From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 26 23:18:21 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1FE016A419 for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:18:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jon@seaholm.caamora.com.au) Received: from seaholm.caamora.com.au (seaholm.caamora.com.au [203.7.226.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D15F13C45D for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:18:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jon@seaholm.caamora.com.au) Received: (from jon@localhost) by seaholm.caamora.com.au (8.11.1/8.11.1) id l8QNIfR04000; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:18:41 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <20070927091841.30821@caamora.com.au> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:18:41 +1000 From: jonathan michaels To: freebsd hardware Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e Organisation: Caamora, PO Box 144, Rosebery NSW 1445 Australia Subject: FreeBSD v6.2-RELEASE with Compaq ProLiant 6400R X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:18:21 -0000 greetings all, i recently acquired a few Compaq ProLiant 6400r (4 gb dram, 4x fxp0 10/100 mhz nic, four PIII 500/100 mhz cpu with l2 cache of 1 Mb and Compaq smart array 221 scsi raid array controller), this machine shares the load with a similarly configured Compaq ProLiant 5500R. the raid is built from 4x36 gb Fujitsu 10K rpm scsi III hard disks, as a single 'drive' (striped i think) backed up to DLT-7000 tape streamer. both these machines are running freebsd v6.2-release both run flawlessly once up and running .. the problems is with the ProLiant 6400R and freebsd (-release, versions 6.2, 6.1, 6.0, 5.2, 4.6, 4.4 and 4.2) once the machine is booted from the proprietary HP "SmartStart" cdrom to configure the host, freebsd works a real treat and has really good uptime, even on my poorish power but once i power down the machine for any reason it will not restart on the installed freebsd filesystems .. these machines (5500r/6400r) were ms win 2003 servers and i reconfigured them both to use unix (Solaris/unixware in teh configuration part of teh initial startup process). i've Google'd, but, nothing like this is even mentioned, hinted at, i meant to say. MS Windows runs flawlessly as does FreeBSD once its booted, getting to to teh boot stage is the problem .. all that happens is teh light on teh cdrom turns yellow and the machine just sits there, waiting .. if it matters there is no MS Windows/Compaq ProLiant diagnostic tools filesystem on the raid/hard disk array setup. i have several ProLiant (as well as several 6400r's) and all work very well with freebsd. can anyone help, suggest, i have also down-load some of teh relevant doc's on teh HP/Compaq web-site and read, read and more read ... most kind regards/appreciations jonathan -- ================================================================ powered by .. QNX, OS9 and freeBSD -- http://caamora com au/operating system ==== === appropriate solution in an inappropriate world === ====