From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 30 02:03:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA26013 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 02:03:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from siafu.iconnect.co.ke (upagraha.iconnect.co.ke [209.198.248.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA26006 for ; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 02:03:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from arb@anand.org) Received: from arb by siafu.iconnect.co.ke with local (Exim 2.10 #2) id 0zvISl-0006io-00; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 13:02:47 +0300 Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 13:02:46 +0300 From: Anand Buddhdev To: Stefano Riva Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HP netserver E50 won't boot Message-ID: <19981230130246.F11020@iconnect.co.ke> References: <19981230100533.A11020@iconnect.co.ke> <3.0.5.32.19981230103731.00a31e00@relay.alice.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95us In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981230103731.00a31e00@relay.alice.it>; from Stefano Riva on Wed, Dec 30, 1998 at 10:37:31AM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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