From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 25 06:28:09 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62FFF16A41C for ; Sat, 25 Jun 2005 06:28:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from markir@paradise.net.nz) Received: from linda-2.paradise.net.nz (bm-2a.paradise.net.nz [202.0.58.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2674C43D48 for ; Sat, 25 Jun 2005 06:28:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from markir@paradise.net.nz) Received: from smtp-2.paradise.net.nz (smtp-2b.paradise.net.nz [202.0.32.211]) by linda-2.paradise.net.nz (Paradise.net.nz) with ESMTP id <0IIM005ZJNAVIK@linda-2.paradise.net.nz> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sat, 25 Jun 2005 18:28:07 +1200 (NZST) Received: from [192.168.1.11] (218-101-14-110.paradise.net.nz [218.101.14.110]) by smtp-2.paradise.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 651669E699; Sat, 25 Jun 2005 18:28:07 +1200 (NZST) Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 18:28:06 +1200 From: Mark Kirkwood In-reply-to: <200506251540.50639.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: Daniel O'Connor Message-id: <42BCF976.4060902@paradise.net.nz> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Accept-Language: en-us, en User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050511) References: <200506251540.50639.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.4 Installer + Promise FT100TX2 = Loader crash 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: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 06:28:09 -0000 I have experienced this (since about 5.3) on a dual PIII Tyan S1834. In my case perseverance seems to pay off - one in (approx) 10 boots will work... Mark Daniel O'Connor wrote: > Hi, > I am updating an old 4.x system to 5.4 here and it has a Promise FT100TX2 RAID > controller (in mirror). > > The problem is that when I boot the CD the loader crashes (does a reg dump) > but only if the card is present and an array is defined. I can't record what > the dump is because it continually sprays the dump down the screen which > makes it unreadable :( > > I have seen this on an AMD64 system (I used the same RAID card in it) and got > the same problem. To work around it on that system I installed via the > motherboard IDE controller and then moved the disk over to the RAID > controller. > > It only seems to affect booting the installer - once the system is installed > it boots from the RAID card just fine (!) > > I just tried booting from floppy and that works (?!) although that method > doesn't probe my PS/2 keyboard for some reason :-/ > > Does anyone have any suggestions for fixing the RAID + CD boot problem? >