Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 13:02:46 +0300 From: Anand Buddhdev <arb@anand.org> To: Stefano Riva <sriva@alice.it> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HP netserver E50 won't boot Message-ID: <19981230130246.F11020@iconnect.co.ke> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981230103731.00a31e00@relay.alice.it>; from Stefano Riva on Wed, Dec 30, 1998 at 10:37:31AM %2B0100 References: <19981230100533.A11020@iconnect.co.ke> <3.0.5.32.19981230103731.00a31e00@relay.alice.it>
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On Wed, Dec 30, 1998 at 10:37:31AM +0100, Stefano Riva wrote: Thank you for that insight. An update on the situation. I dug out a FreeBSD 2.2.7 CDROM, and installed that on the netserver using a partition entry, and it worked fine. Booted without any problems. Very strange indeed. Is it perhaps an issue with 3.0? Maybe the FreeBSD team can look into it. > 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 -- Anand "I wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence. There's a knob called `brightness', but it doesn't work." -- Gallagher To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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