From owner-freebsd-bugs Thu Jul 27 5: 0:11 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 474FE37B7B5 for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2000 05:00:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id FAA91174; Thu, 27 Jul 2000 05:00:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 05:00:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200007271200.FAA91174@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Sheldon Hearn Subject: Re: misc/20205: FreeBSD 4 will not install on a Compaq Proliant ML370 Reply-To: Sheldon Hearn Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR misc/20205; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Sheldon Hearn To: dhandcoc@jupitersgaming.com.au Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: misc/20205: FreeBSD 4 will not install on a Compaq Proliant ML370 Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 13:52:42 +0200 On Wed, 26 Jul 2000 20:26:21 MST, dhandcoc@jupitersgaming.com.au wrote: > Standard installation fails. Depending on what I try, the kernel will > either fail to be recognised, or a System Halted message will be displayed. More detail on both of those conditions would be good. Could you copy down exactly what is displayed on screen? There are _loads_ of questions and answers about these Proliant machines in the FreeBSD questions archives. It seems that the ones that tend to get answered are the ones with a detailed description of the hardware and dmesg(8) output. > If I run Fixit from CDROM 2, I can mount the RAID (/dev/ridad0) Since you seem to be able to get as far as Fixit, you're obviously able to boot a kernel. If you could send the output of the dmesg(8) command (which shows the kernel boot probe messages), that'd be very helpful. > and I have tried placing different kernels I have compiled on another > machine onto the compaq, but nothing has worked. The more detail about exactly _what_ kernel configurations you've tried and exactly what output you get from them which indicates that they're not working, the better your chances of getting someone with a clue interested. :-) Make sure that your feedback is copied to and preserves this subject line. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message