Re: FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE source update fails during compilation

2007-04-09 Thread Ralph Hempel
Kris Kennaway wrote: On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 09:59:58AM +0200, Robert Joosten wrote: Hi, ---cut!-- /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/cc/cc_tools/../../../../contrib/gcc/genattrtab.c:6240: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault: 11 Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if appro

Re: 6.0 on Dell 1850 with DRAC4 management card?

2006-01-06 Thread Ralph Hempel
The only thing missing would be hardware power down. if that can be done via DRAC, that'll be an advantage :) Yes, you get that too. Full hardware power down. Wait as long as you want, then power the machine up. It's not the same as a remote reboot where you HOPE the server comes up far enough t

Re: 6.0 on Dell 1850 with DRAC4 management card?

2006-01-06 Thread Ralph Hempel
I've never enabled the DRAC card on any dell I have that came with them... Hmmm. The DRAC card can save you a long drive sometimes. You actually get to look at the hardware boot process and can even adjust BIOS settings if needed. To get to a FreeBSD console, I think that the OS actually needs

Re: 6.0 on Dell 1850 with DRAC4 management card?

2006-01-06 Thread Ralph Hempel
Scott Mitchell wrote: Hi all, On to my next question about running 6.0 on a Dell PE1850, since it seems that the RAID card will work just fine... I'm thinking about getting the machine with a DRAC4 remote management card. This looks to be OS-independent (you can configure through the BIOS) so I

Re: FreeBSD 6.0 rc1 guest under vmware-workstation-5.0.0.13124-r2 on linux host (boot error)

2005-10-23 Thread Ralph Hempel
Ralph Hempel wrote: Robin wrote: Hello all, I thought I'd give the new RC a whirl under vmware, after setting the guest to boot from the CDROM (which was the CD1 .ISO), shortly I recieved this error: http://xs.mw/temp/freebsd6rc1_vmware_boot_error.png (BTX halted) Yep. Me t

Re: FreeBSD 6.0 rc1 guest under vmware-workstation-5.0.0.13124-r2 on linux host (boot error)

2005-10-22 Thread Ralph Hempel
Robin wrote: Hello all, I thought I'd give the new RC a whirl under vmware, after setting the guest to boot from the CDROM (which was the CD1 .ISO), shortly I recieved this error: http://xs.mw/temp/freebsd6rc1_vmware_boot_error.png (BTX halted) Yep. Me too. I googled this and it appears to

Re: Newbie Question About System Update

2005-04-27 Thread Ralph Hempel
This might be the only real advantage of a serial console. The unit you pointed to is ~$4000.00, whereas 16-port serial console units run more like $1000.00. I've built a number of Dell systems lately (Windows for this client) but I always order them with the DRAC/4 card. I think it's about $350

Re: Headless install with 5.X floppies not possible?

2005-04-02 Thread Ralph Hempel
David Magda wrote: On Apr 2, 2005, at 09:45, Ralph Hempel wrote: I haven't tried it with 5.x, but here's how I modify the CD to allow headless installs for 4.x <http://www.hempeldesigngroup.com/embedded/stories/ bdgFreeBSDHeadless.html> Wouldn't is be better to simply use th

Re: Headless install with 5.X floppies not possible?

2005-04-02 Thread Ralph Hempel
I used to install 4.X on headless boxes, by creating floppies that immediately install over the serial port. Are you saying this is not possible anymore with the 5.X install floppies? Do I need the monitor at least for just typing the set-console command? Pity of that's the case, though. I haven't

RE: Redirecting console output to serial port to capture error message

2004-11-12 Thread Ralph Hempel
> Is the console redirection functionality of the boot floppies and > distribution iso disks intended to be diffent from that of a system > installed on a hard drive? > > echo -h > /boot.config to enable the serial console for the > boot loader and kernel. > > isn't getting the job do