FBSD 5.1 install problem on a DL380

[Ulf Zimmermann]

On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 01:25:24AM -0500, Scott Lambert wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 02:24:39PM -0900, W.D.McKinney wrote:
> > I am trying to get 5.x to install on a used Compaq DL380.
> > 4.9 works OK, but we'd like to be using 5.1.
> > 
> > It locks up with the install CD of 5.1 when it hits the video card.
> > 
> > boot info (under 4.9) is:
> > ida0: <Compaq Integrated Array controller> port 0x2000-0x20ff mem
> > 0xc5000000-0xc5ffffff,0xc6000000-0xc6ffffff irq 2 at device 1.0 on pci0
> > ida0: drives=1 firm_rev=1.42
> > idad0: <Compaq Logical Drive> on ida0
> > idad0: 17343MB (35520480 sectors), blocksize=512
> 
> My 1850Rs also don't work with 5.1.  But I was under the impression that
> the ida card was giving it fits, not the video card.

I am pretty sure I got 5.1-R to install on a DL380. I did for test
purpose on our last two with Dual Xeon 3.0Ghz/1MB and 3.2Ghz/1MB.
Each had 4GB memory, 6x15k 72GB drives.


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