From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 8 15:40:40 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 50CC937B401 for ; Sat, 8 Feb 2003 15:40:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from www.vdsi.net (vdsi.net [206.67.5.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9296443F3F for ; Sat, 8 Feb 2003 15:40:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rseals@vdsi.net) Received: from [192.168.2.59] (xpress19771.htc.net [208.165.197.71]) by www.vdsi.net (8.12.6/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h18NeY4Z089343; Sat, 8 Feb 2003 17:40:35 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from rseals@vdsi.net) Subject: Re: Instaling on a Compaq Proliant with SmartArray 221 From: Ray Seals To: Daxbert Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <017401c2cfb1$41e45800$0a0aa8c0@dweebsoft.com> References: <3E43D169.3070709@hvcc.edu> <14a501c2ced4$58b85820$0a0aa8c0@dweebsoft.com> <20030208204250.01c94636.freebsd@secspace.de> <017401c2cfb1$41e45800$0a0aa8c0@dweebsoft.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1044747630.260.3.camel@rsealslaptop.magellanhealth.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.0 Date: 08 Feb 2003 17:40:30 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 just installed 5.0 on a Compaq 360 with no problems. It booted from the CD just fine. It has a SmartArray controller in it also. I should be able to test it on a DL 380 soon. I did have problems with an old Compaq Proliant Dual Pentium Pro box with SmartArray controller. I had to boot from a floppy. Ray On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 14:32, Daxbert wrote: > > > 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 -- Ray Seals To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message