kern/122572: [install] FreeBSD 7.0 doesn't install on Dell PowerEdge SC1435 [regression]

[Mars G Miro]

The following reply was made to PR kern/122572; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Mars G Miro" <spry at anarchy.in.the.ph>
To: Mel <mel.xyzzy at rachie.is-a-geek.net>
Cc: "Felipe Neuwald" <felipe at neuwald.biz>, bug-followup at freebsd.org, 
	vwe at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: kern/122572: [install] FreeBSD 7.0 doesn't install on Dell PowerEdge SC1435 [regression]
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:08:52 +0800

 On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 7:53 PM, Mel <mel.xyzzy at rachie.is-a-geek.net> wrote:
 > On Friday 11 July 2008 12:17:50 Mars G Miro wrote:
 >> Hi Guys,
 >>
 >>   Yeah this bug exists in:
 >>        - 7.0-RELEASE (i386, amd64)
 >>        - 7.0-STABLE-200806 (amd64, didnt try i386)
 >>
 >>   8.0-CURRENT-200806/amd64 (didn't try i386) works OK
 >
 >
 > I upgraded this machine from source to RELENG_7 this week and it hosed the
 > disk, with multiple WRITE_DMA and NMI's in /var/log/messages. I was unable to
 > get a verbose boot before it totally stopped working. So it's not just the
 > install, it's acpi and/or SATA related. [1]
 > However, this is good information. Is there any way to identify, what was
 > fixed in -current that makes it work? I'm happy to try any MFC patches once
 
 
 I guess this isn't fixed in RELENG_7 atm. I really dunno whatever it
 is in -CURRENT that fixed this, sorry :-(
 
 > it's back on RELENG_6 (probably today). I'll reserve a bootable slice for it.
 > For example, could you (Mars) post a verbose boot?
 >
 
 sure: http://pastebin.com/m16928365
 
 > [1] I have a second machine that is totally different (i386/Gateway/ich5/Intel
 > HTT/SATA-150) that had the same install problem and an in place upgrade
 > changed the FreeBSD 6 'ad4' to 'ad16', so we went with UDMA disk instead.
 
 Jahh, i think I experienced the adX name change (just hafta correct
 /etc/fstab, then reboot) sometime when I was in 6.X, I think other
 folks have reported this too. But this is a separate issue (I think)
 ;-)
 
 Thanks.
 
 > --
 > Mel
 >
 
 
 
 -- 
 cheers
 mars