Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 09:50:01 +0200 From: "Holger Hoffmann" <holger.hoffmann@gmx.de> To: "'Per olof Ljungmark'" <peo@intersonic.se> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: AW: Compaq ProLiant 800 Message-ID: <000001c23f79$61727940$0c00a8c0@tower> In-Reply-To: <3D52E43A.9020100@intersonic.se>
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> I just did what you are trying to do with a PL800: > Upgrade the BIOS (download from compaq.com). Couldn't find anything newer than my BIOS which is dated 12/30/1998. Is that what you have installed? > Then you need to > access the Compaq setup (F10 during boot) program and if it is not on > the HD you also need the setup floppies. > In the setup, select "Unix" or "Linux" as your operating system. This > will prevent the BIOS to some translation acts with the drives. Well, several problems with that: 1. I had Mandrake running 2. I had RedHat running (not recognizing a dual-CPU board) 3. I can only find an entry for "Installing an OS" / "SCO Unix" or "other" Did you manage to boot from CDROM? I set the boot priority to CD->A->C but it didn't really work! Thanks for your help! Holger To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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