Compaq ProLiant 1600 server freezes when detecting keyboard

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

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.
>> >Tel: +90.212.676.6767
>> >Fax: +90.212.676.8012
>> >(webmail)
>> >
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>
>--
>Ertan Küçükoðlu
>ertank at ozlerplastik.com
>Özler Plastik San. ve Tic. A.S.
>Tel: +90.212.676.6767
>Fax: +90.212.676.8012
>Mob: +90.533.226.0051
>(webmail)
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