Compaq ProLiant 1600 server freezes when detecting keyboard

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

Thanks, that saves me a lot of time too.  I have a rack of 1600R's
that need updating.

Ted

>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Ertan Küçükoglu
>Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 2:36 AM
>To: Ted Mittelstaedt; questions at freebsd.org
>Subject: RE: Compaq ProLiant 1600 server freezes when detecting keyboard
>
>
>Good news,
>
>System boots flawlessly after removing USB and Firewire in
>GENERIC kernel.
>
>Well, maybe FreeBSD should implement an option to disable
>certain device
>detection during install time, too.
>
>Thanks for the USB hint. You saved a lot of time for me to find
>the problem.
>
>--Ertan
>
>On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 01:40:05 -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote
>> ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-
>> releases/i386/4.11- RELEASE/floppies/
>>
>> works here with Microsoft Internet Exploder 6.0
>>
>> Try setting your FTP client to passive mode.
>>
>> Ted
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: Ertan Küçükoglu [mailto:ertank at ozlerplastik.com]
>> >Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 12:15 AM
>> >To: Ted Mittelstaedt; questions at freebsd.org
>> >Subject: RE: Compaq ProLiant 1600 server freezes when
>detecting keyboard
>> >
>> >
>> >I'll appreciate if anyone directly sends me, or gives me a
>> >working link to
>> >download 4.11 release boot images.
>> >
>> >ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/
>> >
>> >is not working. At least, connection is established, but no
>> >login info asked.
>> >
>> >Btw, this box is 5.4-release setup box. I cvsuped 6.0-stable
>> >sources. I may
>> >try to disable USB in GENERIC kernel. Re-compile and try with
>> >this kernel if
>> >this is the test that should be done. I'll give this a try
>> >while waiting for a
>> >working link for FreeBSD 4.11.
>> >
>> >--Ertan
>> >
>> >On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 22:17:18 -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote
>> >> Please try booting with FreeBSD 4.11 and let us know if it works
>> >> or not.  (just download a boot floppy and use that)  Also, it is
>> >> probably hanging at whatever would probe up AFTER keyboard
>detection,
>> >> not the keyboard detection.
>> >>
>> >> Be aware also that the Compaq 1600's are a bit odd in that
>they have
>> >> a partial USB chipset on the motherboard.  It is detected as a USB
>> >> device - but althought the chip exists, a USB buss is not, in fact,
>> >> connected to it.  There is a setting in many Linux distros
>to disable
>> >> USB probing at the installation boot to get around this, that is
>> >> documented somewhere.
>> >>
>> >> Ted
>> >>
>> >> >-----Original Message-----
>> >> >From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>> >> >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of
>> >Ertan Küçükoglu
>> >> >Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 3:52 AM
>> >> >To: questions at freebsd.org
>> >> >Subject: Compaq ProLiant 1600 server freezes when
>detecting keyboard
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >Hello,
>> >> >
>> >> >I wanted to replace slackware 10.1 with freebsd 6.0-release.
>> >> >Reason is the
>> >> >improvements on filesystem handling in 6.0 release. My system
>> >> >is serving as a
>> >> >file server with samba.
>> >> >
>> >> >I downloaded CDs and boot to install. During device probing,
>> >> >system hangs at
>> >> >keyboard detection. Below is the output written manually:
>> >> >-----
>> >> >atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
>> >> >atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
>> >> >kbd0 at atkbd0
>> >> >stray irq13
>> >> >atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
>> >> >===> here cursor locks, keyboard locks. ctrl+alt+del does
>> >not work <===
>> >> >-----
>> >> >
>> >> >I searched the archives. It is suggested to change BIOS setting
>> >> >for the OS to
>> >> >"Other" for single CPU systems and to "UnixWare 2.1" for SMP
>> >> >systems. Mine is
>> >> >a SMP system. I tried several other OS settings in BIOS,
>> >> >unfortunately nothing
>> >> >helped. System bios update date is 11/8/2000.
>> >> >
>> >> >I tried to install 5.4-release and cvsup and upgrade to
>> >> >6.0-stable. Same
>> >> >problem with GENERIC kernel of yesterday sources.
>> >> >
>> >> >This system is a production machine and I have to fix it until
>> >> >end of this
>> >> >week. There is a temporary backup system running at the moment.
>> >> >
>> >> >If there is anything that I can provide, please ask for it and
>> >> >I'll do my best
>> >> >to provide.
>> >> >
>> >> >Regards,
>> >> >--
>> >> >Ertan Küçükoðlu
>> >> >ertank at ozlerplastik.com
>> >> >Özler Plastik San. ve Tic. A.S.
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>> >> >Fax: +90.212.676.8012
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