From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 17 21:10:49 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67B251065670 for ; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:10:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from maciej@suszko.eu) Received: from 30.mail-out.ovh.net (30.mail-out.ovh.net [213.186.62.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C33DF8FC1B for ; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:10:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from maciej@suszko.eu) Received: (qmail 4998 invoked by uid 503); 17 Mar 2009 21:11:05 -0000 Received: from gw2.ovh.net (HELO mail194.ha.ovh.net) (213.251.189.202) by 30.mail-out.ovh.net with SMTP; 17 Mar 2009 21:11:05 -0000 Received: from b0.ovh.net (HELO queue-out) (213.186.33.50) by b0.ovh.net with SMTP; 17 Mar 2009 21:10:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (maciej@suszko.eu@62.61.57.118) by ns0.ovh.net with SMTP; 17 Mar 2009 21:10:41 -0000 Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:10:35 +0100 From: Maciej Suszko To: Olivier Nicole Message-ID: <20090317221035.360fab6a@suszko.eu> In-Reply-To: <200903170239.n2H2dbRP062115@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> References: <200903160456.n2G4uSFt009354@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <49BED6FB.6060704@comcast.net> <200903170239.n2H2dbRP062115@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.1 (GTK+ 2.14.7; i386-portbld-freebsd7.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/uyanRwvVZGYzmyQZ5i0TYbE"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Ovh-Tracer-Id: 1283807370383482940 X-Ovh-Remote: 62.61.57.118 () X-Ovh-Local: 213.186.33.20 (ns0.ovh.net) X-Spam-Check: DONE|H 0.5/N Cc: korvus@comcast.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing 7.1 amd64 on Dell powerEdge 2950 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:10:49 -0000 --Sig_/uyanRwvVZGYzmyQZ5i0TYbE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Olivier Nicole wrote: > Hi, >=20 > > I've had(and have) several fairly new Dell PowerEdge2950 servers > > running FreeBSD 7.1/amd64 just fine. Is this a brand new 2950 > > (2950 III, or whatever), or an older one? =20 >=20 > Depends how new is new, we bought it at the end of last year. >=20 > > I'd make sure that the BIOS, BMC, and PERC=20 > > (if you have one) firmwares are all up to date. =20 >=20 > OK. >=20 > > Barring that, have you tried another installation CD? >=20 > No, but that very installation CD worked well on other machines (Dell > 1950 and Dell 200). >=20 > And both Dell 2950 are failing the same way. I got 2 PE2950 running 7.0/amd64 bought last summer - all running without problems. Maybe CD/DVD drives are failing? Have you tried another media - DVD instead of CD for example? --=20 regards, Maciej Suszko. --Sig_/uyanRwvVZGYzmyQZ5i0TYbE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAknAEdEACgkQCikUk0l7iGrTJwCggsfJqk3WJhZ6mfLKHVZxSSp8 zEUAnRBeKwXkBerAHLeqMpmnmfUgUc86 =lnxy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/uyanRwvVZGYzmyQZ5i0TYbE--