trying to install 6.1 on a bunch of blade servers, P4
3.06Ghz w/ 2GB RAM
SEARCHED THRU ALL THE ARCHIVES AND MAIL LISTS for ANY
similar happenings and there are NO valuable clues..
Tried installing Fbsd 6.1, 6.0 and even a hard drive
that had 5.4 pre-installed
same result always AFTER the boot me
Peter G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> trying to install 6.1 on a bunch of blade servers, P4
> 3.06Ghz w/ 2GB RAM
>
> SEARCHED THRU ALL THE ARCHIVES AND MAIL LISTS for ANY
> similar happenings and there are NO valuable clues..
>
> Tried installing Fbsd 6.1, 6.0 and even a hard drive
> that had 5.4
Thanx for your prompt reply
When i try safe mode or any mode...
The same effect in ANY mode.
i am about to try setting the following at the loader
prompt from the boot menu
set hw.ata.ata_dma=0
and seeing if thsi helps
I do know also taht these blades have a Serverworks
chipset and i looked at t
For completeness sakes of the archives my solution
was:
to put the following in the /boot/loader.conf
it's the only way these machines will boot with
FreeBSD given their Serverworks chipsets.
hw.hasbrokenint12=1
hw.ata.ata_dma=0
If the previous is ommited after install (after the
CDROM is remov
