Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 22:24:46 +0200 (CEST) From: Stephane Legrand <Stephane.Legrand@bigfoot.com> To: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> Cc: Stephane Legrand <Stephane.Legrand@bigfoot.com>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot problem with AcceleRAID 150 (was VALinux FullOn 2x2 with FreeBSD) Message-ID: <14592.47374.389569.324252@sequoia.mondomaineamoi.megalo> In-Reply-To: <200004202215.PAA09048@mass.cdrom.com> References: <14591.32028.804492.576621@sequoia.mondomaineamoi.megalo> <200004202215.PAA09048@mass.cdrom.com>
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Mike Smith writes:
>
> It sounds like you've done something _really_ weird here. Did you
> initialise the array before installing to it?
If you mean initialisation with the Mylex BIOS, yes and i remember
clearly because it take a looonnng time.
> Which geometry mode is it
> in?
Frankly, i can't remember and i can't be in front of the server until
next week so i can't even take a look. I just can say that the number
of blocks viewed by the FreeBSD installation program seemed correct
with the disks sizes.
> Which disk did you actually install to?
There are 4 disks of 9Gbytes each. We chose "RAID 5" in the Mylex BIOS
during the initialisation. We have created 2 logical disks with the
Mylex BIOS :
- one of ~ 5.5 Gb for the system. This logical disk was recognized
by the FreeBSD installation program as "mlxd0" if i remember
well. We installed FreeBSD on this logical disk.
- one other of may be ~ 20 Gb. This logical disk was recognized
by the FreeBSD installation program as "mlxd1" if i remember
well. The FreeBSD installation program didn't modified this logical
disk (we didn't even format this disk).
> How many partitions did you
> create while you were installing?
>
Four slices on the first logical disk (one for /, one for swap, one
for /usr and one for /var). Obviously, no slices and no partitions on
the second logical disk of ~ 20 Gb.
> > We finally received these servers and tried to install a 4.0-release
> > (CD-Rom version) on one. The installation was really flawless but
> > FreeBSD can't boot. The boot stops at the boot manager prompt with
> > something like this :
> >
> > F1 FreeBSD
> > F2 FreeBSD
> > F3 FreeBSD
> > F4 FreeBSD
> > F5 other disk
> >
> > None function key works, there is only a "beep" and that's all. I also
> > tried to boot on cd and load the kernel on the disk with a command
> > like "boot mlxd(0,a)kernel" with no success.
> >
> > So, is there a "trick" to boot FreeBSD with this RAID controller ?
> > Does the 4.0-release supports this controller also for boot or do we
> > have to upgrade the system to 4.0-stable ? Do we have to try without
> > the boot manager ?
> >
> >
> > Thank you.
> > Stephane Legrand.
> >
> >
> > Stephane Legrand writes:
> > > Ulf Zimmermann writes:
> > > > On Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 12:50:14PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote:
> > > > > > > Does anyone know if the server VALinux FullOn 2x2 ("good" version :
> > > > > > > http://www.valinux.com/systems/productinfo.html?product=16#raid) can
> > > > > > > run with FreeBSD ? Every components of this server seem ok except for
> > > > > > > the RAID controler which is a Mylex AcceleRAID 150. On this web page
> > > > > > > (http://www.posi.net/freebsd/drivers/driver-info.phtml?ID=9), i read
> > > > > > > that this card should be supported on FreeBSD 4.x but also that it has
> > > > > > > never been tested with this special card.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The Mylex AcceleRaid 150/250 is supported as bootable device since
> > > > > > a few weeks. I am running a 250 currently and I am very happy with it.
> > > > >
> > > > > AFAIK, the 150 is the same as the 250, but with a slower processor. I
> > > > > don't have one here in the lab, but I would be quite surprised if it
> > > > > didn't work as expected.
> > > >
> > > > Differences are:
> > > >
> > > > 33 MHz against 66 MHz cpu
> > > > Software Xor chip against hardware ASIC
> > > >
> > >
> > > Thank you very much for your answers. I'll keep inform the list if
> > > FreeBSD actually runs well with this server.
> > >
> > > Stephane Legrand.
> > >
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