From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 24 21:09:54 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36834106566C for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:09:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamesbrandongooch@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE1988FC0A for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:09:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyf19 with SMTP id 19so4518978wyf.13 for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:09:52 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=84ojEc2EDozW83+bL0HOO1uptm+RrOjsKIEcYGIUEZM=; b=HkTvgPms9jCXbzRDez2iF701WAP42k5THcW3OLCqKFFQ0cC/DBX/cy33B/jrOWemn5 jFQiomSysu2dELZdKOrGpx+k/3IToMGUh224doG5/rLqAuM0L0NYULMkevFKhC8av0hO dImp+LVa1syZy+b9NcNKRycxBVlWoGslKbhs4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=tobvzAMzc4NZSw/rAEbLTWc0cZrfBjLF+g0eT+EfA4Ghw891XkEaihXak236OcdGaO iS+a4U8pi8xMPgmbPHUpDW3v5WiIzquVZcaPUfthvQrffoo2IPrNsHv6J6ICSV0pnR2Z 9mtXMzeThkaJCl+ceYfZpgo5XS3QNzjUTJ82I= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.154.83 with SMTP id g61mr4479701wek.87.1295901644483; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:40:44 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.36.71 with HTTP; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:40:44 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <48E61CAB-27B8-4EED-9D9B-A0CF35FE14CD@yahoo.com> References: <48E61CAB-27B8-4EED-9D9B-A0CF35FE14CD@yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:40:44 -0600 Message-ID: From: Brandon Gooch To: Cameron Tune Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with Highpoint 2320 Raid card X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:09:54 -0000 On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Cameron Tune wro= te: > Last month I purchased a Highpoint 2320 raid card, http://www.newegg.com/= Product/Product.aspx?Item=3DN82E16816115026 , for my FreeBSD server. =A0I'm= new to the FreeBSD world - so please bear with me as I try to solve the fo= llowing issue. > > With the card installed - the server hangs during the boot process. =A0I = don't even get to the standard FreeBSD boot menus (loader prompt, single-us= er mode, etc.), rather the freeze occurs after a "console" message and then= a listing of physical disks. =A0A picture of where the hang occurs is at h= ttp://www.camerontune.com/images/photo.jpg . > > As far as I can tell this card is supported on FreeBSD (running 8.1 STABL= E i386). =A0I've updated the motherboard bios, and have also monkeyed aroun= d with just about every possible setting in the card's bios. =A0Motherboard= is a Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P. > > I've combed through every possible log I can find in /var/logs - but I'm = not finding anything that starts this early in the boot process. =A0I've al= so ensured that all drivers are present and loaded in loader.conf - however= I don't think I'm even getting to the point of drivers being loaded. > > Any thoughts are appreciated - and please let me know if there's any addi= tional information I can provide that may help diagnose the problem. I had a Silicon Image Inc SATALink/SATARaid Controller (Sil 3114). After I installed the card, the system would hang on boot every other time, until one day it hung -- for good. I replaced it with an identical, new card, and things have been good ever since. Maybe you got a bad egg? -Brandon