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Date:      Wed, 8 Nov 2006 08:25:35 +1100
From:      "Jan Mikkelsen" <janm@transactionware.com>
To:        "'Toby Boudreaux'" <toby@barbariangroup.com>, <freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: Can't install FreeBSD 6.1 on DL145 G2
Message-ID:  <000a01c702b3$4418b560$0204a8c0@transactionware.com>
In-Reply-To: <4C353B8E-7FE7-43DC-AF42-2C6B79819D5E@barbariangroup.com>

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Hi,

I have run 6.1 on the DL145 and the DL145G2.  I don't recall having to do
anything special.  ACPI was enabled.

I didn't use sysinstall on 6.1 to set up the machines, but I am reasonably
sure that I did boot a 6.1 CD into the fixit shell.

Do you have the iLO remote console enabled?  I never did get that to work
properly beyond the boot loader ...

(I can no longer get to the machine to check settings.)

Regards,

Jan Mikkelsen

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Toby 
> Boudreaux
> Sent: Wednesday, 8 November 2006 3:30 AM
> To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org
> Subject: Can't install FreeBSD 6.1 on DL145 G2
> 
> 
> Hello, folks.
> 
> I recently purchased an HP Proliant DL145 G2. It has twin 80GB SATA  
> drives, 1GB RAM, and the most recent BIOS.
> 
> I've installed CentOS on it after trying to get the FreeBSD 
> 6.1 amd64  
> disk to boot and having problems. The thing is, I really 
> would prefer  
> FreeBSD on this box, so I'm hoping you guys can help.
> 
> When I boot to the full install disk (#1), all the hardware passes  
> the tests and the FreeBSD boot screen seems to start up. It  
> immediately switches to a screen full of gibberish characters, sort  
> of 'flying by' like a Matrix screensaver. I assume this is some sort  
> of panic.
> 
> I've read that I should disable ACPI in BIOS, but there is no 
> setting  
> to do so. The only mention of ACPI is under the 'Hammer' menu and  
> won't allow me to change from 'Enabled' to 'Disabled' when I try.
> 
> I burned the mini install CD to attempt to boot from that, and it  
> sort of worked the first time. It took me to the boot loader screen  
> but everything was hung at that point.
> 
> Successive attempts to boot from the mini CD cause the same problems  
> as booting from the full install CD.
> 
> I know the hardware is all fine, as it runs CentOS 4.4 fine.
> 
> Is there a Proliant-specific BIOS option (or BIOS version?!?) that I  
> should run, is this a console problem (my display is plugged 
> directly  
> into the VGA port and seems to work fine), or what?
> 
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I saw on the FreeBSD  
> motherboard list that the amd64 version works with the DL 145 G2, so  
> I'm terribly confused.
> 
> Thanks,
> toby
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