From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Apr 20 15: 0:48 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from postfix1.free.fr (postfix1.free.fr [212.27.32.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54E1A37B74A; Thu, 20 Apr 2000 15:00:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from stephane@libertysurf.fr) Received: from sequoia.mondomaineamoi.megalo (unknown [213.228.19.159]) by postfix1.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D1082870D; Fri, 21 Apr 2000 00:00:41 +0200 (MEST) Received: (from stephane@localhost) by sequoia.mondomaineamoi.megalo (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA04711; Thu, 20 Apr 2000 23:56:45 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from stephane) From: Stephane Legrand MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <14591.32028.804492.576621@sequoia.mondomaineamoi.megalo> Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 23:56:44 +0200 (CEST) To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Cc: Mike Smith , Stephane Legrand Subject: Boot problem with AcceleRAID 150 (was VALinux FullOn 2x2 with FreeBSD) In-Reply-To: <14545.17741.355237.821095@sequoia.mondomaineamoi.megalo> References: <20000315113405.E74343@PacHell.TelcoSucks.org> <200003152050.MAA01297@mass.cdrom.com> <20000315153036.F74343@PacHell.TelcoSucks.org> <14545.17741.355237.821095@sequoia.mondomaineamoi.megalo> X-Mailer: VM 6.72 under 21.1 (patch 9) "Canyonlands" XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello, We finally received these servers and tried to install a 4.0-release (CD-Rom version) on one. The installation was really flawless but FreeBSD can't boot. The boot stops at the boot manager prompt with something like this : F1 FreeBSD F2 FreeBSD F3 FreeBSD F4 FreeBSD F5 other disk None function key works, there is only a "beep" and that's all. I also tried to boot on cd and load the kernel on the disk with a command like "boot mlxd(0,a)kernel" with no success. So, is there a "trick" to boot FreeBSD with this RAID controller ? Does the 4.0-release supports this controller also for boot or do we have to upgrade the system to 4.0-stable ? Do we have to try without the boot manager ? Thank you. Stephane Legrand. Stephane Legrand writes: > Ulf Zimmermann writes: > > On Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 12:50:14PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > > Does anyone know if the server VALinux FullOn 2x2 ("good" version : > > > > > http://www.valinux.com/systems/productinfo.html?product=16#raid) can > > > > > run with FreeBSD ? Every components of this server seem ok except for > > > > > the RAID controler which is a Mylex AcceleRAID 150. On this web page > > > > > (http://www.posi.net/freebsd/drivers/driver-info.phtml?ID=9), i read > > > > > that this card should be supported on FreeBSD 4.x but also that it has > > > > > never been tested with this special card. > > > > > > > > The Mylex AcceleRaid 150/250 is supported as bootable device since > > > > a few weeks. I am running a 250 currently and I am very happy with it. > > > > > > AFAIK, the 150 is the same as the 250, but with a slower processor. I > > > don't have one here in the lab, but I would be quite surprised if it > > > didn't work as expected. > > > > Differences are: > > > > 33 MHz against 66 MHz cpu > > Software Xor chip against hardware ASIC > > > > Thank you very much for your answers. I'll keep inform the list if > FreeBSD actually runs well with this server. > > Stephane Legrand. > -- Stephane.Legrand@bigfoot.com FreeBSD Francophone : http://www.freebsd-fr.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message