From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 30 01:37:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA24323 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 01:37:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dns.ie-online.it (dns.ie-online.it [194.133.148.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA24318 for ; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 01:37:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sriva@alice.it) Received: from dns.ie-interna.it (host1.ie-online.it [194.133.148.10]) by dns.ie-online.it (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA18634 for ; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 10:37:32 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from sriva@alice.it) Received: from stefano (stefano.ie-interna.it [192.168.0.33]) by dns.ie-interna.it (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA04460 for ; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 10:37:31 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from sriva@alice.it) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19981230103731.00a31e00@relay.alice.it> X-Sender: riva@relay.alice.it X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 10:37:31 +0100 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Stefano Riva Subject: Re: HP netserver E50 won't boot In-Reply-To: <19981230100533.A11020@iconnect.co.ke> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 10.05 30/12/98 +0300, you wrote: >We know we can install a small DOS partition and boot off that, or even >start with a floppy disk everytime, but this is not what is ideal, since we >can't always be around to do that in case of power failure or something. First install the HP utility partition using the navigator CD that comes with the netserver, then install FreeBSD without modifying the boot sector. When booting, the system will show a 10 secs timer for the HP utilities, then it'll boot BSD unattended. There are other ways to solve your problem, but IMHO this is the best solution, because the HP partition is small and it could be useful tomorrow, for example in case of hardware failures. --- Stefano Riva Software Engineer - Systems Administrator Informazioni Editoriali I.E. Srl Phone +39-027528400, Fax +39-027528451 Email sriva@alice.it To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message