Olivier Nicole <o...@cs.ait.ac.th> wrote: > Hi, > > > I've had(and have) several fairly new Dell PowerEdge2950 servers > > running FreeBSD 7.1/amd64 just fine. Is this a brand new 2950 > > (2950 III, or whatever), or an older one? > > Depends how new is new, we bought it at the end of last year. > > > I'd make sure that the BIOS, BMC, and PERC > > (if you have one) firmwares are all up to date. > > OK. > > > Barring that, have you tried another installation CD? > > No, but that very installation CD worked well on other machines (Dell > 1950 and Dell 200). > > And both Dell 2950 are failing the same way.
I got 2 PE2950 running 7.0/amd64 bought last summer - all running without problems. Maybe CD/DVD drives are failing? Have you tried another media - DVD instead of CD for example? -- regards, Maciej Suszko.
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