From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 25 20:19:25 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9557F1065691 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:19:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jy-p@fixedpointgroup.com) Received: from mail.smartchem.us (mail.smartchem.us [70.227.131.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AC398FC16 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:19:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jy-p@fixedpointgroup.com) Received: from grassmann.smartchem.us (unknown [10.137.0.189]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.smartchem.us (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAF4C4322A for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:02:24 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <48DBEDD0.3000506@fixedpointgroup.com> Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:00:16 -0500 From: Jacob Yocom-Piatt Organization: Fixed Point Group LLC User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080711) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: installing 7.0-release from .isos: endless mfi status msgs on console X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: jy-p@fixedpointgroup.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:19:25 -0000 am setting up a new fileserver on a poweredge 1950 and installing from the freebsd 7.0-release .isos but can't read anything on the console since the PERC 5/i or 5/e card(s) are dumping status messages to the console non-stop (~1000 lines / minute). is there any way to disable these status messages so that i can get freebsd installed? AFAICT there is nothing broken with the battery on either of the PERC 5/i or 5/e cards installed. cheers, jake