From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 29 03:00:45 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 2BCF016A4D2 for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 03:00:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hermes.webtent.net (hermes.webtent.net [192.216.106.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BFBA43D1F for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 03:00:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from robert@webtent.com) Received: from [192.168.1.11] (webtent.org [198.79.127.235]) by hermes.webtent.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id i6T304j29840 for ; Wed, 28 Jul 2004 23:00:04 -0400 From: Robert Fitzpatrick To: FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain Organization: WebTent Networking, Inc. Message-Id: <1091070008.10979.12.camel@columbus.webtent.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 23:00:08 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Install FreeBSD 5.2.1 on Compaq Proliant 800 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 03:00:45 -0000 Trying to install FreeBSD 5.2.1 on a Compaq Proliant 800, looking for someone that has done this or similar. Of course, you have to have the SmartStart CD, I have that, I choose System Erase and it loads the Compaq partition and the FreeBSD goes without error and when I reboot I get 'Invalid partition type', that's it. After System Erase, I set the configuration to Unix (Large Geometry), there are 4 SCSI drives, two 18GB and two 9GB, FreeBSD finds and represents all correctly on install. Seems the Compaq BIOS is just not letting me use those partitions as active? -- Robert