Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 15:52:05 -0500 From: Guy Silliman <gws@silliman.net> To: Olaf Hoyer <ohoyer@gaff.hhhr.ision.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compaq 1850R panics with 5.x Message-ID: <3FAFFA75.2000206@silliman.net> In-Reply-To: <20031110200355.E31965@gaff.hhhr.ision.net> References: <3FAFA9BE.20306@silliman.net> <20031110200355.E31965@gaff.hhhr.ision.net>
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Thanks for the reply... I will give 4.8R a shot - I am trying to get 5.1R to work... but I will pass if it is too rough for production machines. I will also try that bios tweak. Guy Olaf Hoyer wrote: >On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Guy Silliman wrote: > > > >>I am trying to get a Compaq 1850R running. It is a dual PII 400MHz >>machine that works fine with Win2k server... but >>I would prefer to use fbsd 5.x but I am stumped by this panic at >>sysinstall. >> >> > >Hi! > >Well, the old Compaqs have some quite rough edges, and 5.1R (or do you >use a -current snapshot?) is also in some things not that nice... >Sometimes you have to set it to NT4-OS Type. > > > >>I have searched all the lists and have tried several fixes mentioned >>including the "Full table - Mapped" and OS set to Win2k in the BIOS. >>I have tried disabling the onboard NIC as a possible source of conflicts >>but no luck. >> >> >> >I had in my former company a 1850 running SMP with a 4.8-stable. >The onboard SCSI is basically a Symbios one, and it was recognized >without hassle. > >(Ok, it needs the compaq tool partition to do RAID stuff, but... well, >broke it during installation) > > > > >>I would be willing to go with a late 4.x but it does not probe the >>onboard SCSI thus I have no drives. >>I do have a Smart Array 3200 ordered and coming - this may solve the 4.x >>issue, but I am puzzled by the panic with 5.x. >> >> >> > >That ist strange indeed, my box (dual PIII-500) went fine. >But perhaps there is also a different Mainboard in, with some >undocumented change in the series. > >HTH >Olaf > > >
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