Proliant on a 6500

[Cagle, John (ISS-Houston)]

Try the suggestions from the archives:

http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/htdig/freebsd-smp/2003-April/000121.htm
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Also, you shouldn't have to wipe the OS.  Just change the system
configuration and then try booting SMP again.

Regards,
John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Danny Carroll [mailto:fbsd at dannysplace.net] 
> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 11:29 AM
> To: freebsd-smp at freebsd.org
> Subject: Proliant on a 6500
> 
> 
> Hiya all...
> 
> I have a compaq proliant 6500 with 4 cpu's
> I am trying to install 4.8 on it (I got it installed but it's 
> SMP that does not work).
> 
> The kernel seems to hang after the SMP: AP CPU #3 Launched. 
> Actually it gets two lines extra (mounting root off the ida 
> controller).
> 
> Now, scrolllock and caps and everything still work, (I can 
> even sroll back and read the text) but nothing else happens.
> 
> I am about to wipe and choose UNIXWare 7 (I chose solaris 
> last time) and we'll see what happens, but I was wondering if 
> you have seen this problem before.
> 
> One more thing...  I only had the first two SMP settings in 
> the kernel I had none of that NCPU etc stuff,...  Do I need 
> it for 4.8?  If so, how do I find out how many interupts to set??
> 
> Any more tips??
> 
> Thanks...
> -D