On Tuesday 30 August 2005 12:05, the author Robert Slade contributed to the dialogue on- Proliant 5000 sever Fbsd 5.4 (re)boot problem:
>Hiya, > >I've been working on this beasty on and off for some time. It's a Quad >processor 1 Gbyte of memory and 5 scsi drives using the 2p raid >controller setup as 2 raid arrays + 1 spare. > >The machine works fine with 5.4 release #0 with the supplied generic >kernel. > >The problem(s) I have been having are: > >1. When I recompiled the Kernel with SMP support, I get random reboots. >It also fails to boot sometimes failing at the point after waiting for >the scsi drives to settle. I get some error codes and Fbsd fails to find >the boot device. > >2. I CVSuped to 5.4 release #2 and recompiled the Kernel with SMP >support. This does to boot at all. It gets as far as the waiting 15s for >scsi devices to settle, then (appears to) reset the scsi controller and >immediately tries to access the drives (does not wait). I have tried >recompiling with scsi_delay set to 30000 (30s) with no change. > >I have checked dmesg and message logs but there is nothing related to >the problem(s) there. > >I have gone back to the 5.4 release #0 single processor kernel for now >which is a shame as the machine is slow without the multi processor >support. > >The only thing out of the ordinary I have noted is a tx underunn -- >increasing threshold to 512 bytes message which appears related to >running kde remotely via vncserver and tinync. > >Any ideas, I can send conf files etc if needed. > >Thanks > >Rob > What are your bios setting? My guess is that you have not made the right setting using the siftware and configuration utilities david -- 40 yrs navigating and computing in blue waters. English Owner & Captain of British Registered 60' bluewater Ketch S/V Taurus. Currently in San Diego, CA. Sailing bound for Europe via Panama Canal after completing engineroom refit. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
