leave the aic7902 SCSI interfaces enabled) >> and boot from a SATA disk. Using FreeBSD 6.1, the Intel gigabit >> ethernet NICs aren't found but the hang doesn't occur. > > Uh, just a wild stab, I dont have the Supermicro motherboard, but on the > Intel design its based on there is unfortunately still this problem > where the > floppy has some bogus wait in it. I thought this was fixed along the way > but I just installed RELEASE on Friday and saw it still occurs. It will > make the system appear to hang, look at the floppy LED, is it on? > If that is the problem you are seeing then it will eventually time out, I > get around it by defining the driver out of the kernel after install, > but you > could also remove the floppy. Sorry, there isn't a floppy drive on this system. > If that isnt it, I would suggest installing using ACPI disabled or > SAFE if > needed, and then tweak the kernel after. OK, thanks. > Have you checked the January snapshot of CURRENT to see what > happens there? I'll try it and report what happens. Thanks again, Guy -- Guy Helmer, Ph.D. Chief System Architect Palisade Systems, Inc.
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