freebsd stable - May 2008 - amd64/123495: 7.0 AMD64 doesn't install on a Dell SC1435

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Hi, Randy,

Randy Schultz wrote:
| On Wed, 7 May 2008, Fabian Wenk spaketh thusly:
|
| -}Hello Randy
| -}
| -}On 07.05.08 18:21, Randy Schultz wrote:
| -}> FBSD 6.x AMD64 works great on this system, as does centos linux.
| -}> When I try to install 7.0 (AMD64 of course), on boot (off the
| -}> cdrom) I notice:
| -}>    ad4: DMA limited to UDMA33, device found non-ATA66 cable
| -}>
| -}> Not sure if that is an important clue but it seems to be.  I
| -}> know my cables are SATA-II, FWIW.
| -}
| -}Somewhere in the BIOS settings should be an option to switch the
SATA disks to
| -}AHCI, maybe this helps.
| -}
| -}On most BIOS this setting is in the P-ATA mode, which is a slower
| -}compatibility mode and is needed for the Redmond OS to work.
|
| Hey Fabian,
|
| Tnx for the tip.  Unfortunately there is no such setting on this
system.  My
| choices are "OFF" or "AUTO".  In auto mode they appear to
be correctly
| identified, giving the make and model #.

Could you please show your 'pciconf -lv | grep -A3 ata' output?

My 1435 says:

atapci1@pci0:2:1:	class=0x01018a card=0x01eb1028 chip=0x02141166
rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
~    vendor   = 'ServerWorks (Was: Reliance Computer Corp)'
~    class    = mass storage
~    subclass = ATA
- --
atapci0@pci3:14:0:	class=0x01018f card=0x01eb1028 chip=0x024b1166
rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
~    vendor   = 'ServerWorks (Was: Reliance Computer Corp)'
~    class    = mass storage
~    subclass = ATA

But it's an SC1435 with SAS disks I believe, so things may different.
Also, will it be possible if you find some output from vmstat -i?

Cheers,
- --
Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net>	http://www.delphij.net/
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On Thu, 8 May 2008, Xin LI spaketh thusly:

-}Could you please show your 'pciconf -lv | grep -A3 ata' output?
-}
-}My 1435 says:
-}
-}atapci1@pci0:2:1:	class=0x01018a card=0x01eb1028 chip=0x02141166
-}rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
-}~    vendor   = 'ServerWorks (Was: Reliance Computer Corp)'
-}~    class    = mass storage
-}~    subclass = ATA
-}- --
-}atapci0@pci3:14:0:	class=0x01018f card=0x01eb1028 chip=0x024b1166
-}rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
-}~    vendor   = 'ServerWorks (Was: Reliance Computer Corp)'
-}~    class    = mass storage
-}~    subclass = ATA
-}
-}But it's an SC1435 with SAS disks I believe, so things may different.
-}Also, will it be possible if you find some output from vmstat -i?

Certainly.  The system is up on 6.3 right now so this is simple.  ;>

Dude ? pciconf -lv | grep -A3 ata
atapci1@pci0:2:1:  class=0x01018a card=0x01eb1028 chip=0x02141166 rev=0x00
hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'ServerWorks (Was: Reliance Computer Corp)'
    device     = 'HT1000 Legacy IDE controller'
    class      = mass storage
--
atapci0@pci3:14:0: class=0x01018f card=0x01eb1028 chip=0x024b1166 rev=0x00
hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'ServerWorks (Was: Reliance Computer Corp)'
    device     = 'BCM5785 (HT1000) PATA/IDE Mode'
    class      = mass storage


I had the SAS card in it but I needed to pull it because I needed to put a
SCSI card in for the autochanger(testing fbsd with bacula).

Here's the vmstat output:
Dude ? vmstat -i
interrupt                          total       rate
irq1: atkbd0                          18          0
irq6: atapci0                       1543          0
irq9: acpi0                            2          0
irq11: ohci0 ohci+                    12          0
irq14: ata0                           47          0
irq33: bge0                        14935          7
irq38: ahc0                          138          0
irq39: ahc1                           23          0
cpu0: timer                      4127540       1998
Total                            4144258       2006


I wasn't aware of the pciconf command.  It's kinda cool.  Now I'm
wondering if
I can use it to write the proper data to the configuration register telling it
to not be in PATA mode.  OTOH, the potential to do improper things seems great
so this is a bit scary<so I'm open to all thoughts ;>.

I wonder if the dell is feeding bogus data to fbsd 7, or fbsd 7 is
misinterpreting what it's getting from the dell? 

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 Randy    (schulra@earlham.edu)      765.983.1283         <*>

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