How difficult would it be to upgrade from 4.8 to 5.x ? I've got to get this server going ASAP but I'd also like to be able to upgrade to the 5.x series, especially when 5.2 comes out.
There should be a way to disable ACPI during boot up. I could have sworn that during previous installs of 5.1 the menu option said "Boot FreeBSD with ACPI disabled" but when I boot the server it says "Boot FreeBSD with ACPI enabled" <sigh> -----Original Message----- From: Raphaël Marmier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 5:26 PM To: Warner Joseph Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: 5.1 & Compaq Smart Array I'll give a try on a Smart Array 532 with FBSD 5.1 as soon as I can (days or weeks). It is working fine with 4.8 now. Raphael Le Jeudi, 7 aoû 2003, à 23:44 Europe/Zurich, Warner Joseph a écrit : > > -----Original Message----- > From: Raphaël Marmier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 2:55 PM > To: Warner Joseph > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: Re: 5.1 & Compaq Smart Array > > >> RAIDFrame is software raid so it doesn't matter here. You should check >> wether your Smart Array is properly supported, first, a good place to >> start: http://people.freebsd.org/~msmith/RAID/. > > It looks like it is. Mine is a Compaq Smart-2SL Array Controller > >> Then maybe try to disable APIC at boot (??), as this is known to cause >> problems. > > I don't have that option, the option menu has an option to "Enable" > APIC support not disable it. I'm using the 5.1 -RELEASE mini-install > CD. > > >> But first, go to the BIOS on the server and make sure it is >> preset either for Linux OS or for "Other". > > Right, I used the Compaq Setup CD, blew away my old FreeBSD 4.6 > configuration, > set up a new one including a new array (I added an extra drive), chose > "Other OS" during the manual install and rebooted to install the new > OS. > > > >> Then maybe make sure your >> raid volume(s) is configured with Compaq tools before attempting to >> install FreeBSD. > > FWIW - I had it running on 4.6 -STABLE just fine before this. > > hope this helps > > Raphael > > Le Jeudi, 7 aoû 2003, à 20:16 Europe/Zurich, Warner Joseph a écrit : > >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to install FreeBSD 5.1 -RELEASE on our >> Compaq Proliant 2500 server with (4) 9.1G hard drives >> using Raid5 and the install hangs at: >> >> /stand/sysinstall running as init on vty0 >> >> Is this because of: >> >> "The RAIDframe disk driver described in raid(4) is non-functional for >> this >> release." >> >> ..from the errata? >> >> I tried to search the archives but got an error saying they >> aren't available right now. >> >> Thanks >> >> Joe >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> - >> -------- >> This message and any included attachments are from Siemens Medical >> Solutions >> USA, Inc. and are intended only for the addressee(s). >> The information contained herein may include trade secrets or >> privileged or >> otherwise confidential information. 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