Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 21:22:46 -0500 From: Jon Noack <noackjr@alumni.rice.edu> To: Matthew Sullivan <matthew@uq.edu.au> Cc: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> Subject: Re: SMP on Compaq DL380 Message-ID: <426EF776.8080007@alumni.rice.edu> In-Reply-To: <426EE1BA.5030700@uq.edu.au> References: <4267A1CF.3080903@uq.edu.au> <20050422190208.M68772@lexi.siliconlandmark.com> <426C93AC.3030907@root.org> <20050425200601.I42718@carver.gumbysoft.com> <426DB58B.5020608@uq.edu.au> <20050425204148.H43358@carver.gumbysoft.com> <20050426104642.GJ25563@elvis.mu.org> <426EE1BA.5030700@uq.edu.au>
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On 04/26/05 19:50, Matthew Sullivan wrote: > Maxime Henrion wrote: >> Yeah, I've seen DL380 boxes that needed "Linux" as the OS type or the >> BIOS wouldn't generate an MPTable with both CPUs. > > Apologies for any wasted time.... > > This was the answer.... > > In detail, this morning I went back into the Compaq BIOS configuration > tool, and the OS's settable were (amongst others): > > OTHER > UNIX > > I had set to 'UNIX'.... I changed to 'OTHER' rebooted and .. still the > same. > > There was no mention of 'LINUX' ... frustrated (and sure I saw "LINUX" > in the config previously) I did the following... > > 1/. Powered Down > 2/ Undocked all SCSI drives (just popped them out of the connectors) > 3/ Booted the Config utility > 4/ Selected 'Erase System' > 5/ Power cycled (as instructed) > 6/ Booted back into the 'Smartstart' config utility. > 7/ Followed the 'Manual Configuration and OS install' > 8/ Selected "LINUX" (which was now on this menu. > 9/ Went to the Smart Array Util, and exited immediately, which caused a > spontaneous reboot. > 10/ Powered Down > 11/ Docked all the drives. > 12/ Powered up, and booted back into the Smart Start util. > 13/ Noticed the RAID 5 array and config was self configured by the > controller. > 14/ Checked all settings in the Configutil - noticed "LINUX" was still > displayed as the OS type. > 15/ Checked the Array config (very impressed that it worked out the > config itself) > 16/ Exited Util (no save, none necessary). > 17/ Power cycled. > 18/ Removed smart start CD. > 19/ booted FreeBSD and saved the collected data in a similar place: > > http://scorpion.sorbs.net/SMP/after-erase/ > > ...and as you can see, I have 2 CPU's and this time they are detected > correctly (including the 'odd' CPU type that was reported by the > previous config).... > > For this I hope someone will create a FAQ for old Compaq's, and I'm > posting this back to the list so that people having similar problems in > the future can reference it. I have a single-CPU DL360 and a quad-CPU 6400R. After flashing the BIOS to the latest version and erasing the system, both are running 5-STABLE flawlessly with the OS type set to "Windows 2000". Prior to installing FreeBSD, both were actually running Windows 2000. However, I was unable to get the 6400R to boot the FreeBSD install CD without panicking until I erased the system. I had tried almost every OS type without success. The "Erase System" seemed to be the critical step to get up-and-running. Jon
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