John Cooper wrote:
> Hi, has anyone had trouble with the Perc4e/Di on board RAID controller
> where it will not create partitions on any Linux install? I'm not sure
> if it is a megaraid driver bug or controller bug. I'm installing on an
> old Dell Poweredge 2600 server. At the point it partitions the disk, the
> mkfs fails immediately with similar output to this :-
>
> megaraid: aborting-29762 cmd=2a <c=2 t=0 l=0>
> megaraid abort: 29762:21[255:128], fw owner
> megaraid: aborting-29763 cmd=2a <c=2 t=0 l=0>
> megaraid abort: 29763:39[255:128], fw owner
> megaraid: aborting-29764 cmd=2a <c=2 t=0 l=0>
> megaraid abort: 29764:16[255:128], fw owner
> megaraid: aborting-29768 cmd=2a <c=2 t=0 l=0>
> megaraid abort: 29768:53[255:128], fw owner
> ....
> megaraid: aborting-29831 cmd=2a <c=2 t=0 l=0>
> megaraid abort: 29831:8[255:128], fw owner
> megaraid: resetting the host...
> megaraid: 64 outstanding commands. Max wait 180 sec
> megaraid mbox: Wait for 64 commands to complete:180
> megaraid mbox: Wait for 64 commands to complete:175
>
> megaraid mbox counts down to 0, and then...
>
> megaraid mbox: critical hardware error!
> megaraid: resetting the host...
> megaraid: hw error, cannot reset
> megaraid: resetting the host...
> megaraid: hw error, cannot reset
> SCSI error : <0 2 0 0> return code = 0x6000000
> end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 242938701
> Buffer I/O error on device dm-4, logical block 9893952 lost page write
> due to I/O error on dm-4
> scsi0 (0:0): rejecting I/O to offline device
>
> I've updated the system BIOS and Perc4e/Di firmware (522D) but still the
> same. Changing from RAID to SCSI in the bios allows a full install
> proving the hardware is fine.
>
> I support an identical server which has run RHEL4 for years without any
> problems. My server has a rev 07 device compared to rev 08 on the good one.
>
> 02:05.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1030 PCI-X
> Fusion-MPT Dual Ultra320 SCSI (rev 08)
> 02:05.1 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1030 PCI-X
> Fusion-MPT Dual Ultra320 SCSI (rev 08)
> 03:0b.0 RAID bus controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic MegaRAID (rev 01)
>
> John.
>
I've got a few of these on 1800's and have noticed this scrolling past
every now & then but the box runs fine & installed OK with Etch. I also
have one with Smoothwall Advanced Server & this would throw up the error
but the box works fine so was naughty & ignored it. The CentOS5's have
installed fine and I've not noticed it.
I have a couple of "spare" 2600's sitting on the shelf but I don't think
the have the Perc4e's in but I'll have a look later if you like
Brian
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