From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 13 11:57:51 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3120316A417 for ; Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:57:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from piratepockets@adam.com.au) Received: from smtp1.mail.adnap.net.au (smtp1.mail.adnap.net.au [203.6.132.75]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F221D13C459 for ; Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:57:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from piratepockets@adam.com.au) Received: from 219-90-201-134.static.adam.com.au ([219.90.201.134] helo=[172.20.4.1]) by smtp1.mail.adnap.net.au with esmtp (Exim 4.63 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1IVn3X-0006uy-6h for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:10:23 +0930 Message-ID: <46E92139.1030508@adam.com.au> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:08:33 +0930 From: Pete User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: FreeBSD 6.x and HP? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:57:51 -0000 Hey there, I've been having a rather unusual, but very annoying issue with HP DL140 G3 Servers and FreeBSD. I thought I might give the mailing list a try to see what I can find and whether anyone else has had similar issues. When trying to install FreeBSD 6.x AMD64, as these boxes look to have the Woodcrest core Xeon CPUs (5100-series), which support EMT64T, I have encountered the following issues. When using FreeBSD 6.1, I can't even get as far as sysinstall. The server tends to hang when initializing the drives just before it enters into the usual setup utility. When using FreeBSD 6.2, I can get into sysinstall, however, I get as far as configuring the slices and starting the install. After this has been done it begins extracting the data into the root directory, the machine then hangs. I don't believe it to be a hardware fault within a single machine as I have tried with a total of 3 of these machines with the same configuration. My original thoughts were with the LSI RAID controller I have in the machine. However, If I use the i386 FreeBSD 6.2 CD to install, the installation completes fine, the server reboots and comes up normally. No issues with drives, etc. I've also run a BIOS update to the latest version, which is "1.13 (2007.05.18) A (23 May 07)" for anyone with the machines, with no avail. I have been unable to find any information on-line relating to this specific issue, the only similar issues I have encountered are kernel panics caused by an on-board SATA controller, which we aren't using here. The suggested solution to this issue was to update the BIOS as well, which as above, has already been tried. If anyone could shed some light on the situation or has any ideas, it would be greatly appreciated. -- Peter