Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 23:17:27 +0400 From: Dmitry Mityugov <dmitry.mityugov@gmail.com> To: Scott Neville <Scott@worldsofwar.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: waiting 15 seconds for scsi devices to settle Message-ID: <b7052e1e0506271218a24bc69@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <BDA00DF887779E418F88633B9B7852AF40BE@neptune.home.local> References: <BDA00DF887779E418F88633B9B7852AF40BE@neptune.home.local>
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On 6/27/05, Scott Neville <Scott@worldsofwar.co.uk> wrote: > Hi there > I have been trying to install FreeBSD 5.4 on a compaq proliant server mod= el 1850R, The server is correctly configured and will run all the operating= systems I have tried with the exception of FreeBSD. I have used the flopp= ies to install the system in the hope of using FTP. The installer asks for= all the disks as usual and gets to load the kernal but gets to the "waitin= g 15 for SCSI devices to settle" and stays there forever. I have tried lau= nching the installer with option 6 and used set vm.old_contigmalloc=3D1 but= this did nothing. I tried the installation with FreeBSD 5.3 and the same = thing happened. Hope you can help me sort this out as I have a simmilar co= mpaq server which has it installed and works fine. Many thanks for your ti= me. Try to load the installer with ACPI disabled. --=20 Dmitry "We live less by imagination than despite it" - Rockwell Kent, "N by E"
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