Bug 20205

Summary: FreeBSD 4 will not install on a Compaq Proliant ML370
Product: Base System Reporter: dhandcoc <dhandcoc>
Component: miscAssignee: freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: Unspecified   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   

Description dhandcoc 2000-07-27 04:30:01 UTC 
Standard installation fails.  Depending on what I try, the kernel will either fail to be recognised, or a System Halted message will be displayed.

If I run Fixit from CDROM 2, I can mount the RAID (/dev/ridad0), and I have tried placing different kernels I have compiled on another machine onto the compaq, but nothing has worked.

How-To-Repeat: Try installing FreeBSD 4.0 on a Compaq Proliant ML370 with a RAID
Comment 1 Sheldon Hearn 2000-07-27 12:52:42 UTC 
On Wed, 26 Jul 2000 20:26:21 MST, dhandcoc@jupitersgaming.com.au wrote:

> Standard installation fails.  Depending on what I try, the kernel will
> either fail to be recognised, or a System Halted message will be displayed.

More detail on both of those conditions would be good.  Could you copy
down exactly what is displayed on screen?

There are _loads_ of questions and answers about these Proliant machines
in the FreeBSD questions archives.  It seems that the ones that tend to
get answered are the ones with a detailed description of the hardware
and dmesg(8) output.

> If I run Fixit from CDROM 2, I can mount the RAID (/dev/ridad0)

Since you seem to be able to get as far as Fixit, you're obviously able
to boot a kernel.  If you could send the output of the dmesg(8) command
(which shows the kernel boot probe messages), that'd be very helpful.

> and I have tried placing different kernels I have compiled on another
> machine onto the compaq, but nothing has worked.

The more detail about exactly _what_ kernel configurations you've tried
and exactly what output you get from them which indicates that they're
not working, the better your chances of getting someone with a clue
interested. :-)

Make sure that your feedback is copied to
<freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org> and preserves this subject line.

Ciao,
Sheldon.
Comment 2 Poul-Henning Kamp freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2001-06-02 09:23:37 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

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