From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 11 17:02:12 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56B0A16A405 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:02:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wash@wananchi.com) Received: from ns2.wananchi.com (ns2.wananchi.com [62.8.64.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C77343D49 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:02:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wash@wananchi.com) Received: from wash by ns2.wananchi.com with local (Exim 4.60 #0 (FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE)) id 1FTMFj-00021z-AX by authid for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 20:02:07 +0300 Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 20:02:07 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060411170207.GA763@ns2.wananchi.com> Mail-Followup-To: Odhiambo Washington , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Disclaimer: Any views expressed in this message, where not explicitly attributed otherwise, are mine alone!. X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5.11 (2005-09-15) X-Designation: Systems Administrator, Wananchi Online Ltd. X-Location: Nairobi, KE, East Africa. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Subject: Installing FreeBSD-4.11 on Dell PowerEdge 2800 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, 11 Apr 2006 17:02:12 -0000 Hi, I just need some pointers towards installing FreeBSD 4.11 on a Dell PowerEdge 2800 with 4GB RAM, Dual CPU, with 1TB disk storage on RAID 5. I have a production system that I am not willing to upgrade beyond 4.11 at all as it is rock solid as it is.;) Currently it's running on HP ML 350 but I have acquired this Dell which I'd like to migrate it to. I have read some posts about PAE in the kernel so as to recognize my 4GB RAM. Basically, I have tested the install using a 4.10 CD, but this was meant to only do a mininal install before I do a few things here and there that would make it run as expected. I am fairly conversant with those aspects. The problem right now is that it tells me it did not find my disk ;) I could be missing a few things that are must-know, so pointers, please. -Wash http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html DISCLAIMER: See http://www.wananchi.com/bms/terms.php -- +======================================================================+ |\ _,,,---,,_ | Odhiambo Washington Zzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-'| Tel: +254 20 313985-9 +254 20 313922 '---''(_/--' `-'\_) | GSM: +254 722 743223 +254 733 744121 +======================================================================+ What is worth doing is worth the trouble of asking somebody to do.