i386/68438: bootloader cannot read from icp vortex arrays

[Kevin M. Kilbride]

>Number:         68438
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       bootloader cannot read from icp vortex arrays
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-i386
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Jun 28 08:50:22 GMT 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Kevin M. Kilbride
>Release:        5.2
>Organization:
Sapient Systems Laboratories
>Environment:
Not applicable (cannot boot)
>Description:
The FreeBSD bootloader is incapable of reading from an Intel ICP Vortex RAID controller. Booting from CD-ROM allows a kernel with the appropriate driver (iir) to load, and installation then proceeds to the array without problem. On reboot, the bootloader complains that it cannot read "/boot/loader" and it makes no difference what partitioning scheme/boot block is used.
>How-To-Repeat:
Boot from CD-ROM. Install to RAID array using iir driver. Reboot machine.
>Fix:
Unknown
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