5.1 & Compaq Smart Array
Warner Joseph
Joseph.Warner at siemens.com
Fri Aug 8 14:10:01 PDT 2003
I think it's already disabled or won't work at all on this server.
I can't remember if I said this before but when I boot the mini-install
CD on the server option #2 says "Boot with ACPI enabled" and when
I boot on a regular PC that already has 5.1 installed it says "Boot with
ACPI disabled" so I don't think 5.1 is going to work on a Compaq
Proliant 2500.
I looked over here:
http://prioris.mini.pw.edu.pl/~gregory/FreeBSD/hpi386.html
<http://prioris.mini.pw.edu.pl/~gregory/FreeBSD/hpi386.html>
..and noticed there is only one config listed for someone running FreeBSD
on a 2500 and they're running 4.7 -STABLE, not 5.1
I need to run this in a production environment so 5.1 may not be a good
choice. It's too bad because I'd like more time to tinker with this to see
if I could get 5.1 loaded and running but I'm running out of time.
Thanks
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: Raphaël Marmier [mailto:raphael at computer-rental.ch]
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 2:53 PM
To: Warner Joseph
Cc: 'freebsd-questions at freebsd.org'
Subject: Re: 5.1 & Compaq Smart Array
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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