Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 18:26:20 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "William" <willay@gmail.com> Cc: Antony Mawer <fbsd-questions@mawer.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 Message-ID: <001501c69d76$8645f030$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> References: <a24358fb0605050239y1550f5d1o6bc461b4d3cc9472@mail.gmail.com> <a24358fb0606230108r7e7a3fa3l4909cec6da8a2792@mail.gmail.com> <002701c6969e$7b4ed180$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <44A4B603.1070403@mawer.org> <a24358fb0606292253h55590f33y9fe7828f1126d94e@mail.gmail.com> <44A4BFA3.8090503@mawer.org> <a24358fb0606292356p517ee8ccj239a1be8c0ecc62b@mail.gmail.com> <44A4D20C.9040307@mawer.org> <a24358fb0606300051m281b6c04y554ca85a48493785@mail.gmail.com> <002f01c69d46$789e9c50$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <a24358fb0607011345i244d8528p23af04a7061b935a@mail.gmail.com>
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What I had to do is mount a floppy in a second machine, copy the broadcom driver patch over to the floppy, then mount the floppy in the DL320 and copy the driver to the system, recompile the kernel with the patched driver. Once the initial patch for the Broadcom chip is made, it will give you a usable enough network connection so that you can copy larger files over without the server panicing, however without warning a file transfer can halt due to the timeout problem. So you still have to stand over it. The easiest way is to buy the replacement PCI-X riser card and use the Intel Pro 1000 MT Server adapter in it, then the system will install and run out of the box. But if you don't mind the floppy shuffle you can save $30 on buying the replacement riser card and just go with the PCI-Express riser card that comes with the system and the Intel Pro 1000 PT Server adapter, and then when the system is installed, copy the 7.1 driver over to it via a floppy, recompile the kernel, etc. Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "William" <willay@gmail.com> To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: "Antony Mawer" <fbsd-questions@mawer.org>; <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 1:45 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 > Bloody good point. > > On 01/07/06, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> wrote: > > How will you cvsup without a network connection? > > > > Ted > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "William" <willay@gmail.com> > > To: "Antony Mawer" <fbsd-questions@mawer.org> > > Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 12:51 AM > > Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 > > > > > > > Will i get the updated driver by just cvsup'ing to stable once I > > > install -STABLE from CD? > > > > > > On 30/06/06, Antony Mawer <fbsd-questions@mawer.org> wrote: > > > > On 30/06/2006 4:56 PM, William wrote: > > > > > I've got an Intel card in production already on a homebrew box, the > > > > > code is INTEL-PWLA8492MT and description is "Intel Dual Port Server > > > > > Adapter 10/100/1000". Any idea if that will do? > > > > > > > > The adapter you mentioned is a PCI-X adapter, which won't work unless > > > > you purchase the optional PCI-X riser card to replace the standard one > > > > in the DL320 G4. The standard riser card provides PCI Express slots (1 > > > > half height, 1 full height), that are not compatible with PCI-X (or > > > > regular PCI). You will need to either: > > > > > > > > 1) Purchase the PCI-X riser, and then use your existing card > > > > (provided that FreeBSD 6.x will recognise it) > > > > > > > > 2) Purchase a PCI Express NIC, which will (likely) _not_ work with > > > > the standard driver in 6.x. > > > > > > > > Option 1 may or may not work with the standard 6.x driver; I know the > > > > PCI Express one definately does NOT. > > > > > > > > That being said, it is _very_ simple to add the updated Intel driver and > > > > rebuild the kernel if you need to do so (for either option): I'd be > > > > happy to help you with the steps you need to do so if you require. > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > Antony > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > >
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