Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:09:15 +0200 From: Ewald Jenisch <a@jenisch.at> To: Ewald Jenisch <a@jenisch.at> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HP Proliant DL580 G5 - installation freezes (7.2) Message-ID: <20090716170915.GC1387@aurora.oekb.co.at> In-Reply-To: <20090716111751.GA1387@aurora.oekb.co.at> References: <20090716111751.GA1387@aurora.oekb.co.at>
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On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 01:17:51PM +0200, Ewald Jenisch wrote: > Hi, > > I'm having troubles installing 7.2 (AMD64) on a HP Proliant DL580 G5: > The system boots from the Install-DVD then, while probing the > hardware, it suddenly freezes. > > The last thing I see on the console is > > VGA: ..... > > Has anybody else had this problem? Any cure against this? > Hi, Just for the info for anyone out there who might also run into this problem: Bringing the firmware/bios/SmartArray firmware to the latest level helps :-) We did this later today and after that I was able to install 7.2 on the box. -ewald
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