From owner-freebsd-proliant@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 29 07:09:16 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04DF91065676 for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:09:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from geoff.buckingham@thomsonreuters.com) Received: from VA3EHSOBE002.bigfish.com (outbound-va3.frontbridge.com [216.32.180.16]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A969C8FC1C for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:09:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from geoff.buckingham@thomsonreuters.com) Received: from mail161-va3-R.bigfish.com (10.7.14.252) by VA3EHSOBE002.bigfish.com (10.7.40.22) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 8.1.240.5; Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:54:10 +0000 Received: from mail161-va3 (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail161-va3-R.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4729A7903B7 for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:54:10 +0000 (UTC) X-BigFish: VPS-48(zzaf6W542N1a09M9370P8a5S936fQzz10d3izzz2ei6bh41i42k61h) X-Spam-TCS-SCL: 0:0 X-FB-SS: 5, Received: by mail161-va3 (MessageSwitch) id 1217314448288238_2075; Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:54:08 +0000 (UCT) Received: from lonsmime02.rit.reuters.com (lonsmimeo.rit.reuters.com [192.165.213.23]) by mail161-va3.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09F0B51005A for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:54:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eupig2 (unverified [129.1.30.40]) by lonsmime02.rit.reuters.com (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.3.19) with ESMTP id ; Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:54:08 +0000 Received: from dtcsmsxb01.emea.ime.reuters.com ([10.5.150.13]) by eupig2.dtc.lon.ime.reuters.com (PMDF V6.2-1x10 #31408) with ESMTP id <0K4R00B0V9U78E@eupig2.dtc.lon.ime.reuters.com>; Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:54:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from LONSMSXM04.emea.ime.reuters.com ([10.14.113.15]) by dtcsmsxb01.emea.ime.reuters.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC (6.0.3790.1830); Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:54:07 +0100 Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:54:06 +0100 From: Geoff Buckingham In-Reply-To: <475559.43160.qm@web51006.mail.re2.yahoo.com> To: mahlerrd@yahoo.com, freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Message-ID: <8753F8EA457BFF4A9707CADA143C8F68057BB904@LONSMSXM04.emea.ime.reuters.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thread-Topic: ML370 (G1), boot options thread-index: Acjw6tn+kuHM0UqnTR2uKtdQFHFO7AAXHTMg Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: References: <475559.43160.qm@web51006.mail.re2.yahoo.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Jul 2008 06:54:07.0504 (UTC) FILETIME=[E57A7900:01C8F147] Cc: Subject: RE: ML370 (G1), boot options X-BeenThere: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Technical discussion of FreeBSD on HP ProLiant server platforms." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:09:16 -0000 The ML 370 (G1) most likely has the same lack of an interactive embedded BI= OS configuration utility as the DL360 G1 and earlier Compaq Proliants. You = configure boot order and the like form=20 Smart Start or an EISA tools partition you install from smart start.=20 -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-proliant@fre= ebsd.org] On Behalf Of Richard Mahlerwein Sent: 28 July 2008 20:21 To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Subject: ML370 (G1), boot options Hi, all.=A0 I've searched the archives as best I can, and also consulted th= e Great Oracle of Google, but seem to be getting nowhere in a little projec= t I'm doing. I know it's not always good form to include more than one problem in a post= , so I apologize in advance, but since answering one of the three questions= may mean the other two no longer need an answer, I feel it's appropriate i= n this case. I recently retrieved a ML370 G1 off the to-be-recycled heap here at work.= =A0 It'll replace my aging 550 MHz PIII single-processor PC I've had presse= d into "server" duty for ages.=A0 The ML370 is in fine physical order and i= s a Dual PIII 866 with a Smart Array 3200 in it, 2x 36 GB drives and 4x 18 = GB.=A0 I have downloaded and used a SmartStart 5.5 CD to verify all seems w= ell and to reconfigure the RAID to my needs. Issue 1: During my first attempt at installing FreeBSD 7.0, I found I could= n't boot from the CD.=A0 No problem, I thought, I'll just create the floppi= es and do a net install from there - I was sure it was just a Old CD Drive = + Burnt CD =3D no booting. I created boot.flp and kern.flp figuring if I ne= eded more floppies out of the set I'll keep overwriting those two.=A0 (I'm = slowly running out of good floppies!) =A0 I wasn't paying that close of att= ention, but I realized about mid-way through the install the system never a= sked me for the kernel floppy.=A0 I was a bit puzzled, but figured maybe th= e boot floppy saw the CD and passed control to it... Q1: Does anyone know what likely happened there?=A0 I *DID* at least start = the boot from the floppy, I remember seeing that little piece, but afterwar= ds, it was magic...=A0 Will the boot floppy hand off to the CD if/when it s= ees it? Issue 2: The install went fine, the only real issue is in the obnoxiously l= oud and bothersome fan noise.=A0 Options don't seem to be in the BIOS (?!?)= but I found the FreeBSD Tools for ProLiant page (http://people.freebsd.org= /~jcagle/) and thought "Perfect!"=A0 I noticed it had images for 4.x, 5.x a= nd 6.2.=A0 No 7.0...=A0 Since I had 7.0 already installed, I tried winging = it and and installing the various pieces for 6.2 and doing ldconfig and ins= talling compat layers and whatnot, but I couldn't quite get it working.=A0= =20 Q2: Does anyone have some reasonably easy to follow docs on making at least= hpasm work on 7.0?=A0 I've seen a few vague references to it working after= an upgrade from 6.x to 7, but docs are surprisingly sparse AFAICT. Issue 3: So I thought to install 6.3, which I guess will very likely work u= sing the 6.2 build of hpasm.=A0 I changed my boot disk to a 6.3 one, stuck = it in the floppy drive and booted, but the system happily and without quest= ion booted from the hard drives.=A0 Tonight I hope to find time to do a 6.3= CD + a 6.3 boot floppy and see if I can get it up that way, but I'd love t= o find out what may be going on with this.=A0 I don't think that will work,= because I think it was only booting from CD/Floppy *after* the hard drive = boot failed.=A0 I don't really want to delete the arrays so it will fail ba= ck over to floppy booting, but at this point I'd try it if there's no easy = way.=A0 But, I'm *positive* there's an easier way...=20 Q3: How do you change the boot order to include the floppy disk?=A0=20 I would appreciate any help someone can give or pointers to other informati= on for me to try proceeding on my own. Many thanks, Rich I tried winging it and doing the 7.0 and addressing issues as they came up = (which involved a few hoops with compat_6x, _5x and ldconfig, I think), but= I never quite got it going.=A0 I'm thinking about starting over with 6.3, = which I believe I will have a much, much greater chance to get working. 7.0 was a bear to get on it, but only because it wouldn't recognize my burn= t CD as bootable.=A0 I realize now that I never got to kern.flp, though - b= oot.flp was all it took.=A0 I don't know if that's because magically my unb= ootable CD became bootable, or if the bootable floppy figured out there was= a CD there and used it. So I decided reinstalling from 6.3 wouldn't be an issue, except I=20 =A0=20 =A0 Rich Mahlerwein mahlerrd@yahoo.com Mobile: 715-891-7420 _______________________________________________ freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/= listinfo/freebsd-proliant To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-proliant-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"