From doug at polands.org Mon Nov 2 21:57:37 2009 From: doug at polands.org (Doug Poland) Date: Mon Nov 2 21:57:44 2009 Subject: hpasm on DL380/580 G0 ? Message-ID: After perusing http://people.freebsd.org/~jcagle/ and http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-proliant/, I have difficulty ascertaining the following: 1. Can I run hpasm on generation zero DL380 and DL580 servers? 2. If Q1==Yes, where do I find the code/port/package? The boxes in question are running 7.2-RELEASE (i386) Many thanks! -- Regards, Doug From atkin901 at gmail.com Thu Nov 5 21:43:43 2009 From: atkin901 at gmail.com (Mark Atkinson) Date: Thu Nov 5 21:43:49 2009 Subject: hpasmd and hpasmcli on -current and 8.0 Message-ID: <4AF34081.9070208@gmail.com> Hi, I basically had to use the misc/4xcompat port and the Freebsd4 versions of these files to get these work on 8.0 and -current of FreeBSD. The hpasmcli version still does not work because I haven't recompiled the kernel with NO_KSE to prevent it from faulting on the the pthreads call. Wow. Any chance these will be at least recompiled and republished for 8.0 and -current? Even better, can the source finally be released or published so we can make a port? All the best, Mark Atkinson atkin901@gmail.com (!wired)?(coffee++):(wired); From bmsg32 at hotmail.com Fri Nov 6 13:41:14 2009 From: bmsg32 at hotmail.com (SomeoneHere) Date: Fri Nov 6 13:41:21 2009 Subject: Installation Freebsd 7.2 AMD64 on Proliant DL385 G5p Message-ID: <26230517.post@talk.nabble.com> I just purchased one of these for our company as our mail server. I have ran freebsd on boxes (mail server, webserver, proxy server, ftp, etc) but this is the first actual "server" box. Trying to install this on the box with the default geometry makes me receive the "Write failure on transfer (wrote -1 bytes of 1425408 bytes)" error. Alt-f2 is showing /stand/cpio: premature end of file. I have downloaded the image twice and burned twice yet receive the same error. Is it not able to write because when using the default geometry it cannot format? If anyone can point me in the right direction it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Installation-Freebsd-7.2-AMD64-on-Proliant-DL385-G5p-tp26230517p26230517.html Sent from the freebsd-proliant mailing list archive at Nabble.com. From atkin901 at gmail.com Fri Nov 6 15:29:10 2009 From: atkin901 at gmail.com (Mark Atkinson) Date: Fri Nov 6 15:29:16 2009 Subject: Installation Freebsd 7.2 AMD64 on Proliant DL385 G5p In-Reply-To: <26230517.post@talk.nabble.com> References: <26230517.post@talk.nabble.com> Message-ID: <4AF440BB.2030504@gmail.com> SomeoneHere wrote: > I just purchased one of these for our company as our mail server. I have one of these running freebsd-current currently. It has 2-sas drives in mirror mode, set from the firmware controller setup. To the install (I used a PXE install) it appeared as a normal drive and the install went off without a hitch. > I have ran > freebsd on boxes (mail server, webserver, proxy server, ftp, etc) but this > is the first actual "server" box. Trying to install this on the box with > the default geometry makes me receive the "Write failure on transfer (wrote > -1 bytes of 1425408 bytes)" error. Which release are you trying to install? 8.0-RC2? Did you get a warning about the disk geometry from sysinstall? > Alt-f2 is showing > /stand/cpio: premature end of file. I have downloaded the image twice and > burned twice yet receive the same error. Is it not able to write because > when using the default geometry it cannot format? If anyone can point me in > the right direction it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. This error you make me believe that the target media is not writable. From atkin901 at gmail.com Fri Nov 6 15:45:58 2009 From: atkin901 at gmail.com (Mark Atkinson) Date: Fri Nov 6 15:46:04 2009 Subject: Installation Freebsd 7.2 AMD64 on Proliant DL385 G5p In-Reply-To: References: <26230517.post@talk.nabble.com> <4AF440BB.2030504@gmail.com> Message-ID: <4AF444B3.5060600@gmail.com> Mark O'Keefe wrote: > I also am using 2-sas drives. I did not set them up using the firmware > controller (that might be my issue for not being able to write to the > disks). I just (physically) installed both of them and didn't set them > up. I am trying to install 7-2 Release AMD64. I wasn't sure if I > needed to install any of HP's software before I can install FreeBSD? Nope, once you setup your disks in the firmware setup, ciss0 should attach to the controller just fine. You can see this by modifying the options in sysinstall and enable the 'emergency holographic shell.' I think that becomes available via ALT-F4. From there you can view 'dmesg' output to which devices were probed and attached successfully on bootup. ciss0: port 0x4000-0x40ff mem 0xfdf00000-0xfdffffff,0xfdef0000-0xfdef0fff irq 32 at device 0.0 on pci70 [...] GEOM: new disk da0da0 at ciss0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0 da0: Fixed Direct Access SCSI-5 device da0: Serial Number PAFGCOMPAQ RAID00-0xfff da0: 135.168MB/s transfersode da0: Command Queueing enabled da0: 139979MB (286677120 512 byte sectors: 255H 32S/T 35132C) >> Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 07:28:59 -0800 >> From: atkin901@gmail.com >> To: bmsg32@hotmail.com >> CC: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org >> Subject: Re: Installation Freebsd 7.2 AMD64 on Proliant DL385 G5p >> >> SomeoneHere wrote: >> > I just purchased one of these for our company as our mail server. >> >> I have one of these running freebsd-current currently. It has 2-sas >> drives in mirror mode, set from the firmware controller setup. To the >> install (I used a PXE install) it appeared as a normal drive and the >> install went off without a hitch. >> >> > I have ran >> > freebsd on boxes (mail server, webserver, proxy server, ftp, etc) > but this >> > is the first actual "server" box. Trying to install this on the box with >> > the default geometry makes me receive the "Write failure on transfer > (wrote >> > -1 bytes of 1425408 bytes)" error. >> >> Which release are you trying to install? 8.0-RC2? Did you get a >> warning about the disk geometry from sysinstall? >> >> > Alt-f2 is showing >> > /stand/cpio: premature end of file. I have downloaded the image > twice and >> > burned twice yet receive the same error. Is it not able to write because >> > when using the default geometry it cannot format? If anyone can > point me in >> > the right direction it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. >> >> This error you make me believe that the target media is not writable. > > Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now. > From bmsg32 at hotmail.com Fri Nov 6 15:51:24 2009 From: bmsg32 at hotmail.com (Mark O'Keefe) Date: Fri Nov 6 15:51:46 2009 Subject: Installation Freebsd 7.2 AMD64 on Proliant DL385 G5p In-Reply-To: <4AF440BB.2030504@gmail.com> References: <26230517.post@talk.nabble.com> <4AF440BB.2030504@gmail.com> Message-ID: I also am using 2-sas drives. I did not set them up using the firmware controller (that might be my issue for not being able to write to the disks). I just (physically) installed both of them and didn't set them up. I am trying to install 7-2 Release AMD64. I wasn't sure if I needed to install any of HP's software before I can install FreeBSD? > Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 07:28:59 -0800 > From: atkin901@gmail.com > To: bmsg32@hotmail.com > CC: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Installation Freebsd 7.2 AMD64 on Proliant DL385 G5p > > SomeoneHere wrote: > > I just purchased one of these for our company as our mail server. > > I have one of these running freebsd-current currently. It has 2-sas > drives in mirror mode, set from the firmware controller setup. To the > install (I used a PXE install) it appeared as a normal drive and the > install went off without a hitch. > > > I have ran > > freebsd on boxes (mail server, webserver, proxy server, ftp, etc) but this > > is the first actual "server" box. Trying to install this on the box with > > the default geometry makes me receive the "Write failure on transfer (wrote > > -1 bytes of 1425408 bytes)" error. > > Which release are you trying to install? 8.0-RC2? Did you get a > warning about the disk geometry from sysinstall? > > > Alt-f2 is showing > > /stand/cpio: premature end of file. I have downloaded the image twice and > > burned twice yet receive the same error. Is it not able to write because > > when using the default geometry it cannot format? If anyone can point me in > > the right direction it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. > > This error you make me believe that the target media is not writable. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/ From ulf at Alameda.net Sun Nov 8 09:42:26 2009 From: ulf at Alameda.net (Ulf Zimmermann) Date: Sun Nov 8 09:42:33 2009 Subject: Installation Freebsd 7.2 AMD64 on Proliant DL385 G5p In-Reply-To: References: <26230517.post@talk.nabble.com> <4AF440BB.2030504@gmail.com> Message-ID: <20091108094220.GO2939@evil.alameda.net> On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 10:38:39AM -0500, Mark O'Keefe wrote: > > I also am using 2-sas drives. I did not set them up using the firmware controller (that might be my issue for not being able to write to the disks). I just (physically) installed both of them and didn't set them up. I am trying to install 7-2 Release AMD64. I wasn't sure if I needed to install any of HP's software before I can install FreeBSD? > > > Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 07:28:59 -0800 > > From: atkin901@gmail.com > > To: bmsg32@hotmail.com > > CC: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: Installation Freebsd 7.2 AMD64 on Proliant DL385 G5p > > > > SomeoneHere wrote: > > > I just purchased one of these for our company as our mail server. > > > > I have one of these running freebsd-current currently. It has 2-sas > > drives in mirror mode, set from the firmware controller setup. To the > > install (I used a PXE install) it appeared as a normal drive and the > > install went off without a hitch. The BIOS for any SmartArray controller will by default put 2 drives into a Raid 1 setup if you do not answer the question during the first boot. This becomes then the first system drive. You can verify that by going to the console, press F8 when the SmartArray screen comes up. In the BIOS is a selection for show information. > > > > > I have ran > > > freebsd on boxes (mail server, webserver, proxy server, ftp, etc) but this > > > is the first actual "server" box. Trying to install this on the box with > > > the default geometry makes me receive the "Write failure on transfer (wrote > > > -1 bytes of 1425408 bytes)" error. > > > > Which release are you trying to install? 8.0-RC2? Did you get a > > warning about the disk geometry from sysinstall? > > > > > Alt-f2 is showing > > > /stand/cpio: premature end of file. I have downloaded the image twice and > > > burned twice yet receive the same error. Is it not able to write because > > > when using the default geometry it cannot format? If anyone can point me in > > > the right direction it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. > > > > This error you make me believe that the target media is not writable. Also in the SmartArray bios you can set two different size options for boot purpose. You might want to play with that. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/_______________________________________________ > freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-proliant > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-proliant-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-865-0204 You can find my resume at: http://www.Alameda.net/~ulf/resume.html From michael.biggs at gmail.com Thu Nov 12 20:28:11 2009 From: michael.biggs at gmail.com (Michael Biggs) Date: Thu Nov 12 20:28:17 2009 Subject: HP DC5850 FreeBSD 7.2 Installation. Message-ID: <7cf51b160911121156k529b5ccmb64958e25493e583@mail.gmail.com> Hi, has anyone had any success installing 7.2 on a dc5850 ? gettingthe following: Building the boot loader arguments Looking up /BOOT/LOADER...Found Relocating the loader and the BTX Starting the BTX Loader BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.02. The cursor then hangs in the row between "Starting the BTX Loader" and "BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.02" Any ideas ? Regards, Michael From atkin901 at gmail.com Thu Nov 12 20:57:28 2009 From: atkin901 at gmail.com (Mark Atkinson) Date: Thu Nov 12 20:57:35 2009 Subject: HP DC5850 FreeBSD 7.2 Installation. In-Reply-To: <7cf51b160911121156k529b5ccmb64958e25493e583@mail.gmail.com> References: <7cf51b160911121156k529b5ccmb64958e25493e583@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4AFC76B3.7030708@gmail.com> Michael Biggs wrote: > Hi, > > has anyone had any success installing 7.2 on a dc5850 ? > > gettingthe following: > > Building the boot loader arguments > Looking up /BOOT/LOADER...Found > Relocating the loader and the BTX > Starting the BTX Loader > > BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.02. > > > The cursor then hangs in the row between "Starting the BTX Loader" and > "BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.02" > > > Any ideas ? http://wiki.freebsd.org/BugBusting/Commonly_reported_issues See "Bootstraps" The version hang should have been committed and gone into 7.2 Ref this thread: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.os.freebsd.stable/55544/focus=55567 Please try booting 8.0 RC3 iso to see if you get different results. > > > Regards, > Michael > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-proliant > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-proliant-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" From kama at pvp.se Tue Nov 24 09:45:53 2009 From: kama at pvp.se (kama) Date: Tue Nov 24 09:46:00 2009 Subject: Need help recovering from 6404 Raid controller failure In-Reply-To: <3a9afd990910211657p2504cd5cvb724a5ed21a83326@mail.gmail.com> References: <20091021132217.GA49634@emax.ca> <20091021233839.GA2939@evil.alameda.net> <3a9afd990910211657p2504cd5cvb724a5ed21a83326@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20091124101835.Q15008@ns1.as.pvp.se> On Wed, 21 Oct 2009, Barry Friedman wrote: > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 7:38 PM, Ulf Zimmermann wrote: > > > You can just let it sit in the BIOS of the SmartArray controller it will > > How do you do this? > > > rebuild there too. Or you can download the SmartStart CD and boot it. > > Run the Raid management tool from there to see progress. > > Thanks Ulf. The machine is stable again after reseating all the > cards for the third time. > Will the 6404 rebuild while the machine is running or is it necessary > to run SmartStart? > > dmesg shows: > ciss1: *** Physical drive failure: SCSI port 1 ID 4 > ciss1: *** State change, logical drive 1 > ciss1: logical drive 1 (da1) changed status recovering->OK, spare status > 0x15 > > Any idea how to translate this? For what I can read out about it it says: (Its the default behavour) Recovery to spare disk was successful. (recovering->OK) The failed disk that was in the raid becomes spare and are now marked failed. When you replace the faulty disk, it will become the new spare. It will not copy the data back to the disk in the possition that failed. /Bjorn