Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 10:56:32 -0000 From: "Gestur A. Grjetarsson" <gestur@ec.is> To: <freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org> Subject: FW: problems booting FreeBSD 6.0 on IBM Blade Center H40 Message-ID: <636A75F5E9CA8741A3136582949F95876E946C@postur.ecweb.local>
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Hi =20 I have this new IBM Blade Center, which I would like to run FreeBSD on = with boot from SAN, when trying to boot I get problems and can't see any = disks from the SAN. =20 the configuration I have is a=20 =20 IBM Blade Center H40 DS400 diskbox with dual controller but only single connection Qlogic 2312 dual FC controller=20 =20 I have problem with the ISP driver:=20 =20 I tried to boot from the FreeBSD 6.0-Release cd but it always fails with = the error can't load kernel and I can't see the cdrom to boot from after = the boot loader has started. =20 So I downloaded the boot floppies and tried to boot the blade using the = floppies but it won't show me any drivers after a long waiting period = while the isp driver hangs for awile in the boot process. =20 I compiled a custom kernel and made new boot kern floppies to boot from, = and now I'm stuck with this error in the boot process: =20 isp0: bad execution throttle of 0- using 16 isp0: bad hard address 125- resetting to zero =20 =20 =20 =20 after reading all i've gathered on this subject and googl'd on it, I put = ispfw_load=3D"YES" line in the loader.conf ,, but without result =20 =20 =20 Can anyone point me out on how to solve this problem, I really need this = to work !?!? please help! =20 kve=F0ja/regards Gestur
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