From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 5 2:20:17 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from xtc.df.lth.se (xtc.df.lth.se [194.47.250.201]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A10A815261 for ; Sun, 5 Dec 1999 02:20:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hundra@xtc.df.lth.se) Received: from hundra (helo=localhost) by xtc.df.lth.se with local-esmtp (Exim 3.03 #1 (Debian)) id 11uYlW-00016Z-00; Sun, 05 Dec 1999 11:19:38 +0100 Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 11:19:38 +0100 (CET) From: Martin Anderberg To: "questions@freebsd.org" Cc: jomor Subject: Re: fbsd current + Mylex raid (dac960) reboot after install fails In-Reply-To: <3849E4EE.DB4ADBD5@ahpcns.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, jomor wrote: > Dunno about 4.0-current, but 3.3-STABLE doesn't seem to have support for any > RAID cards in the GENERIC kernel. When I wanted to install to a compaq > w/RAID, I had to build a custom kernel, gzip it and copy it to the kernel.flp > floppy. Then after the install and B4 a reboot you need to copy the > (unzipped) custom kernel to / since install puts in a GENERIC kernel. It > doesn't pull the kernel from the install floppy. > HTH ...jgm So i can just copy the boot-floppy kernel into / on the new installation and it might work? No lilo-like stuff i have to do afterwards? Basically this would mean that the boot-floppy kernel and the kernel that is installed during installation doesn't contain the same drivers even though they are from the same date. /Martin > > Martin Anderberg wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > I've been trying to install the current Fbsd 4.0 (dated 99120x) onto a > > machine which has a Mylex AcceleRAID 250 (dac960) card on it. The > > boot-floppies find the mylex-card and the installation seems to work out > > great. > > > > When installing i've used the novice installation. When in the "Fdisk > > Partition editor i've chosen" 'A' (for Use entire disk) followed by an > > 'S' to make the fbsd slice bootable. Finally i pressed 'Yes' (to > > remain cooperative with any future possible operating systems). I chose > > to use the FreeBSD Boot Manager. When in the disklabel editor i once again > > chose 'A' (to automagically make the partitions). The disk-geometry is set > > manually according to settings i had on a previous linux-installation on > > the same machine since fbsd seems to have problems detecting the > > diskgeometry in a corect way. Disksize is 9.1 gig raid 1. > > > > Sofar so good.. The installation runs smoothly and i exit the installer to > > watch the machine reboot and to see fbsd booting. Unfortunately it doesnt. > > The bootloader appears to load fine, but when it (i'm guessing here) tries > > to load the fbsd kernel it (the kernel?) panics. The result is a screen > > that contains alot of debug (?) info plus a line saying 'Invalid Slice'. > > > > I've tried installing numerous times using different settings in fdisk / > > disklabel editor without any success. > > > > I've though of 2 things (me guessing again) that could be wrong: > > > > 1. Geometry (it works perfectly in linux, shouldn't the same disk geometry > > work in fbsd?) - can i manually verify this somehow? > > > > 2. The kernel that is installed on the hd - does it include support for > > the raidcard? How do i verify this? > > > > If anyone have any clues what might be wrong, please share so i can get > > this thing working. I hope i've included sufficient information in this > > letter. > > --------- Martin Anderberg - email: hundra@df.lth.se If you wish to get a reciept that confirms the arrival of a message, please include the word RECIEPT or KVITTO in the subject. "Theirs is not to reason why, Theirs is but to do and die..." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message