jcaldwell@ymcastlouis.org
2004-Sep-16 08:35 UTC
IBM xSeries 225 with single processor - can't boot 5.x?
I've got a number of IBM xSeries x225 servers, which are dual-capable but right now have only one Xeon processor each. Attempting to boot from the install CD for both 5.2.1 and 5.3-BETA3 yields the same problem - endless streams of what look like register states, seperated by single characters of the '/|\-' sequence. Doesn't even get past the boot loader. Any thoughts on this? I'm in the process of switching all of my i386 NetBSD and Novell servers over to FreeBSD (faster release cycle, so better new hardware support), so I'm not familair with the subtle nuances of FreeBSD yet, but I do have it working on about 4 other machines - 3 single-processor machines and one dual-processor with both CPUs in place. I'm wondering if the problem might have something to do with that empty processor socket, or the fact that it's a Xeon. -Jim
Niels Piersma
2004-Sep-16 08:47 UTC
IBM xSeries 225 with single processor - can't boot 5.x?
Jim, I have the same problem. Even after BIOS upgrades etc. it didn't want to boot. (endless screens of dumps). In the end I reverted back to FreeBSD 4.10. I can confirm this problem occurs on SINGLE processor x225 machines. %Niels -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of jcaldwell@ymcastlouis.org Sent: donderdag 16 september 2004 17:38 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: IBM xSeries 225 with single processor - can't boot 5.x? I've got a number of IBM xSeries x225 servers, which are dual-capable but right now have only one Xeon processor each. Attempting to boot from the install CD for both 5.2.1 and 5.3-BETA3 yields the same problem - endless streams of what look like register states, seperated by single characters of the '/|\-' sequence. Doesn't even get past the boot loader. Any thoughts on this? I'm in the process of switching all of my i386 NetBSD and Novell servers over to FreeBSD (faster release cycle, so better new hardware support), so I'm not familair with the subtle nuances of FreeBSD yet, but I do have it working on about 4 other machines - 3 single-processor machines and one dual-processor with both CPUs in place. I'm wondering if the problem might have something to do with that empty processor socket, or the fact that it's a Xeon. -Jim _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Piersma.COM is een handelsnaam van Piersma Beheer B.V. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version.
On Sep 16, 2004, at 11:37 AM, jcaldwell@ymcastlouis.org wrote:> I've got a number of IBM xSeries x225 servers, which are dual-capable > but > right now have only one Xeon processor each. Attempting to boot from > the > install CD for both 5.2.1 and 5.3-BETA3 yields the same problem - > endless > streams of what look like register states, seperated by single > characters > of the '/|\-' sequence. Doesn't even get past the boot loader. >Does it look like what I just submitted in http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=71800 I'm on a generic system with an AMD Duron 850MHz processor. This has only happend to me on BETA3 (just cvsup'd to BETA4). Hopefully it won't happen again!
Niels Piersma
2004-Sep-16 11:00 UTC
IBM xSeries 225 with single processor - can't boot 5.x?
I'll try later this week. (After IBM repairs my server!!!) It just broke down today. Doesn't respond to powerbutton anymore..... %Niels -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Xander Damen Sent: donderdag 16 september 2004 18:40 To: Niels Piersma; freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBM xSeries 225 with single processor - can't boot 5.x? Don't know if it is exactly the same problem, but when I tried to boot 5.x on the IBM Netfinity 5100, it would hang. When I disabled acpi in the kernel it did boot. Xander ----- Original Message ----- From: "Niels Piersma" <niels@piersma.com> To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Sent: Thursday 16 September 2004 17:47 Subject: RE: IBM xSeries 225 with single processor - can't boot 5.x? Jim, I have the same problem. Even after BIOS upgrades etc. it didn't want to boot. (endless screens of dumps). In the end I reverted back to FreeBSD 4.10. I can confirm this problem occurs on SINGLE processor x225 machines. %Niels -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of jcaldwell@ymcastlouis.org Sent: donderdag 16 september 2004 17:38 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: IBM xSeries 225 with single processor - can't boot 5.x? I've got a number of IBM xSeries x225 servers, which are dual-capable but right now have only one Xeon processor each. Attempting to boot from the install CD for both 5.2.1 and 5.3-BETA3 yields the same problem - endless streams of what look like register states, seperated by single characters of the '/|\-' sequence. Doesn't even get past the boot loader. Any thoughts on this? I'm in the process of switching all of my i386 NetBSD and Novell servers over to FreeBSD (faster release cycle, so better new hardware support), so I'm not familair with the subtle nuances of FreeBSD yet, but I do have it working on about 4 other machines - 3 single-processor machines and one dual-processor with both CPUs in place. I'm wondering if the problem might have something to do with that empty processor socket, or the fact that it's a Xeon. -Jim _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Piersma.COM is een handelsnaam van Piersma Beheer B.V. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
Company Mail Archive
2004-Sep-16 11:03 UTC
IBM xSeries 225 with single processor - can't boot 5.x?
No, not at all. The x225Bug looks like full x86 32-bit debug dumps. full-screen-colums with memory adresses. Etc. %Niels -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org namens Vivek Khera Verzonden: do 16-9-2004 19:58 Aan: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org CC: Onderwerp: Re: IBM xSeries 225 with single processor - can't boot 5.x? Piersma.COM is een handelsnaam van Piersma Beheer B.V. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version.
Jochen Knuth
2004-Sep-16 14:30 UTC
IBM xSeries 225 with single processor - can't boot 5.x?
Hi, jcaldwell@ymcastlouis.org schrieb:> I've got a number of IBM xSeries x225 servers, which are dual-capable but > right now have only one Xeon processor each. Attempting to boot from the > install CD for both 5.2.1 and 5.3-BETA3 yields the same problem - endless > streams of what look like register states, seperated by single characters > of the '/|\-' sequence. Doesn't even get past the boot loader. >... i had the same problem on the IBM xSeries x225, trying to boot it with several version of 5.x but without success. Only after installing Linux on the server i made an last attempt and booted some rescue cd (http://www.sysresccd.org/ ) which had the "smart boot manager" on it. i got into the smart boot manager, changed the cd to a 5.x one and selected to boot from cd and it worked. I have attached a dmesg from the server, since then updated to Beta4 (it was before the beta phase when i tried it)> -Jim > _______________________________________________Ciao, Jochen -- -------------------------------------------------- Jochen Knuth WebMaster http://www.ipro.de IPRO GmbH Phone ++49-7152-93330 Steinbeisstr. 6 Fax ++49-7152-933340 71229 Leonberg EMail: J.Knuth@ipro.de -------------- next part -------------- Copyright (c) 1992-2004 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD 5.3-BETA4 #1: Mon Sep 13 22:34:11 CEST 2004 root@unix2server.intern.ipro.de:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/IPRO5 Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.80GHz (2800.11-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0xf29 Stepping = 9 Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE> Hyperthreading: 2 logical CPUs real memory = 1610547200 (1535 MB) avail memory = 1572716544 (1499 MB) ACPI APIC Table: <IntelR AWRDACPI> FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0 cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 1 ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 4 ioapic0 <Version 2.0> irqs 0-23 on motherboard ioapic1 <Version 2.0> irqs 24-47 on motherboard ioapic2 <Version 2.0> irqs 48-71 on motherboard npx0: [FAST] npx0: <math processor> on motherboard npx0: INT 16 interface acpi0: <IntelR AWRDACPI> on motherboard acpi0: Power Button (fixed) Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x4008-0x400b on acpi0 cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0 cpu1: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0 acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0 pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0 pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0 agp0: <Intel Generic host to PCI bridge> mem 0xe8000000-0xebffffff at device 0.0 on pci0 pci0: <unknown> at device 0.1 (no driver attached) pcib1: <PCI-PCI bridge> mem 0xec000000-0xefffffff at device 1.0 on pci0 pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1 pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 2.0 on pci0 pcib2: could not get PCI interrupt routing table for \\_SB_.PCI0.P64A - AE_NOT_FOUND pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2 pci2: <base peripheral, interrupt controller> at device 28.0 (no driver attached) pcib3: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 29.0 on pci2 pci3: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib3 bge0: <Broadcom BCM5703 Gigabit Ethernet, ASIC rev. 0x1002> mem 0xf6000000-0xf600ffff irq 48 at device 1.0 on pci3 miibus0: <MII bus> on bge0 brgphy0: <BCM5703 10/100/1000baseTX PHY> on miibus0 brgphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseTX, 1000baseTX-FDX, auto bge0: Ethernet address: 00:0c:76:ed:32:f1 pci2: <base peripheral, interrupt controller> at device 30.0 (no driver attached) pcib4: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 31.0 on pci2 pci4: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib4 ips0: <Adaptec ServeRAID Adapter> mem 0xf0000000-0xf3ffffff,0xf5000000-0xf5000fff irq 24 at device 1.0 on pci4 ips0: [GIANT-LOCKED] pci0: <unknown> at device 2.1 (no driver attached) pci0: <serial bus, USB> at device 29.0 (no driver attached) pci0: <serial bus, USB> at device 29.1 (no driver attached) pci0: <serial bus, USB> at device 29.2 (no driver attached) pci0: <serial bus, USB> at device 29.7 (no driver attached) pcib5: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0 pci5: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib5 ahc0: <Adaptec 2940A Ultra SCSI adapter> port 0xc000-0xc0ff mem 0xf9000000-0xf9000fff irq 21 at device 0.0 on pci5 ahc0: [GIANT-LOCKED] aic7860: Ultra Single Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 3/253 SCBs pci5: <display, VGA> at device 1.0 (no driver attached) isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0 isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0 atapci0: <Intel ICH4 UDMA100 controller> port 0xf000-0xf00f,0x376,0x170-0x177,0x3f6,0x1f0-0x1f7 at device 31.1 on pci0 ata0: channel #0 on atapci0 ata1: channel #1 on atapci0 pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 31.3 (no driver attached) pci0: <multimedia, audio> at device 31.5 (no driver attached) fdc0: <floppy drive controller> port 0x3f7,0x3f2-0x3f5 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0 fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0 sio0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on acpi0 sio0: type 16550A sio1 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0 sio1: type 16550A atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x64,0x60 irq 1 on acpi0 atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0 kbd0 at atkbd0 atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED] psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0 psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED] psm0: model Generic PS/2 mouse, device ID 0 pmtimer0 on isa0 orm0: <ISA Option ROMs> at iomem 0xce000-0xce7ff,0xc8000-0xc97ff,0xc0000-0xc7fff on isa0 sc0: <System console> on isa0 sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x200> vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec ATAPI_RESET time = 60us acd0: CDROM <SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC-148A/B401> at ata1-master UDMA33 Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle ips0: resetting adapter, this may take up to 5 minutes ips0: adapter type: ServeRAID 6i (sebring) ips0: logical drives: 1 ips0: Logical Drive 0: RAID5 sectors: 142192640, state OK ipsd0: <Logical Drive> on ips0 ipsd0: Logical Drive (69430MB) SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched! Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ipsd0s1a