From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 8 00:17:30 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 768DA16A418 for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2007 00:17:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jfvogel@gmail.com) Received: from mu-out-0910.google.com (mu-out-0910.google.com [209.85.134.187]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D22F913C4B3 for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2007 00:17:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jfvogel@gmail.com) Received: by mu-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id i10so2812170mue for ; Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:17:16 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; bh=WyjQyE1a10ApKJ+4+PreYqwtHhD/dIn07BPQB8isd2U=; b=FHYEt/5e6BgyxMc60j43wraCmw1lbk7Pugvt0Wx0VmW3jbIFrRLF0Ofg/zxhNy3E02EwJ6EmS5n0y4AkX8MGRcRjd68OnItfWBVsqiOPJTFgRRK2WnPN1FnaaA1+KB5Ch51G6t5yTyLg39xh7YlAL69b8ppwmAZeOqQsO9yKTxU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=lCiWZhcDffXsvI129L/hsDbi41PKctVKGR3u1e22QbATz7VbOS1guU93LcqlNGHCa+JcYp8RtgbyzkZTi//9QE+3mnhKQqKlbLcrcJFH1VOOrYJlEtwKk1cyHXdbBArgW/0FJSjDXqaAzqOjerHeeqJBMHUqTRrmurWIqoZqFSw= Received: by 10.86.65.11 with SMTP id n11mr2127643fga.1194481036339; Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:17:16 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.86.100.19 with HTTP; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 16:17:16 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <2a41acea0711071617p1ec29072y76b6ce662961ab39@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 16:17:16 -0800 From: "Jack Vogel" To: "FreeBSD Current" , "FreeBSD Stable List" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: Subject: Bringing up new Intel non-legacy system 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: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:17:30 -0000 Although I'm a network guy, for various reasons I am helping to get FreeBSD running on a new Intel system: S7000FC4UR. This is a rack-mount server that has no PS/2 or PCI legacy, its all PCI-E expansion, and only USB peripheral. I have had a lot of issues: First, the DVD is SATA, however I can work around that by setting IDE mode in the BIOS. With FreeBSD 7 BETA the install kernel always seems to hang in USB initialization, if I disable ACPI it gets further, but ultimately still no joy. Oddly enough, STABLE OCT snapshot will actually install but again only with ACPI disabled. Anyone have an idea why 6.X would actually faire better than 7, this surprised me?! And, is the ACPI subsystem likely to be the source of the problem? I would really prefer 7 running on this, and of course with ACPI working. Oh, the system also has LSI MegaRaid SAS 1078, which I was able to install using STABLE. Cheers, Jack