amd64/123495: 7.0 AMD64 doesn't install on a Dell SC1435

Xin LI delphij at delphij.net
Thu May 8 20:59:11 UTC 2008


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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 at 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 at 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 at delphij.net>	http://www.delphij.net/
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