Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:27:00 +0930 From: Pete <piratepockets@adam.com.au> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.x and HP? Message-ID: <46E9339C.7090806@adam.com.au> In-Reply-To: <46E92E42.7080208@steelerubber.com> References: <46E92139.1030508@adam.com.au> <46E92E42.7080208@steelerubber.com>
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Thanks for the quick response Walter. Previously, I have tried with CentOS 5.0 as a 64-bit install, and I have managed to get that installed fine. I have a few machines in production running with that configuration. As for RAM, in this case, it was with only 2 gig in a 2x1024MB DIMM kit. I'm not sure as to the status of EIST however, I beleive it is enabled. I will check this out tomorrow when I have a chance as the machines themselves aren't at my home. I'll also give 7.0 a whirl and see what the outcome of that is. Cheers again for the response. Walter Vaughan wrote: > Pete wrote: >> Hey there, >> >> I've been having a rather unusual, but very annoying issue with HP >> DL140 G3 Servers and FreeBSD. I thought I might give the mailing list >> a try to see what I can find and whether anyone else has had similar >> issues. When trying to install FreeBSD 6.x AMD64, as these boxes look >> to have the Woodcrest core Xeon CPUs (5100-series), which support >> EMT64T, I have encountered the following issues. >> >> When using FreeBSD 6.1, I can't even get as far as sysinstall. The >> server tends to hang when initializing the drives just before it >> enters into the usual setup utility. When using FreeBSD 6.2, I can >> get into sysinstall, however, I get as far as configuring the slices >> and starting the install. After this has been done it begins >> extracting the data into the root directory, the machine then hangs. >> I don't believe it to be a hardware fault within a single machine as >> I have tried with a total of 3 of these machines with the same >> configuration. >> >> My original thoughts were with the LSI RAID controller I have in the >> machine. However, If I use the i386 FreeBSD 6.2 CD to install, the >> installation completes fine, the server reboots and comes up >> normally. No issues with drives, etc. > > So you are trying to install FreeBSD-AMD64? Hum. FreeBSD was first OS > to support the AMD64 AFAIK. This has been working for a long time. > > Does your bios have a setting to enable/disable 64 bit mode? > > Did you check this setting in your bios? > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/htdig/freebsd-amd64/2006-July/008613.html > > > You don't want 4 gigs of memory it that is what you have. Pull out a > stick or add a stick. Download/burn/Pop in a Ubuntu AMD64 CD. See if > that comes up fine. If that works, try a snapshot release of > "current", but I don't think there is magic in 7.0 that 6.2 does not > possess in this case. > > Its going to be something simple. >
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