RE: Problems installing Fre*BSD with 3ware 9500S-4LP

Looks like you cannot reboot after an install since the 
driver is not part of the OS you just finished installing.

This is what you can do:

1. While installing the OS, load the driver from a floppy
(sysinstall->Configure->KLDLoad).  You are probably already
doing this.
2. After installation, during reboot, escape to the loader
prompt, and again with a floppy with the driver inserted,
load the driver by doing 'load disk0:twa.ko'.
3. Do a 'boot' and you should be able to boot.
4. Once you have successfully rebooted, either build the kernel
with the driver sources, or simply copy the driver binary (twa.ko)
to /boot/kernel, and add the following line
to /boot/loader.conf:
twa_load="YES"
This should make the driver load automatically during every reboot.

Also, sorry about the mistype 'FreeBSD 5.1' on the 3ware
website.  It should indeed be 'FreeBSD 5.2'.  It's in the 
process of being corrected.

Please contact 3ware support with any questions you might have.
They should be able to assist you.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Doug White
> Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 11:28 AM
> To: Patrick Hurrelmann
> Cc: freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Problems installing FreeBSD with 3ware 9500S-4LP
> 
> 
> well you replied to yourself and made this a mess, I'll see 
> what I can do
> to trim it down :)
> 
> On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Patrick Hurrelmann wrote:
> 
> > > > Whats the RAID config?
> > >
> > > I forgot to include that. Shame on me.
> > > 4x 120GB, 7200rpm, 8mb chache WesternDigital Disks are 
> configured as one Raid 5 array.
> >
> > Disk details: WDC WD1200JB-75GBB0
> 
> So 1 4-disk raid5. ok.
> 
> > > > > 5.1-Release
> > > > > w ACPI: Loading twa.ko (binary distribution of 
> 3ware.com for 5.2) in 		sysinstall failes.
> > > > > w/o ACPI: same as w ACPI.
> > > >
> > > > I wouldn't expect this to work.
> > >
> 
> > > I tried that, as download page on 3ware says (FreeBSD 5.1, but i
> > > excpect that this is an error)
> 
> Yeah, I don't think thats right; Vinod said its been qualified on 5.2.
> The kernel ABI's changed since 5.1.
> 
> > > > > 5.2-Release
> > > > > w ACPI: loaded twa.ko in sysinstall.
> > > > > 	install went ok, on next reboot it just halts 
> after BTX-Loader.
> > > > > 	I cannot load twa.ko in loader.
> > > > > w/o ACPI: same as w ACPI.
> > > >
> > > > Hm, sounds like the loader is getting corrupted. Try 
> booting the install
> > > > CD, breaking out of the loader countdown and run these commands
> > > > (untested):
> > > >
> > > > unload
> > > > set rootdev=disk1s1a (or whatever disk you put freebsd on)
> > > > boot /boot/kernel/kernel
> > >
> > > No, i think i didn't make it clearly enough. It halt on 
> BTX-Loader.
> > > I don't to the "real" loader. I don't see what modules it 
> loads, etc.
> > > I'll reboot an post the exact message i see.
> 
> I was asking if you can boot off a different media here.  
> Since you can
> boot off the CDROM okay, I wanted you to use the CD's loader 
> to boot the
> on-disk system.  If that worked then the loader binary on disk was
> probably corrupted.
> 
> > > twa.ko from 3ware dowload-site included new firmware. The 
> controller
> > > has been updated automatically.
> > >
> > twa firmware is 2.02.00.011
> > twa bios is 2.02.01.037
> 
> Ah, they split it into runtime firmware and BIOS.  I was 
> curious if there
> was a new BIOS available, but it appears its a part of the 
> driver package
> now. Thats annoying; if you can't boot due to a BIOS problem, 
> you can't
> boot to upload a new BIOS.  Nice chicken-&-egg problem.
> 
> > > I have second ide-disk with a some day old current. I can 
> mount the partitions created during install. All seems to be ok.
> > >
> > > I tried a install with twa.ko of current, but it panics with an
> > > page-fault everytime i load the module through sysinstall.
> 
> Sounds like the module and kernel are mismatched here.
> 
> I'd suggest contacting 3ware at this point, since there is 
> obviously a bug
> in the 3ware BIOS.
> 
> -- 
> Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
> dwhite_at_gumbysoft.com          |  www.FreeBSD.org
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