Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 14:13:00 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Denny White" <dennyboy@cableone.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: HP LC II Netserver PNP BIOS Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNKEJLFBAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <20050530043034.U575@dualman.cableone.net>
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Hi Denny, I used to admin a network with a number of those systems on it but it's been years since I've dealt with one, so I've forgotten everything from the BIOS screen. But I did know that HP had the manuals online, so when you said you had no manual for it, I naturally assumed that you were unaware that HP is still supporting them (after a fashion) and that a few minutes work would get you the manual. Now, if you had posted something like "I read the manual and the option isn't in there" that would have been different. You could try running eisaconfig on it and setting the Operating System parameter to SCO Unix or some such, but I don't know if this is even an option, much less if it would work. I have a customer that ran one of these systems for years with FreeBSD 4.X on it (4.8 I think) so I know that the 4.x series will at least run on them. As I recall these are Pentium 200Hmz systems, correct? If so, FreeBSD 5.X won't get you anything more than what you would get for 4.X. These systems made really nice, solid little servers in their day. Even today they are good for small tasks like network monitoring, etc. and if I were in your shoes I would certainly want to use the system if I had something for it that wasn't too taxing on the CPU. But you are like a lot of people who have posted on this forum in the last few years who have tried pushing older hardware to run FreeBSD 5.X, sometimes it works but most of the time it doesen't seem to. I never even bother booting 5.X on anything that isn't at minimum a Pentium II 500Mhz system nowadays. The only other suggestion I would make is to ask in a hardware forum, or on Usenet in a hardware forum. Ted > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Denny White > Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 10:07 AM > To: Ted Mittelstaedt > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: HP LC II Netserver PNP BIOS > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Spent several sleepless nights searching > hp's site before asking my question. Guess > I refused to accept the obvious, that you > could only reserve resources for non pnp > devices that fbsd couldn't probe. I also > tried acpi, since the docs say it has a > different method of probing. See, I did > read it. I just hoped someone else might > know something I'd missed or didn't under- > stand. Always try to do my research before > posting on here. Don't always understand > what I read, but I keep reading. And I don't > post questions like "Help", or "I can't > install FreeBSD, what'll I do"? But hey, > thanks for being there, old sport. > > > On Sun, 29 May 2005, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Denny White > >> Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 3:40 PM > >> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >> Subject: HP LC II Netserver PNP BIOS > >> > >> > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >> Hash: SHA1 > >> > >> > >> > >> Okay, the following definitely shows the > >> BIOS in this old Netserver is PNP. I ran > >> biosdecode on it and got this: > >> > >> Slot Entry 10: ID 00:0d, on-board > >> > >> Can anyone tell me how to disable PNP in this > >> particular computer? I have no manual on it. > > > > > http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Resource.jsp?l ocale=en_U > S&taskId=115&prodSeriesId=50440&prodTypeId=15351 > > > RTFM first, then come here. > > Ted > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCm0gqy0Ty5RZE55oRArjVAJ0Zo4ZnLeP3pS6j0wg86qNnQMG0uQCgw8RI 7J/Uipixx4KIAcfoMLAZFAM= =pYax -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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