From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 8 12:33: 1 2003 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 E256037B401 for ; Sat, 8 Feb 2003 12:32:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from ra.dweebsoft.com (ra.dweebsoft.com [209.237.40.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DCD843F3F for ; Sat, 8 Feb 2003 12:32:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from daxbert_news@dweebsoft.com) Received: from daxhome (anubis.dweebsoft.com [64.81.58.36]) by ra.dweebsoft.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with SMTP id h18KWrR5069831; Sat, 8 Feb 2003 12:32:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from daxbert_news@dweebsoft.com) Message-ID: <017401c2cfb1$41e45800$0a0aa8c0@dweebsoft.com> From: "Daxbert" To: "Volker Kindermann" , References: <3E43D169.3070709@hvcc.edu><14a501c2ced4$58b85820$0a0aa8c0@dweebsoft.com> <20030208204250.01c94636.freebsd@secspace.de> Subject: Re: Instaling on a Compaq Proliant with SmartArray 221 Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 12:32:53 -0800 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 5.50.4920.2300 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4920.2300 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > I'm having problems with Compaq Hardware as well. > > I don't know if this helps you, but the Compaq SmartArray Adapters have > a service partition which must be the boot-partition. > > Only installed linux on these machines so far. I know that you have to > configure the boot-partition for your OS but don't remember if freebsd > was an option. > Actually you don't. The Compaq diagnostic partition doesn't have to be installed. I've installed W2K, Linux, and FreeBSD 4.x w/o the diagnostic partition. It can make your life easier, because you then don't need the Smart Start CD to make BIOS changes, but that's about it. My problem is with FreeBSD 5.0. Obviously something has changed, which is keeping 5.0's install CD, from booting on certain Compaq hardware. --daxbert To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message