Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:02:13 +0100 (CET) From: kama <kama@pvp.se> To: b-boy <thys.kitshoff@rocketseed.com> Cc: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DL 120 G5 Freebsd 5.4 Message-ID: <20081117095854.P54668@ns1.as.pvp.se> In-Reply-To: <20497887.post@talk.nabble.com> References: <20497183.post@talk.nabble.com> <491D46F3.6050503@ultra-secure.de> <20081114104227.F54668@ns1.as.pvp.se> <20497887.post@talk.nabble.com>
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On Fri, 14 Nov 2008, b-boy wrote: > > > > kama-4 wrote: > > > > > > > > On Fri, 14 Nov 2008, Rainer Duffner wrote: > > > >> b-boy schrieb: > >> > Hi all > >> > > >> > Has anyone attempted to run 5.4 on a dl120 g5 ? My client wants to > >> order > >> > this box but I'm not sure if 5.4 has the drivers to run on it. > >> > > >> > Regards > >> > > >> > > >> > >> Is there a business reason why he wants to run 5.4, of all things? > >> > >> 5.4 is EOL - I'm not sure it has support for the ICH that this board > >> uses. > >> > > > > Im not sure, but I think you dont have support for the NIC. The DL380G5 > > uses bce instead of bge. I think you need to go up to 6.3 to get bce in > > the system. > > > > Try running FreeBSD 7.1 w COMPAT5 installed if its a binary that needs > > FreeBSD 5.4. > > > > /Bjorn > > > > > > Ok, I just had a chat with my dev guy and he said we could also look at > installing 6.2 but I think that will still not work... "The bce device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 6.1." So if the chipset is supported it should work. We run 6.0 on a DL380G5 w P400 SA-card, but with another NIC. So I think that it will work. /Bjorn
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