Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 10:29:55 -0600 From: Dave <kreios@gmail.com> To: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Matthew Jacob <lydianconcepts@gmail.com>, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SunFire X4100 MPT Issues 6.2 RC1 Message-ID: <69C9CF67-0DCB-4E4B-BDFC-7570C2EE01CE@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20061126040626.GA11816@icarus.home.lan> References: <D5680650-3080-4CCA-B9EE-0E9FC50A6AC8@gmail.com> <7579f7fb0611231216p36e9901cr68611a4038297889@mail.gmail.com> <A45B241A-8C27-469C-8B5A-9C08D79C9BE5@gmail.com> <20061126040626.GA11816@icarus.home.lan>
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On Nov 25, 2006, at 10:06 PM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > 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? We have talked to Sun about it and have not heard back on a fix for the latest BIOS. We have been given an older version of the BIOS that does not have this issue. > 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. :-) This is an internal on the motherboard controller that drives the built-in disks. -- Dave
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