From nobody Sat Jul 30 04:53:15 2022 X-Original-To: questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4LvsTf3rnmz4XD3C for ; Sat, 30 Jul 2022 04:53:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dpchrist@holgerdanske.com) Received: from holgerdanske.com (holgerdanske.com [IPv6:2001:470:0:19b::b869:801b]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "holgerdanske.com", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4LvsTd0Dghz46Xl for ; Sat, 30 Jul 2022 04:53:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dpchrist@holgerdanske.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=holgerdanske.com; s=nov-20210719-112354; t=1659156796; bh=W35J40W6Z29mDEN92mo0jJN0D2JKgUPtFEECGbr5opQ=; h=Received:Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:User-Agent:Subject: Content-Language:To:References:From:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=aI3ibFTKG9MejWC3tqCthGeaeHiBQPwDQuyJozOv7PpgaV1jQ/Q+iUeJJhMkZxjIj NftUOJlo7akl0NM7atDCiGMYdSBUrMJD8pYgR7obHSnQExRmqcCuhpktNX19vtcImo tFFmW4XEYWsX7RbymVba2gzi9n9kMxQatdJ/HdoyfUv4D1ub9Ft770ti4YauJfmfHb FqKqxENaJ4LobDI92PY3QVoyn27ArLuko8b2F5GfBJmdAkLKIts40C7eG230KfpmI7 WZZduVGcGv1r8bTefwBd1F6hXgQajVw/4a8OJBUNf8nKAeMi68kEtfkPR6NuZUJKgV PuXziuG+9y9EbsLFyXXJ/WaGkpU5/a1FPJaEQldAiKilKV85kHQvc9cr4ejbDASKL9 JF6LtJpBV6OKQNPquaOpdrUjJU7iOwVZJsmEqfPYaN4cW8xFe8xwDS/y7AYAC9u36S iPhZ85P8jPBjrqMAK+buFuYmOkBEjAacOij+1FRMk5OEZ6Yl1yi2DAg+nJom/zOJHj Ahud7BymbW3oYLB1/bSNSEDdiiy0ANYmDLDjFTpALPVX0B9Ko77PSa7n8SZEbIf231 1orZv0VCanlMiFA9YANo0WXD+IXACJ9F6qrvm9kfASOWQDvoxGwOijTTeC1dljZQbR hbZcbCC5apd4q+Fs63P3On70= Received: from 99.100.19.101 (99-100-19-101.lightspeed.frokca.sbcglobal.net [99.100.19.101]) by holgerdanske.com with ESMTPSA (TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:TLSv1.3:Kx=any:Au=any:Enc=AESGCM(128):Mac=AEAD) (SMTP-AUTH username dpchrist@holgerdanske.com, mechanism PLAIN) for ; Fri, 29 Jul 2022 21:53:16 -0700 Message-ID: <9b92958b-0b67-0622-f5ec-b145fb8b569c@holgerdanske.com> Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 21:53:15 -0700 List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.10.0 Subject: Re: OT: Strange interaction between NIC, SSD and motherboard Content-Language: en-US To: questions@freebsd.org References: From: David Christensen In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4LvsTd0Dghz46Xl X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=holgerdanske.com header.s=nov-20210719-112354 header.b=aI3ibFTK; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=holgerdanske.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of dpchrist@holgerdanske.com designates 2001:470:0:19b::b869:801b as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=dpchrist@holgerdanske.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[holgerdanske.com,none]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+a:november.he.net]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[holgerdanske.com:s=nov-20210719-112354]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[holgerdanske.com:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:6939, ipnet:2001:470::/32, country:US]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On 7/29/22 17:10, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > I have a MSI Motherboard (DMI info output below) and have two > identical SSD's (one [sata0] with FreeBSD installed and Windows on the > other [sata1] I use 2.5" SATA SSD's for my OS drives, and install trayless mobile racks in my desktops and servers: https://www.startech.com/en-us/hdd/hsb220sat25b https://www.startech.com/en-us/hdd/s25slotr This makes it easy to change the OS drive, which avoids bootloader and/or boot-related update/ upgrade problems (notably GRUB and initrd.img on GNU/Linux). > and then I bought a D-Link DGE-560T NIC (wired > 10/100/1000) and soon I connected the NIC the machine could not see > the FreeBSD drive at all (the BIOS that is) even after swapping cables > and SATA connectors. As soon as I took the NIC out everything > returned completely to normal. I have had good luck with Intel network interface cards. > Note I bought the NIC because the snap on the motherboard one is > broken. Again note it saw Windows just fine no matter the config. I have snapped the retaining tab off several Ethernet cables, but do you mean the motherboard RJ-45 connector is damaged and will not hold an otherwise good cable? David