5.1 & Compaq Smart Array

Fri Aug 8 13:55:34 PDT 2003

I guess that's what you are looking for:

hint.acpi.0.disabled=1 # disable ACPI (i386 only)
in
http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/5.1R/errata.html

I suppose it has to be put in /etc/sysctl.conf, but I'm not sure...

Raphaël

Le Vendredi, 8 aoû 2003, à 15:18 Europe/Zurich, Warner Joseph a écrit :

>
> 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:raphael at computer-rental.ch]
> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 5:26 PM
> To: Warner Joseph
> Cc: 'freebsd-questions at freebsd.org'
> 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:raphael at computer-rental.ch]
>> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 2:55 PM
>> To: Warner Joseph
>> Cc: 'freebsd-questions at freebsd.org'
>> 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
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