From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Aug 7 18: 6:31 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from s8.bn3.com (unknown [209.10.227.232]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7C3D237B401 for ; Tue, 7 Aug 2001 18:06:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from reepy@reepy.org) Received: (qmail 14790 invoked from network); 8 Aug 2001 01:06:23 -0000 Received: from mitax2-025.dialup.optusnet.com.au (HELO pentiumiii600) (198.142.223.25) by 209.10.227.232 with SMTP; 8 Aug 2001 01:06:23 -0000 Message-ID: <01b601c11fa6$5b6d3380$0200a8c0@localdomain> From: "Mark Greed" To: Cc: References: <20010807145346.77008.qmail@web20105.mail.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Compaq Proliant 2500 + FreeBSD 4.3 Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 11:06:26 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I've ran freeBSD 4.2 on a Compaq Proliant 1500 (with a smart-2p scsi controller) and it worked amazingly well. This really gave me a lot more respect for freebsd. For some reason i found that the freebsd cd wouldn't boot on my machine, yet other cds would, so all you need to do is set up the boot floppies, chuck the cd in the drive and it will boot from the floppies then recognise the cd. The doco should be on the cd under floppies/README.TXT or check out the hand book at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html Since it is a SCSI system, you might have a bit of a problem if you haven't configured the array properly with logical drives and the raid stuff (raid is great on these) using compaq's utility which you can download from http://www.compaq.com/smartstart.html and boot from that cd. At least i think that was it, but it could be diffferent because you machine is newer. But once you have that going it works amazingly well! I was so impressed. I had to set up this server for a class at highschool, and when Win2k wouldn't recognise the scsi stuff, i switched to freebsd, which is what i wanted to do all along. It worked like a dream! And i really impressed (and confused) everyone. Once i figured all of that out i was happy, but it took a while to figure out. I hope this helps you. Mark. ----- Original Message ----- From: Fabrizio Ravazzini To: Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 12:53 AM Subject: Compaq Proliant 2500 + FreeBSD 4.3 > Hello all, has anyone installed FreeBSD 4.3 on a > Compaq Proliant 2500? > Do I have to make some boot floppies or can I boot the > machine with the installation cdrom? > The scsi array is a 2SL-SMART Array. > If I have to make the floppies where can I find the > documentation which can help me ? > Thanks in advance > > > Up the BSDaemons!!! > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Il tuo indirizzo gratis e per sempre @yahoo.it su http://mail.yahoo.it > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message ____________________________ BN3 Hosted Customer Service Solution, basic service FREE. CRM enable your web site in 5 minutes! http://www.bn3.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message