From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 1 18:06:38 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDD99106568D for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2008 18:06:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from smarthost1.sentex.ca (smarthost1.sentex.ca [64.7.153.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85E078FC20 for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2008 18:06:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from lava.sentex.ca (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by smarthost1.sentex.ca (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id m91I6aJm024915; Wed, 1 Oct 2008 14:06:36 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from mdt-xp.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [192.168.43.27]) by lava.sentex.ca (8.13.8/8.13.3) with ESMTP id m91I6a4Z029695 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 1 Oct 2008 14:06:36 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <200810011806.m91I6a4Z029695@lava.sentex.ca> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:06:28 -0400 To: Fernan Aguero From: Mike Tancsa In-Reply-To: <20081001164001.GA81847@iib.unsam.edu.ar> References: <520894aa0809301434h68b94628x54ec08fd48785feb@mail.gmail.com> <200809302351.m8UNpjs7024916@lava.sentex.ca> <20081001164001.GA81847@iib.unsam.edu.ar> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.64 on 64.7.153.18 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [FreeBSD] Fix for ServerWorks HT1000 in upcoming 7.1? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:06:38 -0000 At 12:40 PM 10/1/2008, Fernan Aguero wrote: >Thanks for the tip. > >Unfortunately, the PowerEdge SC1435 BIOS does not allow much >options here ... I can set the embedded SATA to 'ATA mode' >(corruption hell, tested with 7.1 BETA) or just turn it >'OFF' in which case the FreeBSD installer sees no disk >present. >This is on BIOS v1.1.2. A newer v1.4.4 is available and I'm >now researching how to update the BIOS to see if that helps. Wow, thats too bad. Hopefully a newer BIOS will let you put the controller in SATA mode. > > > > Start with > > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org//pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/7.1/7.1-BETA-i386-disc1.iso > >I've used the amd64 version ... don't know if that makes any >difference, though. It wont make a difference in terms of the SATA/PATA issue. However, once you get that fixes, you should be able to install the AMD64 image just fine. I would check the USB settings as well to make sure the "hand off mode" is disabled. ---Mike