On Sun, 20 May 2012 21:27:21 -0500 Stan Hoeppner <s...@hardwarefreak.com> wrote:
> On 5/20/2012 9:24 AM, Ramon Hofer wrote: > > On Sat, 19 May 2012 11:31:51 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > > >> On 5/19/2012 5:33 AM, Ramon Hofer wrote: > >> > >>> Yes, I'm really thankful for the recommendation. And somehow I > >>> hoped you could jump in and help me :-) > >> > >> I'm actively working on it, have been for a couple of hours on and > >> off. I'm reading your responses as I go before responding so I > >> hopefully don't recommend something you've already tried. I'm > >> still researching. In the mean time, if you can, go ahead and > >> flash the 9240 with the latest firmware, precisely following the > >> instructions. > > > > Should I first flash the new firmware and then test what you > > describe below? > > Flash the firmware, then try too boot the system from the drives > attached to the mobo SATA port, as you have been. If the system locks > as it did before, this will tell us the firmware update didn't solve > the problem. Given that the shipped FW was from 2010, I have high > hopes the new FW will fix this problem. I'm surprised your card > shipped with a FW that old. From what company did you purchase the > 9240-4i? I'm wondering if it may have been sitting on a shelf for a > while. I purchased the card from http://www.techmania.ch/. When I placed the order I asked them if I can come and pick it up directly and they told me that they don't have an own warehouse but they order the card directly from lsi. > > I am not very sure if I do the flashing right. Here's what I do: > > > > 1. Read the firmware readme file [1] > > > >> Installation: > >> ============= > >> Use MegaCLI to flash the SAS controllers. MegaCLI can be > >> downloaded from the support and download section of www.lsi.com. > >> > >> Command syntax: MegaCli -adpfwflash -f imr_fw.rom -a0 > > > > So I download the MegaCLI from [2] and read the MegaCLI readme [3]: > > > >> Installation Commands: > >> =================== > >> 1. Copy MegaCli.exe to a folder. > >> 2. Run MegaCli from the Command Prompt. Use -h option to > >> see help > > menu. > > > > I create a FreeDOS USB stick with unetbooting. Copy MegaCli.exe and > > the imr_fw.rom [4] into a folder on the USB stick, boot it and run > > the above command to flash the card? > > Yep. > > > > > [1] http://www.lsi.com/downloads/Public/MegaRAID%20Common% > > 20Files/20.10.1-0077_SAS_2008_FW_Image_APP-2.120.244-1482.txt > > > > [2] http://www.lsi.com/downloads/Public/MegaRAID%20Common% > > 20Files/8.00.40_Dos_Megacli.zip > > > > [3] http://www.lsi.com/downloads/Public/MegaRAID%20Common%20Files/ > > README_FOR_8.00.40_Dos_Megacli.zip.txt > > > > [4] http://www.lsi.com/downloads/Public/MegaRAID%20Common% > > 20Files/20.10.1-0077_SAS_2008_FW_Image_APP-2.120.244-1482.zip > > > > > > (...) > > > >>> But I didn't know if it's ok to ask you by name. > >> > >> I've been doing a "reply-to-all" with each reply, hoping you'd > >> follow suit. This list is very busy thus a reply-all ensures I > >> won't miss your posts. > > > > I'm using pan to read the newsgroup where's no reply to all button. > > But there's a mail to field which I'm now testing :-) > > Ahh, ok. I didn't realize some people read mailing lists via news > groups. > > When I reply-to-all, where does the copy end up that is sent to > ramonho...@bluewin.ch? Surely you read your email in an MUA such as > ThunderBird or similar. You can reply-to-all from there. This message was sent by claws. Hope it works now :-) > >> Please feel free to address me by name and/or contact me directly > >> off list. I recommended this storage controller/expander solution > >> to you and it's not working yet. I'm not going to leave you > >> twisting in the wind. That's not how I roll. ;) Besides, look at > >> my RHS domain. I have a reputation to uphold. :) > > > > That's very kind! > > I know that everyone here does for free what they do. So I don't > > want to ask for someone to spend his/her time for me. But of course > > I'm really thankful for every single minute you spend to help me :-) > > I'll be with you until it's fixed, working, or until we identify the > root cause. It's always possible that the HBA is defective in some > way. If neither the firmware update no other measures fix the > problem, you may need to send the card back for replacement. I really appreciate that. Thanks alot! > BTW, after you flash the FW, power off the machine and remove the > Intel Expander from its PCIe slot. Disconnect the 8087 cable from > the 9240. Then power up and see if the system boots from the mobo > connected drives. This will isolate the 9240 from the downstream SAS > expander and drives. This was my idea before so I did most of the tests without the expander card... Best regards Ramon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120521143835.125d9c15@nb-10114
