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Date:      Sun, 5 Oct 2003 21:00:56 -0700
From:      James Long <james_mapson@umpquanet.com>
To:        Edward Aronyk <earonyk@360integration.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SMP + Compaq 2DH Array Controller cause freeze in boot
Message-ID:  <20031006040056.GA24927@ns.museum.rain.com>
In-Reply-To: <001c01c38b2f$addc3700$6501a8c0@zeta>

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On Sun, Oct 05, 2003 at 04:58:53AM -0600, Edward Aronyk wrote:
> 
> One solution in the past for a similar problem was to tell the Compaq
> BIOS that you are running Windows NT. Compaq tries to disable SMP
> support for operating systems it doesn't think will support it. I tried
> this fix with no success. Another person tried selecting Linux with
> success, however that was on a different model - mine has no option for
> Linux.

What's the rev. on your BIOS?  You may find that dl'ing and applying
Compaq's latest BIOS update will add that option.


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