From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 2 01:31:19 2004 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 48F6A16A4CE for ; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 01:31:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web40711.mail.yahoo.com (web40711.mail.yahoo.com [66.218.78.168]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3855B43D2F for ; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 01:31:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wisco_disco@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20040902013119.22453.qmail@web40711.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [24.208.53.189] by web40711.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 01 Sep 2004 18:31:19 PDT Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 18:31:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Poland To: doug@polands.org, questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20040831185840.70862.qmail@web40702.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: Installing on Compaq DL380 with IDA RAID X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: doug@polands.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 01:31:19 -0000 I, myself, said: > > I'm having a problem installing 5.3-BETA2 on this box with a > Compaq Integrated SMART Array Controller. > ...snip... > the OS tells me, something to the effect, "OS not found". > The actual message is... "Non-System disk or disk error "replace and strike any key when ready" > I've tried installing the FreeBSD boot manager, a standard boot > record, and to leave the MBR untouched. I've also tried > 4.9-RELEASE just to see if there was a problem with 5.3-BETA2. No > matter what I try, I cannot get the Compaq BIOS to recognize the > OS I just installed on the drive array. > > I must be missing something obvious, but googling and perusing the > archives hasn't helped. > >From what I've found, I am missing something. I got my other used Compaq today (DL 580) that also has an Integrated SMART Array Controller. The difference is, when I see the partitions in the Partition editor, on the DL580 I see two partitions... idad0s1 : Compaq diagnostic idad0s2 : freebsd The DL580 prompts me to enter System Utilities after the array initializes, the problem DL380 does not. After that the DL580 boots happily into FreeBSD 5.3-BETA2, the DL380 gives me the error above. So it appears that I must have a Compaq diagnostic partition in order to boot. Can anyone confirm or deny this? Neither of these two machines came with any CD-ROMS. I was reading on the Compaq/HP website that I'm supposed to have a SmartSTART CD and a System Utilities CD. Presumably, if I had said SmartSTART CD, I could boot off of it and it would create my Compaq diagnostic partition? If someone has a DL380, could they make ISO images of the Compaq CD's and make them available to me? Or can one simply download them from Compaq/HP? > Thanks for your assistance... > You're welcome :) -- Regards, Doug __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail