Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:36:47 +0800 From: "Kevin Foo" <chflags@gmail.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation trouble with HP Proliant ML110 G5 Message-ID: <25cb30803310136w3586849bo9d0c33e6755cff9@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080330102704.M86415@bellera.cat> References: <20080328093411.M24208@bellera.cat> <20080328125413.M65426@bellera.cat> <20080330102704.M86415@bellera.cat>
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On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 6:35 PM, Josep Pujadas i Jubany <josep@bellera.cat> wrote: > Hello! > > I'm trying to install 7.0 in a new HP Proliant ML110 G5. > > This box has only 6 SATA connections (CD & HD are SATA), not IDE > interfaces. > > FreeBSD 7.0 CD1 (i386) starts but stops with an error: > > ad0: 238475MB <Seagate ST3250620NS 3BJP> at ata0-master SATA150 > acd0: DVDR <HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H60L/E904) at ata2-master SATA150 > SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched! > acd0: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG retraying (1 retry left) > acd0: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG retraying (0 retries left) > acd0: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG timed out > acd0: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG retraying (1 retry left) > acd0: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG retraying (0 retries left) > acd0: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG timed out > acd0: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG retraying (1 retry left) > acd0: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG retraying (0 retries left) > acd0: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG timed out > > I tested other situations: > > * Acer machine with CD SATA --------> Same problem. > * Other HP machine with IDE CD -----> No problem. > * HP Proliant ML110 G5 with > FreeBSD 6.2 CD1 (i386) -----------> No problem. > > I made a Google search and there are people with similar problem: > > http://www.google.com/search?q=acd0+TIMEOUT+READ_BIG+freebsd+7.0 > > I tried to change my BIOS settings and/or use no-ACPI boot. Same problem. > > I went outside for more than one hour and when I returned sysinstall was > launched. So, retraying the CD unit for a longtime worked (?). > > I made my installation but I found two more problems: > > * On-board NIC was not detected. See PR kern/119779 http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/119779 * shutdown -r now did'nt restart the system. The system was blocked at: > The system will reboot properly if you load ipmi module and specify watchdog timeout in 60 seconds. # kldload ipmi # watchdog -t 60; reboot You can create handy alias. alias reboot 'watchdog -t 60; /sbin/reboot' I didn't have any issue with DVD drive when it was running 6.3/7.0. -- Regards Kevin Foo
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