From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 1 16:30:21 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 12E4716A4C2 for ; Fri, 1 Dec 2006 16:30:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kreios@gmail.com) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.238]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A73643CC9 for ; Fri, 1 Dec 2006 16:29:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kreios@gmail.com) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i28so1048601wra for ; Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:29:57 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:message-id:cc:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=qNUjv20JCqrad2L/vxw2bwPsCZzQvAdrZo3ukjROZtBb4Io/QlXOxqwj1nplYxWXQvELTzhKkuKvKAuyGsKMlWn6Dm5FtphDxfEolMQynRyg44Op9UjVDu2C3A9qeikZH+EypSgXfqREmCCefLMzSt/QlLu0BoBDq27rXS2czPQ= Received: by 10.100.168.13 with SMTP id q13mr1430100ane.1164990597054; Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:29:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?128.194.169.119? ( [128.194.169.119]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id 24sm7305676wrl.2006.12.01.08.29.56; Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:29:56 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20061126040626.GA11816@icarus.home.lan> References: <7579f7fb0611231216p36e9901cr68611a4038297889@mail.gmail.com> <20061126040626.GA11816@icarus.home.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <69C9CF67-0DCB-4E4B-BDFC-7570C2EE01CE@gmail.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Dave Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 10:29:55 -0600 To: Jeremy Chadwick X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) 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: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 16:30:21 -0000 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