From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 6 18:41:17 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D81937B404 for ; Tue, 6 May 2003 18:41:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (A17-250-248-97.apple.com [17.250.248.97]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8ED3043FD7 for ; Tue, 6 May 2003 18:41:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joefat@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin07-en2 [10.13.10.152]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id h471f8QQ018364 for ; Tue, 6 May 2003 18:41:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mac.com (public1-brig1-6-cust31.brig.broadband.ntl.com [80.0.158.31]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id h471c8K0026967; Tue, 6 May 2003 18:38:11 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 02:38:03 +0100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v552) To: "clayton rollins" From: joefat In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <8B9A68FF-802C-11D7-AC67-0030654886A6@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd on an old compaq X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 01:41:17 -0000 Hi Charlie The Compaq (Now HP) Web site has a confusingly organised but very rich resource of BIOS utilities etc. With some Compaq machines you need to install a utility in order to gain full BIOS functionality. Also, Doug is quite right, the FreeBSD boot floppies use the whole disk so there is no room for a dud sector. Use a new disk to be sure. Hope this helps Matt On Tuesday, May 6, 2003, at 09:53 PM, clayton rollins wrote: > > >> >> On Tue, 6 May 2003 12:45:39 "Doug Poland" wrote: >> >> >> > Charley said: >> > >> > I recently won a Compaq ProLiant 5000R in an auction on Ebay. It >> > arrived yesterday and now I want to put FreeBSD on it. >> Unfortunately, > I can't seem to find a way to cause the system to >> boot from the CD and >> > booting from the floppy returns an "Unexpected EOF" on the kernel >> > (kern.flp). Is there something else that I need? >> > >> >> Check the BIOS for boot order or boot sequence and see if a CDROM >> device is in the list. If it is, make it the first boot device and >> re-try. >> >> As for the floppy, I've seen the "Unexpected EOF" error because of >> old or bad floppy media. Try brand-new floppy disks. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Doug >> > > Hi Charley, > > On one of the older compaqs I recently worked on, there was no BIOS > setting for the boot device. Instead the system looked ahead at the > disks to find bootable disks and booted them in the order: cd-rom, > floppy, HD. > > If that's the case, just put it in the drive and boot away. (Note that > the disk has to be present during POST for this to work; put it in and > reboot.) > > Peace, > Clayton > > _________________________________________________________________ > STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > _______________________________________________ > 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" >