Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2017 22:18:58 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 221056] FreBSD 11 can not be remotely installed on older HP Proliant models Message-ID: <bug-221056-8@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D221056 Bug ID: 221056 Summary: FreBSD 11 can not be remotely installed on older HP Proliant models Product: Base System Version: 11.0-RELEASE Hardware: amd64 OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Many People Priority: --- Component: bin Assignee: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: cwf-ml@arcor.de Trying to install 11.0-amd64 on a HP Proliant DL360G7 Which like all our servers, sits in some data center where I can not physic= ally access it. So the only possible method (and, indeed, the only method at all= for certain types of servers) is installation via HP iLo. ILOs can use both ISO and IMG files, to simulate CDROMs/DVDs and Flash Imag= es. Now FreeBSD broke HP's iLo based CDROM emulation somehwere in 8.x or 9.x, a= nd never bothered to fix it, despite being told about it. HP changed iLo Firmw= are on G8 and G9 to work around that problem, but there is no such Update for o= lder models. For them the memstick image was the only way to go. The uefi memstick image doesn't boot on those older Proliants, as they don't support UEFI either. As there is no other available installation method, FreeBSD 11 can not be installed at all. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=
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