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Date:      Mon, 10 Nov 2003 22:19:57 +0100
From:      Per olof Ljungmark <peo@intersonic.se>
To:        Guy Silliman <gws@silliman.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Compaq 1850R panics with 5.x
Message-ID:  <3FB000FD.5000504@intersonic.se>
In-Reply-To: <3FAFA9BE.20306@silliman.net>
References:  <3FAFA9BE.20306@silliman.net>

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Guy Silliman wrote:
> I am trying to get a Compaq 1850R running.  It is a dual PII 400MHz 
> machine that works fine with Win2k server... but
> I would prefer to use fbsd 5.x but I am stumped by this panic at 
> sysinstall. I have searched all the lists and have tried several fixes 
> mentioned including the "Full table - Mapped" and OS set to Win2k in the 
> BIOS. I have tried disabling the onboard NIC as a possible source of 
> conflicts but no luck.
> 
> I would be willing to go with a late 4.x but it does not probe the 
> onboard SCSI  thus I have no drives.
> I do have a Smart Array 3200 ordered and coming - this may solve the 4.x 
> issue, but I am puzzled by the panic with 5.x.
> 
FWIW, I had identical problems with two 1850's, one PII400 single CPU 
and one PII450 dual. Both are now running fine with 4.9-REL, the first 
with a SmartArray 221 and the second with a Smart Array 3200.

There has been a few problems apparently with the sym driver for the 
built in SCSI and I'm not using it in either. For instance, I had this 
problem in 4.8-REL:
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/52331
where I had 8 drives but only 4 visible.

I tend to agree with another poster that there are changes between the 
PII and PIII 1850 motherboards that makes the formar fail with 5.1 and 
the latter is ok.

just my $0.02



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