From owner-freebsd-proliant@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 5 02:41:44 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68BAA16A47C for ; Sun, 5 Nov 2006 02:41:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sensate607@coo.net) Received: from 43.140.187.220.broad.sx.zj.dynamic.cndata.com (43.140.187.220.broad.sx.zj.dynamic.cndata.com [220.187.140.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F264A44669 for ; Sun, 5 Nov 2006 02:41:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sensate607@coo.net) Received: from 24.74.248.72 by 220.187.140.43; Sat, 04 Nov 2006 21:31:46 -0500 Message-ID: From: "“n•Ó ‹¿" To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 19:35:46 -0700 X-Mailer: AOL 9.0 for Windows US sub 310 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-IP: 55.152.176.248 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: =?iso-8859-1?q?=82=A8=8A=E8=82=A2?= X-BeenThere: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: “n•Ó ‹¿ List-Id: "Technical discussion of FreeBSD on HP ProLiant server platforms." 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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 16:30:33 -0000 Hello, folks. I recently purchased an HP Proliant DL145 G2. It has twin 80GB SATA drives, 1GB RAM, and the most recent BIOS. I've installed CentOS on it after trying to get the FreeBSD 6.1 amd64 disk to boot and having problems. The thing is, I really would prefer FreeBSD on this box, so I'm hoping you guys can help. When I boot to the full install disk (#1), all the hardware passes the tests and the FreeBSD boot screen seems to start up. It immediately switches to a screen full of gibberish characters, sort of 'flying by' like a Matrix screensaver. I assume this is some sort of panic. I've read that I should disable ACPI in BIOS, but there is no setting to do so. The only mention of ACPI is under the 'Hammer' menu and won't allow me to change from 'Enabled' to 'Disabled' when I try. I burned the mini install CD to attempt to boot from that, and it sort of worked the first time. It took me to the boot loader screen but everything was hung at that point. Successive attempts to boot from the mini CD cause the same problems as booting from the full install CD. I know the hardware is all fine, as it runs CentOS 4.4 fine. Is there a Proliant-specific BIOS option (or BIOS version?!?) that I should run, is this a console problem (my display is plugged directly into the VGA port and seems to work fine), or what? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I saw on the FreeBSD motherboard list that the amd64 version works with the DL 145 G2, so I'm terribly confused. Thanks, toby From owner-freebsd-proliant@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 7 21:25:43 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12DA216A412 for ; Tue, 7 Nov 2006 21:25:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from janm@transactionware.com) Received: from mail.transactionware.com (mail.transactionware.com [203.14.245.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5B54443D49 for ; Tue, 7 Nov 2006 21:25:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from janm@transactionware.com) Received: (qmail 9883 invoked from network); 7 Nov 2006 21:26:01 -0000 Received: from new.transactionware.com (192.168.1.55) by dm.transactionware.com with SMTP; 7 Nov 2006 21:26:01 -0000 Received: (qmail 89803 invoked by uid 1026); 7 Nov 2006 21:26:01 -0000 Received: from 127.0.0.1 by new.transactionware.com (envelope-from , uid 1003) with qmail-scanner-1.25 (spamassassin: 3.0.2. Clear:RC:1(127.0.0.1):. Processed in 3.283582 secs); 07 Nov 2006 21:26:01 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO JMLAPTOP) (unknown) by unknown with SMTP; 7 Nov 2006 21:25:57 -0000 From: "Jan Mikkelsen" To: "'Toby Boudreaux'" , Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 08:25:35 +1100 Organization: Transactionware Message-ID: <000a01c702b3$4418b560$0204a8c0@transactionware.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <4C353B8E-7FE7-43DC-AF42-2C6B79819D5E@barbariangroup.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 Cc: Subject: RE: Can't install FreeBSD 6.1 on DL145 G2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Technical discussion of FreeBSD on HP ProLiant server platforms." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 21:25:43 -0000 Hi, I have run 6.1 on the DL145 and the DL145G2. I don't recall having to do anything special. ACPI was enabled. I didn't use sysinstall on 6.1 to set up the machines, but I am reasonably sure that I did boot a 6.1 CD into the fixit shell. Do you have the iLO remote console enabled? I never did get that to work properly beyond the boot loader ... (I can no longer get to the machine to check settings.) Regards, Jan Mikkelsen > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Toby > Boudreaux > Sent: Wednesday, 8 November 2006 3:30 AM > To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org > Subject: Can't install FreeBSD 6.1 on DL145 G2 > > > Hello, folks. > > I recently purchased an HP Proliant DL145 G2. It has twin 80GB SATA > drives, 1GB RAM, and the most recent BIOS. > > I've installed CentOS on it after trying to get the FreeBSD > 6.1 amd64 > disk to boot and having problems. The thing is, I really > would prefer > FreeBSD on this box, so I'm hoping you guys can help. > > When I boot to the full install disk (#1), all the hardware passes > the tests and the FreeBSD boot screen seems to start up. It > immediately switches to a screen full of gibberish characters, sort > of 'flying by' like a Matrix screensaver. I assume this is some sort > of panic. > > I've read that I should disable ACPI in BIOS, but there is no > setting > to do so. The only mention of ACPI is under the 'Hammer' menu and > won't allow me to change from 'Enabled' to 'Disabled' when I try. > > I burned the mini install CD to attempt to boot from that, and it > sort of worked the first time. It took me to the boot loader screen > but everything was hung at that point. > > Successive attempts to boot from the mini CD cause the same problems > as booting from the full install CD. > > I know the hardware is all fine, as it runs CentOS 4.4 fine. > > Is there a Proliant-specific BIOS option (or BIOS version?!?) that I > should run, is this a console problem (my display is plugged > directly > into the VGA port and seems to work fine), or what? > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I saw on the FreeBSD > motherboard list that the amd64 version works with the DL 145 G2, so > I'm terribly confused. > > Thanks, > toby > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-proliant > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-proliant-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > From owner-freebsd-proliant@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 7 21:31:16 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23F6916A47B for ; Tue, 7 Nov 2006 21:31:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from toby@barbariangroup.com) Received: from barbariangroup.com (zaxxon.barbariangroup.com [66.92.94.157]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5A3643D62 for ; Tue, 7 Nov 2006 21:31:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from toby@barbariangroup.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by barbariangroup.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEC6519146B8; Tue, 7 Nov 2006 16:31:01 -0500 (EST) Received: from barbariangroup.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (dsl092-094-157.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 05043-05; Tue, 7 Nov 2006 16:30:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.3.6] (unknown [69.38.128.66]) by barbariangroup.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4C421914695; Tue, 7 Nov 2006 16:30:54 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <000a01c702b3$4418b560$0204a8c0@transactionware.com> References: <000a01c702b3$4418b560$0204a8c0@transactionware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <9C8D8F87-D2CE-4BEE-A4F7-FDF793ED241C@barbariangroup.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Toby Boudreaux Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 16:30:47 -0500 To: "Jan Mikkelsen" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at barbariangroup.com Cc: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't install FreeBSD 6.1 on DL145 G2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Technical discussion of FreeBSD on HP ProLiant server platforms." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 21:31:16 -0000 Hi, Jan. Thanks for the reply. I think I've found the problem. I'm using a USB CD-ROM to install, and it seems to hit a bug with FreeBSD (#85257). I've tried to burn the ISO to my Sandisk Cruzer 2GB thumb drive and boot from it, but it never seems to boot. It just hangs with a blinking cursor. My server has no internal CD-ROM drive, and floppy support (I have a USB floppy drive) doesn't seem to work with the amd64 distro. I'm kind of stuck now. Any ideas on any front? :) On Nov 7, 2006, at 4:25 PM, Jan Mikkelsen wrote: > Hi, > > I have run 6.1 on the DL145 and the DL145G2. I don't recall having > to do > anything special. ACPI was enabled. > > I didn't use sysinstall on 6.1 to set up the machines, but I am > reasonably > sure that I did boot a 6.1 CD into the fixit shell. > > Do you have the iLO remote console enabled? I never did get that > to work > properly beyond the boot loader ... > > (I can no longer get to the machine to check settings.) > > Regards, > > Jan Mikkelsen > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Toby >> Boudreaux >> Sent: Wednesday, 8 November 2006 3:30 AM >> To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org >> Subject: Can't install FreeBSD 6.1 on DL145 G2 >> >> >> Hello, folks. >> >> I recently purchased an HP Proliant DL145 G2. It has twin 80GB SATA >> drives, 1GB RAM, and the most recent BIOS. >> >> I've installed CentOS on it after trying to get the FreeBSD >> 6.1 amd64 >> disk to boot and having problems. The thing is, I really >> would prefer >> FreeBSD on this box, so I'm hoping you guys can help. >> >> When I boot to the full install disk (#1), all the hardware passes >> the tests and the FreeBSD boot screen seems to start up. It >> immediately switches to a screen full of gibberish characters, sort >> of 'flying by' like a Matrix screensaver. I assume this is some sort >> of panic. >> >> I've read that I should disable ACPI in BIOS, but there is no >> setting >> to do so. The only mention of ACPI is under the 'Hammer' menu and >> won't allow me to change from 'Enabled' to 'Disabled' when I try. >> >> I burned the mini install CD to attempt to boot from that, and it >> sort of worked the first time. It took me to the boot loader screen >> but everything was hung at that point. >> >> Successive attempts to boot from the mini CD cause the same problems >> as booting from the full install CD. >> >> I know the hardware is all fine, as it runs CentOS 4.4 fine. >> >> Is there a Proliant-specific BIOS option (or BIOS version?!?) that I >> should run, is this a console problem (my display is plugged >> directly >> into the VGA port and seems to work fine), or what? >> >> Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I saw on the FreeBSD >> motherboard list that the amd64 version works with the DL 145 G2, so >> I'm terribly confused. >> >> Thanks, >> toby >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-proliant >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-proliant-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > Toby Joe Boudreaux Director of Technology The Barbarian Group 552 Broadway, #3F New York, NY 10012 http://www.barbariangroup.com/ toby@barbariangroup.com 212-343-4225 From owner-freebsd-proliant@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 8 07:45:16 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1253416A4A7 for ; Wed, 8 Nov 2006 07:45:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from janm@transactionware.com) Received: from mail.transactionware.com (mail.transactionware.com [203.14.245.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 79C2543D5F for ; Wed, 8 Nov 2006 07:45:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from janm@transactionware.com) Received: (qmail 22733 invoked from network); 8 Nov 2006 07:45:28 -0000 Received: from new.transactionware.com (192.168.1.55) by dm.transactionware.com with SMTP; 8 Nov 2006 07:45:28 -0000 Received: (qmail 92156 invoked by uid 1026); 8 Nov 2006 07:45:29 -0000 Received: from 192.168.1.51 by new.transactionware.com (envelope-from , uid 1003) with qmail-scanner-1.25 (spamassassin: 3.0.2. Clear:RC:1(192.168.1.51):. Processed in 4.018357 secs); 08 Nov 2006 07:45:29 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO janmxp) (192.168.1.51) by new.transactionware.com with SMTP; 8 Nov 2006 07:45:23 -0000 Message-ID: <000301c70309$d2bf9b70$3301a8c0@janmxp> From: "Jan Mikkelsen" To: "Toby Boudreaux" References: <000a01c702b3$4418b560$0204a8c0@transactionware.com> <9C8D8F87-D2CE-4BEE-A4F7-FDF793ED241C@barbariangroup.com> Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 18:45:12 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.3790.2663 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3790.2757 Cc: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't install FreeBSD 6.1 on DL145 G2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Technical discussion of FreeBSD on HP ProLiant server platforms." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 07:45:16 -0000 Hi Tony, > Hi, Jan. Thanks for the reply. > > I think I've found the problem. > > I'm using a USB CD-ROM to install, and it seems to hit a bug with FreeBSD > (#85257). > > I've tried to burn the ISO to my Sandisk Cruzer 2GB thumb drive and boot > from it, but it never seems to boot. It just hangs with a blinking > cursor. > > My server has no internal CD-ROM drive, and floppy support (I have a USB > floppy drive) doesn't seem to work with the amd64 distro. > > I'm kind of stuck now. > > Any ideas on any front? :) You can boot off a USB key, you just need to put something other than an ISO image on it. A UFS filesystem and a bootblock is probably a good idea. However, the easiest thing to do is probably to set up a pxeboot server and boot off an NFS image. For example: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/pxe/article.html Regards, Jan. From owner-freebsd-proliant@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 8 15:45:40 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 841B716A407 for ; Wed, 8 Nov 2006 15:45:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from toby@barbariangroup.com) Received: from we-code.com (host.we-code.com [209.59.180.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A35AE43D8B for ; Wed, 8 Nov 2006 15:45:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from toby@barbariangroup.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by we-code.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DC1E13C060; Wed, 8 Nov 2006 10:43:31 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at we-code.com Received: from we-code.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (host.we-code.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id v3XUPMSJBt0A; Wed, 8 Nov 2006 10:43:29 -0500 (EST) Received: by we-code.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 407CA13C06D; Wed, 8 Nov 2006 10:43:29 -0500 (EST) Received: from [10.0.1.3] (cpe-24-193-36-65.nyc.res.rr.com [24.193.36.65]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by we-code.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8115013C060; Wed, 8 Nov 2006 10:43:27 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <000301c70309$d2bf9b70$3301a8c0@janmxp> References: <000a01c702b3$4418b560$0204a8c0@transactionware.com> <9C8D8F87-D2CE-4BEE-A4F7-FDF793ED241C@barbariangroup.com> <000301c70309$d2bf9b70$3301a8c0@janmxp> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) X-Priority: 3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <0865B2B6-2FF3-4E0F-83FF-08C010A28465@barbariangroup.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Toby Boudreaux Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 10:45:14 -0500 To: Jan Mikkelsen X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) Cc: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't install FreeBSD 6.1 on DL145 G2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Technical discussion of FreeBSD on HP ProLiant server platforms." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 15:45:40 -0000 For the record, I tried booting off the i386 floppies using a USB floppy drive, and got the same panic-like screen. Seems all USB devices are problematic. I'll try to boot off a thumb drive today. -toby On Nov 8, 2006, at 2:45 AM, Jan Mikkelsen wrote: > Hi Tony, > >> Hi, Jan. Thanks for the reply. >> >> I think I've found the problem. >> >> I'm using a USB CD-ROM to install, and it seems to hit a bug with >> FreeBSD (#85257). >> >> I've tried to burn the ISO to my Sandisk Cruzer 2GB thumb drive >> and boot from it, but it never seems to boot. It just hangs with >> a blinking cursor. >> >> My server has no internal CD-ROM drive, and floppy support (I have >> a USB floppy drive) doesn't seem to work with the amd64 distro. >> >> I'm kind of stuck now. >> >> Any ideas on any front? :) > > You can boot off a USB key, you just need to put something other > than an ISO image on it. A UFS filesystem and a bootblock is > probably a good idea. > > However, the easiest thing to do is probably to set up a pxeboot > server and boot off an NFS image. For example: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/pxe/article.html > > Regards, > > Jan. > >