FreeBSD 5.3 for SPARC64 does not find SCSI disks on Unltra 1E

[John Du]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Long" <scottl at freebsd.org>
To: "John Du" <jjohndu at comcast.net>
Cc: <freebsd-sparc64 at freebsd.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 7:21 AM
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3 for SPARC64 does not find SCSI disks on Unltra 1E


> John Du wrote:
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David O'Brien" <obrien at freebsd.org>
>> To: "John Du" <jjohndu at comcast.net>
>> Cc: <freebsd-sparc64 at freebsd.org>
>> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 5:14 PM
>> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3 for SPARC64 does not find SCSI disks on Unltra 
>> 1E
>>
>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 05:37:27PM -0800, John Du wrote:
>>>
>>>> I downloaded and burned the ISO images on CDs.  The first CD boots OK.
>>>> When trying to partition the disks, the installer displays a message
>>>> saying no disks found.
>>>>
>>>> The FreeBSD SPARC64 hardware list has the Ultra 1E as supported.  What
>>>> do I have to do to install FreeBSD 5.3 on the SCSI disks on the Ultra
>>>> 1E?
>>>
>>>
>>> IIRC, the SCSI controller in the Ultra 1E isn't supported yet.  So you
>>> can only use the machine diskless.  Or install a Qlogic ISP1000 S-Bus
>>> card.
>>
>>
>> I ran FreeBSD SPARC64 diskless on this machine before it was officially 
>> released.  When I saw the status of the Ultra 1E changed to "supported" 
>> on the hardware list, I thought it meant the on board SCSI controller was 
>> supported.  Now I know I misunderstood the word "supported."
>>
>> My thanks go to all the people who have offered their help.
>>
>> John Du
>>
>
> So as Marcel said, the best bet here is to send out a capture of the 
> serial console during boot.  Also, does openfirmware report the disks?

I have NetBSD installed and running on the SCSI disk on this machine.  I 
like FreeBSD better because I have been using it since the 386BSD on 
floppies days. I will try to capture the serial console output to the list.

Thanks.

>
> Scott
>