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

Mars G Miro spry at anarchy.in.the.ph
Tue Mar 10 03:20:06 PDT 2009


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>, Felipe Neuwald <felipe at neuwald.biz>, 
	bug-followup at freebsd.org, vwe at freebsd.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: kern/122572: [install] FreeBSD 7.0 doesn't install on Dell 
	PowerEdge SC1435 [regression]
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:56:37 +0800

 On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 3:08 PM, Mars G Miro <spry at anarchy.in.the.ph> wrote=
 :
 > On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 7:53 PM, Mel <mel.xyzzy at rachie.is-a-geek.net> wro=
 te:
 >> On Friday 11 July 2008 12:17:50 Mars G Miro wrote:
 >>> Hi Guys,
 >>>
 >>> =A0 Yeah this bug exists in:
 >>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0- 7.0-RELEASE (i386, amd64)
 >>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0- 7.0-STABLE-200806 (amd64, didnt try i386)
 >>>
 >>> =A0 8.0-CURRENT-200806/amd64 (didn't try i386) works OK
 >>
 
 
 Hi guys,
 
     FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE works fine on this.
 
 
 >>
 >> I upgraded this machine from source to RELENG_7 this week and it hosed t=
 he
 >> disk, with multiple WRITE_DMA and NMI's in /var/log/messages. I was unab=
 le to
 >> get a verbose boot before it totally stopped working. So it's not just t=
 he
 >> install, it's acpi and/or SATA related. [1]
 >> However, this is good information. Is there any way to identify, what wa=
 s
 >> fixed in -current that makes it work? I'm happy to try any MFC patches o=
 nce
 >
 >
 > 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 fo=
 r 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
 >
 
 
 
 --=20
 cheers
 mars
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