Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 21:18:44 -0700 From: Jason Taylor <jason@infinitebubble.com> To: Robert Fitzpatrick <robert@webtent.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Install FreeBSD 5.2.1 on Compaq Proliant 800 Message-ID: <41087AA4.3040100@infinitebubble.com> In-Reply-To: <1091070008.10979.12.camel@columbus.webtent.org> References: <1091070008.10979.12.camel@columbus.webtent.org>
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Robert Fitzpatrick wrote: > Trying to install FreeBSD 5.2.1 on a Compaq Proliant 800, looking for > someone that has done this or similar. Of course, you have to have the > SmartStart CD, I have that, I choose System Erase and it loads the > Compaq partition and the FreeBSD goes without error and when I reboot I > get 'Invalid partition type', that's it. After System Erase, I set the > configuration to Unix (Large Geometry), there are 4 SCSI drives, two > 18GB and two 9GB, FreeBSD finds and represents all correctly on install. > Seems the Compaq BIOS is just not letting me use those partitions as > active? > It's been a while since I actually did this and I wasn't bright enough to document the process. This is an a Proliant 1500. I believe I picked the SCO UnixWare 7 configuration just because it was the only one with Unix in the name. I think the only significance that choice has is in what, if any, wizardy type install option you're given. Additionally, I had to do at least the following two things to get it working. There may have been more. Again, I foolishly did not document the process. Set the APIC mode to "Full Table - Mapped" per the directions at http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2003-October/021692.html Set the amount of physical memory in /boot/loader.conf like so: hw.physmem="98304k". Of course, you'll substitute a value that reflects the amount of memory your box actually has. On the first go round you'll need to pick the option from the Beastie menu to get to a boot prompt and type in: 'set hw.physmem="98304k"' and then 'boot' or, to play it safer, 'boot -s'. Hope this helps. :-)
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