From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Wed Dec 11 09:48:32 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F07EC1D25BC for ; Wed, 11 Dec 2019 09:48:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gljennjohn@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wr1-x42e.google.com (mail-wr1-x42e.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::42e]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 47XsZ73NbZz3Q35 for ; Wed, 11 Dec 2019 09:48:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gljennjohn@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wr1-x42e.google.com with SMTP id b6so23308817wrq.0 for ; Wed, 11 Dec 2019 01:48:31 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:reply-to :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=dmXw1JxVWufcdFAkoWjjqV1ODREj9gs9ehJfRddy1nw=; b=KyacK5g2uADGI04muRq4nt8/2ri9zJWA7LTohiYezBblDB5VIOvSr4NhQgr3g0/MDs bNf+3KpQqW6iHEQIdWhX29EBJCiL/HqKewbOGWEGqclPjVExPi+q+L/7S96c2jp01UNZ WfftpVw8iHvgzyGFQbd9uz6TSOt+MJ9xfcwxzabZVrWqU5jGDHTrg1FwL+TOg2v11Ous 7vLiOvTXq9DP0yczNy5jmvkVZq+4cCGvfnGC+abatT0GNIrNOT1jd3VdeUrEtLN8brB6 WupyIrLUveG3f4TW7OakEredECPCuo2VGzrJtQPYilvPS9kerWG1yGd46adxfOSu1Mkn 6FKg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:reply-to:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=dmXw1JxVWufcdFAkoWjjqV1ODREj9gs9ehJfRddy1nw=; b=RyBV8wSIySKM+Mbrxjh2C6QzRNnyEPa/Jm8sCoc83zmxN3uQ4IWWu8gk+b+EDqXEd/ WOyfD6Ar7GHGF9fu3ziADwanvGOI8g5xtWYNZ16mUfCFW93lKZqKm93RRSlKeI1pA3DD hws5tABazS5gTk7rGMQ3Q7yABOwYXvMri26ESQWVg9TBOMI3iaPA2mWh40yGV/nPPB67 V7HPr5SOl9JWgGQKdx3yl6E/iZLWEHatQsMaaJ0X9rGrRJbuZprBuZn6mL8b2KXDpuzE KU8hZLUpoKyEv3G+cTw1ArbfFnR89uthbEdzmHuIQk4FB6zQOJx2C8huK82WIIY1NsEe yFJw== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAW96K3RGf1s3/1szg1TAQ94q8A0f3Kps6n8Fgb1s6/lOGHW5RB0 a0g+nqvnMJ443/E3f+OwgFHx27Gx X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqxR8/H/qE2Lh04OHxc5EhLN3jk4/HCh7di1xlLo6l4eQ1jTJS7tpszNBp47LgcqtBFe2JcrXg== X-Received: by 2002:adf:ee82:: with SMTP id b2mr2885910wro.194.1576057709739; Wed, 11 Dec 2019 01:48:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from ernst.home (p5B023F94.dip0.t-ipconnect.de. [91.2.63.148]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id b185sm1709667wme.36.2019.12.11.01.48.28 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 11 Dec 2019 01:48:29 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 10:48:22 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn To: "Hartmann, O." Cc: FreeBSD CURRENT Subject: Re: Supermicro X9SCV-Q: no boot options to define Message-ID: <20191211104822.12abca40@ernst.home> In-Reply-To: <20191211082359.7f362310@hermann.fritz.box> References: <20191211082359.7f362310@hermann.fritz.box> Reply-To: gljennjohn@gmail.com X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.4 (GTK+ 2.24.32; amd64-portbld-freebsd13.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 47XsZ73NbZz3Q35 X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=KyacK5g2; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of gljennjohn@gmail.com designates 2a00:1450:4864:20::42e as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=gljennjohn@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.00 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; HAS_REPLYTO(0.00)[gljennjohn@gmail.com]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2a00:1450:4000::/36:c]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; REPLYTO_ADDR_EQ_FROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[148.63.2.91.khpj7ygk5idzvmvt5x4ziurxhy.zen.dq.spamhaus.net : 127.0.0.10]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2a00:1450::/32, country:US]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com.dwl.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20161025]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-current@freebsd.org]; FREEMAIL_REPLYTO(0.00)[gmail.com]; IP_SCORE_FREEMAIL(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[e.2.4.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.0.0.4.6.8.4.0.5.4.1.0.0.a.2.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; IP_SCORE(0.00)[ip: (-8.99), ipnet: 2a00:1450::/32(-2.68), asn: 15169(-1.92), country: US(-0.05)]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[] X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 09:48:33 -0000 On Wed, 11 Dec 2019 08:23:59 +0100 "Hartmann, O." wrote: > Hello folks, > > my apology for polluting this list with a non-FreeBSD specific problem, > but since Supermicro is a veryy often used vendor in the FreeBSD > user/developer community I might find help here much fast. > > I got hands on onto an oldish Supermicro X9SCV-Q mainboard, equipted > with an older i5-25XXM CPU running at 2,5 GHz). The AMI BIOS has > version 2.10.1208 from 2012. > The board does initially a longer beep and the it sounds like two > or three very short beeps plus a last longer beep at a higher tune and > then the system ALWAYS jumps into the firmware/BIOS screen, no matter > whether I set a administrator password to protect the BIOS or not. > Apart from the suspect of damaged RAM (three beeps indicate RAM > problem above the first 64k block, two indicate PEI recovery or video > memory problems if I interpret the manual correctly). > > Sometimes the POST screen shows some message like "... in Recovery > State", due to the off-phased HDMI attached monitor, I do not see the > first characters. Maybe someone knows what that might indicate. > > I already have changed the memory banks and the memory seems to be > allright as the replacement memory has been checked thoroughly prior to > the test in another well running box and I also checked the memory on > another box with memtest tool without any suspicious indication. > > The attempt to flash the latest firmware fails due to the fact that I > can not even define a boot device - either this process is cryptic or > it isn't documented and I'm too dull. A FreeDOS 1.1 prepared USB > flashdrive isn't bootable as any other UEFI/non UEFI flashdrive: I can > see the USB drive as being attached to PCI bus in the firmware menu, I > also can define a symbolic name, but then I fail in defining the path > to the loader as suggested in the example (fs0:\file\loader.efi or so). > Any hint is welcome. > > This board has been used successfully over the past years and was > equipted with a TPM module at connector 23 (TMP1 header) - I'm > unfamiliar with those technologies and my first guess apart from a > hardware failure was that the hardware could have been protected anyway > like it is done via secure boot. Unplugging that TPM header doesn' > change anything. > > Also the boot of XigmaNAS latest USB flashed image or any FreeBSD (11, > 12 CURRENT) latest USB flashed image failed so far. > > Thanks for some help in adavnce, > Don't know whether this will help, but a user posted to a forum that he had this mainboard and couldn't boot any USB device no matter what the tried. His final, working solution was: Further investigation found NOTHING would boot from USB. I cleared CMOS, entered setup and loaded Optimized Defaults, rebooted, and VOILA! Case closed. *happy dance* BTW he was using VGA. -- Gary Jennejohn