From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 27 02:22:53 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A03A16A4CE for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 02:22:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp809.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp809.mail.sc5.yahoo.com [66.163.168.188]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 71AED43D39 for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 02:22:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from noackjr@alumni.rice.edu) Received: from unknown (HELO optimator.noacks.org) (noacks@swbell.net@70.240.205.64 with login) by smtp809.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 27 Apr 2005 02:22:51 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by optimator.noacks.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFA5A612B; Tue, 26 Apr 2005 21:22:49 -0500 (CDT) Received: from optimator.noacks.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (optimator.noacks.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 16110-06-3; Tue, 26 Apr 2005 21:22:47 -0500 (CDT) Received: from compgeek.noacks.org (compgeek [192.168.1.10]) by optimator.noacks.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E54F60D5; Tue, 26 Apr 2005 21:22:47 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by compgeek.noacks.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j3R2MkIc059630; Tue, 26 Apr 2005 21:22:46 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from noackjr@alumni.rice.edu) Message-ID: <426EF776.8080007@alumni.rice.edu> Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 21:22:46 -0500 From: Jon Noack User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050406) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matthew Sullivan References: <4267A1CF.3080903@uq.edu.au> <20050422190208.M68772@lexi.siliconlandmark.com> <426C93AC.3030907@root.org> <20050425200601.I42718@carver.gumbysoft.com> <426DB58B.5020608@uq.edu.au> <20050425204148.H43358@carver.gumbysoft.com> <20050426104642.GJ25563@elvis.mu.org> <426EE1BA.5030700@uq.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <426EE1BA.5030700@uq.edu.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at noacks.org cc: Maxime Henrion cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org cc: Nate Lawson Subject: Re: SMP on Compaq DL380 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: noackjr@alumni.rice.edu List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 02:22:53 -0000 On 04/26/05 19:50, Matthew Sullivan wrote: > Maxime Henrion wrote: >> Yeah, I've seen DL380 boxes that needed "Linux" as the OS type or the >> BIOS wouldn't generate an MPTable with both CPUs. > > Apologies for any wasted time.... > > This was the answer.... > > In detail, this morning I went back into the Compaq BIOS configuration > tool, and the OS's settable were (amongst others): > > OTHER > UNIX > > I had set to 'UNIX'.... I changed to 'OTHER' rebooted and .. still the > same. > > There was no mention of 'LINUX' ... frustrated (and sure I saw "LINUX" > in the config previously) I did the following... > > 1/. Powered Down > 2/ Undocked all SCSI drives (just popped them out of the connectors) > 3/ Booted the Config utility > 4/ Selected 'Erase System' > 5/ Power cycled (as instructed) > 6/ Booted back into the 'Smartstart' config utility. > 7/ Followed the 'Manual Configuration and OS install' > 8/ Selected "LINUX" (which was now on this menu. > 9/ Went to the Smart Array Util, and exited immediately, which caused a > spontaneous reboot. > 10/ Powered Down > 11/ Docked all the drives. > 12/ Powered up, and booted back into the Smart Start util. > 13/ Noticed the RAID 5 array and config was self configured by the > controller. > 14/ Checked all settings in the Configutil - noticed "LINUX" was still > displayed as the OS type. > 15/ Checked the Array config (very impressed that it worked out the > config itself) > 16/ Exited Util (no save, none necessary). > 17/ Power cycled. > 18/ Removed smart start CD. > 19/ booted FreeBSD and saved the collected data in a similar place: > > http://scorpion.sorbs.net/SMP/after-erase/ > > ...and as you can see, I have 2 CPU's and this time they are detected > correctly (including the 'odd' CPU type that was reported by the > previous config).... > > For this I hope someone will create a FAQ for old Compaq's, and I'm > posting this back to the list so that people having similar problems in > the future can reference it. I have a single-CPU DL360 and a quad-CPU 6400R. After flashing the BIOS to the latest version and erasing the system, both are running 5-STABLE flawlessly with the OS type set to "Windows 2000". Prior to installing FreeBSD, both were actually running Windows 2000. However, I was unable to get the 6400R to boot the FreeBSD install CD without panicking until I erased the system. I had tried almost every OS type without success. The "Erase System" seemed to be the critical step to get up-and-running. Jon