From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 16 18:51:29 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29BBB16A4CE for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 18:51:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.knology.net (smtp.knology.net [24.214.63.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AD9F843D48 for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 18:51:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dkelly@HiWAAY.net) Received: (qmail 31354 invoked by uid 0); 16 Aug 2004 18:51:40 -0000 Received: from user-69-73-60-132.knology.net (HELO ?10.0.0.68?) (69.73.60.132) by smtp2.knology.net with SMTP; 16 Aug 2004 18:51:40 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20040816133459.4c8dd6bd.techielists@regionalhelpwanted.com> References: <20040816125052.15c278ad.techielists@regionalhelpwanted.com> <200408161707.i7GH7Ib29425@clunix.cl.msu.edu> <20040816133459.4c8dd6bd.techielists@regionalhelpwanted.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <42EE81F2-EFB5-11D8-8117-000393BB56F2@HiWAAY.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: David Kelly Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 13:51:19 -0500 To: Jeanne X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) cc: Jerry McAllister cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dell 400sc scsi and 4.10 install X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 18:51:29 -0000 On Aug 16, 2004, at 12:34 PM, Jeanne wrote: > Jerry - thanks for the response. I did see your comments on the > situation you describe below, sorry that you had to say the same thing > twice. But I was/am confused, because I'm not using SATA. I am using > the LSILogic scsi controller card. Am I correct in understanding that > the LSILogic Ultra320 scsi controller is not supported in FreeBSD? > Sorry for the confusion. This is the first trouble I've ever had with > a Dell (IDE or SCSI). > > Can anyone confirm that the lsilogic ultra320 scsi controller just > wont work at all, or just won't work in 4.10. Is there maybe some way > to emulate an adaptec card or something like that? The mpt(4) driver in 5.2.1 (thats what I have, guessing its pretty much the same for your 4.10) says it supports the 53c1030 Dual Ultra320 SCSI. Also says it first appeared in FreeBSD 4.6. I don't have this SCSI adapter. As for SATA on the 400SC, the MB SATA interface works fine for me in 5.2.1-p9 altho its installed on PATA, SATA only has data. Don't believe I noticed how much memory your system has. The Dell BIOS has an "OS installation mode" which greatly truncates the amount of memory appearing in the system. For all I know that might prevent mpt(4) from operating reliably. F2 after boot and check which state this BIOS setting is using. "What the heck?" Try it the other way. I am having problems with my 400SC failing to reboot. With ACPI enabled dmesg output appears cleaner than without but "shutdown -r now" appears to go all the way down to BIOS but doesn't turn around and come back up. At least it doesn't now, but did the first few days I was beating on the machine to make sure it was suitable. Seems to have happened when the Seagate 40G PATA drive was replaced with a Hitachi 120G PATA drive. Swapping back to the Seagate didn't fix the problem. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net ======================================================================== Top posters will not be shown the honor of a reply.