Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:10:35 +0100 From: Maciej Suszko <maciej@suszko.eu> To: Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th> Cc: korvus@comcast.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing 7.1 amd64 on Dell powerEdge 2950 Message-ID: <20090317221035.360fab6a@suszko.eu> In-Reply-To: <200903170239.n2H2dbRP062115@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> References: <200903160456.n2G4uSFt009354@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <49BED6FB.6060704@comcast.net> <200903170239.n2H2dbRP062115@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th>
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--Sig_/uyanRwvVZGYzmyQZ5i0TYbE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th> wrote: > Hi, >=20 > > I've had(and have) several fairly new Dell PowerEdge2950 servers > > running FreeBSD 7.1/amd64 just fine. Is this a brand new 2950 > > (2950 III, or whatever), or an older one? =20 >=20 > Depends how new is new, we bought it at the end of last year. >=20 > > I'd make sure that the BIOS, BMC, and PERC=20 > > (if you have one) firmwares are all up to date. =20 >=20 > OK. >=20 > > Barring that, have you tried another installation CD? >=20 > No, but that very installation CD worked well on other machines (Dell > 1950 and Dell 200). >=20 > And both Dell 2950 are failing the same way. I got 2 PE2950 running 7.0/amd64 bought last summer - all running without problems. Maybe CD/DVD drives are failing? Have you tried another media - DVD instead of CD for example? --=20 regards, Maciej Suszko. --Sig_/uyanRwvVZGYzmyQZ5i0TYbE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAknAEdEACgkQCikUk0l7iGrTJwCggsfJqk3WJhZ6mfLKHVZxSSp8 zEUAnRBeKwXkBerAHLeqMpmnmfUgUc86 =lnxy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/uyanRwvVZGYzmyQZ5i0TYbE--
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