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Subject: Re: Does FreeBSD 7.0 work on a DL145G3?
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I'd definitely try the i386 version before anything else.

And the 6.3 of course.

Btw: does it really hang on root fs mount, doesn't it stop on the keyboard?

could you paste the latest messages here?

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> ------- Original Message -------
> From: Brian McGonigle <bmcgonigle@about.com>
> To: "Jakub Chromy" <hicks@cgi.cz>
> Sent: 16.4.08, 21:06:53
> Subject: Re: Does FreeBSD 7.0 work on a DL145G3?
> 
> Thanks for the response Jakub. I'm currently using amd64. Haven't  
> tried i386. Think it'll work? I'm suspecting the SATA driver/ 
> controller is the issue.
> 
> Thanks,
> Brian McGonigle
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> 
> On Apr 16, 2008, at 2:57 PM, Jakub Chromy wrote:
> > Brian,
> >
> > have you tried different architectures? (eg. amd64?)
> >
> >
> > regards
> >
> >         Jakub Chromy
> >
> >
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> >> ------- Original Message -------
> >> From: Brian McGonigle <bmcgonigle@about.com>
> >> To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org
> >> Sent: 16.4.08, 19:58:25
> >> Subject: Does FreeBSD 7.0 work on a DL145G3?
> >>
> >> Hi Everyone,
> >>
> >> I'm trying to test out FreeBSD 7.0 on a DL145G3 and I'm not having  
> >> any
> >> luck. I've tried two different machines. The install goes well but in
> >> both cases it just hangs trying to mount root on the first boot. Any
> >> thoughts?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Brian
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