From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 27 13:38:03 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B36C16A41B for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:38:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E98413C474 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:38:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from zion.baldwin.cx (66-23-211-162.clients.speedfactory.net [66.23.211.162]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C24131A4D93; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:38:02 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:22:54 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <20070927091841.30821@caamora.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20070927091841.30821@caamora.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200709270922.54572.jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: Subject: Re: FreeBSD v6.2-RELEASE with Compaq ProLiant 6400R X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:38:03 -0000 On Wednesday 26 September 2007 07:18:41 pm jonathan michaels wrote: > greetings all, > > i recently acquired a few Compaq ProLiant 6400r (4 gb dram, 4x fxp0 > 10/100 mhz nic, four PIII 500/100 mhz cpu with l2 cache of 1 Mb and > Compaq smart array 221 scsi raid array controller), this machine shares > the load with a similarly configured Compaq ProLiant 5500R. the raid is > built from 4x36 gb Fujitsu 10K rpm scsi III hard disks, as a single > 'drive' (striped i think) backed up to DLT-7000 tape streamer. > > both these machines are running freebsd v6.2-release both run > flawlessly once up and running .. the problems is with the ProLiant > 6400R and freebsd (-release, versions 6.2, 6.1, 6.0, 5.2, 4.6, 4.4 and > 4.2) once the machine is booted from the proprietary HP "SmartStart" > cdrom to configure the host, freebsd works a real treat and has really > good uptime, even on my poorish power but once i power down the > machine for any reason it will not restart on the installed freebsd > filesystems .. these machines (5500r/6400r) were ms win 2003 servers > and i reconfigured them both to use unix (Solaris/unixware in teh > configuration part of teh initial startup process). > > i've Google'd, but, nothing like this is even mentioned, hinted at, i > meant to say. MS Windows runs flawlessly as does FreeBSD once its booted, > getting to to teh boot stage is the problem .. all that happens is teh > light on teh cdrom turns yellow and the machine just sits there, > waiting .. if it matters there is no MS Windows/Compaq ProLiant > diagnostic tools filesystem on the raid/hard disk array setup. > > i have several ProLiant (as well as several 6400r's) and all work very > well with freebsd. > > can anyone help, suggest, i have also down-load some of teh relevant > doc's on teh HP/Compaq web-site and read, read and more read ... > > most kind regards/appreciations What did you set the OS type to in Smart Start? If you used "other" then try using a different setting such as "Novell Netware" or "UnixWare". -- John Baldwin