Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 15:43:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Rick Updegrove <freebsdstable@updegrove.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Compaq Proliant 5000 SMP won't boot Message-ID: <20030919154123.B46275@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <3F6B4C4C.8040308@updegrove.net> References: <3F6B4C4C.8040308@updegrove.net>
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On Fri, 19 Sep 2003, Rick Updegrove wrote: > I am attempting to get SMP working on this Compaq Proliant 5000 with > FreeBSD 4.9 STABLE but it stops booting at Whoa, this thing is *old*. Its a dual ppro. > "Programming 28 pins in IOAPIC #1" > > I have included dmesg, the stable-supfile and the SMP kernel conf file > here: http://12.246.251.12 BIOS update? can you try rolling backwards until you can get a working system? > The SMP file has the following lines commented out so I could get it > booted again. If I uncomment them and recompile it won't boot : ( I suspect your machine has braindamaged SMP and won't ever work in that configuration due to its age. Not sure if someone wants to fix a 7 year old system that takes 6 hours to buildworld :) -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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