Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:45:23 +0100 From: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@pingpong.net> To: Sean Bruno <seanbru@yahoo-inc.com> Cc: "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Remote access to HP Proliant hardware available to fix the problem with failing booting 9.0 on ciss(4), HP SmartArray P410i Message-ID: <087DD07C-6A74-417C-BAEE-29CC10188AC1@pingpong.net> In-Reply-To: <1322011251.2779.86.camel@hitfishpass-lx.corp.yahoo.com> References: <E9717615-49AE-4834-84E6-9236E8790A23@pingpong.net> <1322011251.2779.86.camel@hitfishpass-lx.corp.yahoo.com>
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23 nov 2011 kl. 02:20 skrev Sean Bruno <seanbru@yahoo-inc.com>: > On Tue, 2011-11-22 at 14:59 -0800, Palle Girgensohn wrote: >> Hi, >>=20 >> When installing 9.0 RC1 on our HP servers, we of course wanted to use gpt= intead of fdisk. However, it doesn't work. >>=20 >> First I tried gptzfsboot, it failed with an error (see this thread: >> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2011-August/026175.htm= l) >>=20 >> Second, I tried a standard gptboot, it just goes into a boot loop. >>=20 >> Seriously, we have a couple of idle machines with ciss(4) and an iLO (for= remote connections). If someone has the knowledge and time to try and fix t= he problems with ciss and gpt boot, we have the equipment for it. >>=20 >> We tried with a standard vanilla zpool, no mirror or raid at all, on top o= f a ciss raid-5, and it failed with RC1. [trying RC2 now, but seems nothing i= s changed?]. >>=20 >> Anyone up to the task of finding this culprit, we can let you into the ma= chine remotely through the iLO. Please let me know. >>=20 >> Best reagards >> Palle Girgensohn >=20 > I just got done with an HP DL160G6 with a P410 raid-5 configuration in > the freebsd.org cluster. I definitely had to use RC2 due to some type > of disk issue. I suspect that > http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=3Drevision&revision=3D227400 fixed it.= >=20 > Sean >=20 Thanks for the heads-up! Hoping for rc2! :-) Palle=
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