Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:26:51 +0100 From: Robert Slade <bsd@bathnetworks.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Proliant 5000 sever Fbsd 5.4 (re)boot problem Message-ID: <1125433611.14752.9.camel@lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200508301210.39835.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> References: <1125428745.6664.37.camel@lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk> <200508301210.39835.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com>
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On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 20:10, Vizion wrote: > On Tuesday 30 August 2005 12:05, the author Robert Slade contributed to the > dialogue on- > Proliant 5000 sever Fbsd 5.4 (re)boot problem: > > >Hiya, > > > >I've been working on this beasty on and off for some time. It's a Quad > >processor 1 Gbyte of memory and 5 scsi drives using the 2p raid > >controller setup as 2 raid arrays + 1 spare. > > > >The machine works fine with 5.4 release #0 with the supplied generic > >kernel. > > > >The problem(s) I have been having are: > > > >1. When I recompiled the Kernel with SMP support, I get random reboots. > >It also fails to boot sometimes failing at the point after waiting for > >the scsi drives to settle. I get some error codes and Fbsd fails to find > >the boot device. > > > >2. I CVSuped to 5.4 release #2 and recompiled the Kernel with SMP > >support. This does to boot at all. It gets as far as the waiting 15s for > >scsi devices to settle, then (appears to) reset the scsi controller and > >immediately tries to access the drives (does not wait). I have tried > >recompiling with scsi_delay set to 30000 (30s) with no change. > > > >I have checked dmesg and message logs but there is nothing related to > >the problem(s) there. > > > >I have gone back to the 5.4 release #0 single processor kernel for now > >which is a shame as the machine is slow without the multi processor > >support. > > > >The only thing out of the ordinary I have noted is a tx underunn -- > >increasing threshold to 512 bytes message which appears related to > >running kde remotely via vncserver and tinync. > > > >Any ideas, I can send conf files etc if needed. > > > >Thanks > > > >Rob > > > What are your bios setting? > My guess is that you have not made the right setting using the siftware and > configuration utilities > david David, Thanks. The BIOS setting appear ok - OS type is set as UNIX (Small disk geometry) and the machine passes all the diagnostics. Rob
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