Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 07:53:24 -0700 From: "Charles Burns" <burnscharlesn@hotmail.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: ProLiant 1500 questions... Message-ID: <F131GRsq1bgIK78ULGK00004f26@hotmail.com>
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You can increase the time that the kernel waits for SCSI devices by changing the line "SCSI_DELAY=" in the kernel configuration file located in /sys/i386/conf (for x86 machines anyway) You might try a value of 20000 to 30000 (to and 30 seconds respectively) >From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <hornback@wireco.net> >To: "Wai Chan" <waichan@hpu.edu> >CC: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> >Subject: RE: ProLiant 1500 questions... >Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 21:42:57 -0500 > >Wai Chan, > > Thanks for the info. I've redone the entire installation, compiled >the kernel, got all of the memory and both processors running. I >sincerely appreciate the help. > > But, I have run into another small problem. Occasionally, on boot, >it will give me the following: > >ida0: <Compaq SMART2/P array controller> port 0x8000-0x80ff mem >0x42000000-0x43ffffff, 0x40000000-0x400000ff irq 11 at device 0.0 on >pci1 >panic: ida_wait: timeout waiting for completion >mp_lock = 00000001; cpuid = 0; lapic.id=00000000 >Uptime: 0s >Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press a key on the console to abort > > When we did the previous installation, the friend of mine that set it >up put in a larger pause delay earlier in the booting process. He >told me that he set it up to load and unload the kernel four times, >which would give the drives a chance to settle so that the controller >could be queried properly. > > Any ideas on remedying this problem? > > Thanks, > >--- Andy > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Wai Chan [mailto:waichan@hpu.edu] > > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 12:51 PM > > To: Andrew C. Hornback; questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: RE: ProLiant 1500 questions... > > > > > > To get smp working: > > " Boot the system with the Compaq System Configuration disks. Press > > CTRL-A at the main menu to get into the advanced mode. Select > > "Configure hardware" from the menus. Then select "View and > > edit details". > > Scroll down to the "Advanced features" section and set the processor > > APIC mode to "Full Table". Save the new hardware configuration to > > CMOS. Reboot the system. " > > > > Make FreeBSD to see all 64MB RAM instead of 16MB RAM: > > Add this to your kernel > > options MAXMEM="(64*1024)" > > > > -- > > Wai Chan. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Andrew C. > > Hornback > > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 01:06 AM > > To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: ProLiant 1500 questions... > > > > > > Good morning everyone, > > > > I'm doing some work on my Compaq ProLiant 1500 box, > > and was wondering > > if I could get some help. > > > > First of all, it's a dual P133 with 64 Megs of RAM, > > and I'm having a > > hellacious time getting both processors to work properly in > > it. Right > > now, it runs on a single processor, and flies... but I know it would > > be faster with the second one running. I know there is a > > working SMP > > kernel on it, because I had it running with both processors at one > > time, but I had to shelf the project for a couple of months and now > > that I'm back to it, I've forgotten what I did to invoke > > that kernel. > > > > Secondly, I want to limit the number of services that > > this machine > > runs, since it is going to be the firewall for my network, and I was > > wondering if anyone had a list of all of the services that > > the default > > installation of 4.2-Release included. > > > > Thanks, > > > > --- Andy > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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