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Date:      Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:23:15 +0300
From:      Proskurin Kirill <proskurin-kv@fxclub.org>
To:        Peter <peterpub2@aboutsupport.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 7.0 reboots on Dell 2950
Message-ID:  <497F5F23.8000004@fxclub.org>
In-Reply-To: <497F5A3A.3070103@aboutsupport.com>
References:  <497ECECD.2060403@fxclub.org> <497F01E3.9040307@aboutsupport.com>	<497F0CB4.4070700@fxclub.org> <497F5A3A.3070103@aboutsupport.com>

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Peter пишет:
> Proskurin Kirill wrote:
>   
>> Peter wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Try updating to lastest version:
>>>
>>> BIOS
>>> RAID Controller BIOS
>>> RAID Controller Firmware
>>>       
>> Do you think it can be a problem?
>> It is possible to test it some how?
>>
>> This host is really far away from me.
>>
>>     
>
> Last 3 months I had issues will DELL 1650 and DELL R200.
> In both cases BIOS update fixed it.
>
> 1) DELL 1650 - FreeBSD did not want to installl, after BIOS udpate all
> went well
> 2) DELL  R200 with SATA - no problems
> 2) DELL R200 with SAS, installed well, extremely scary message about
> HDD, after BIOS update, RAID controller BIOS udpate and RAID controller
> firmware udpate all went well
>
> BTW when the R200 scared me , I got a DELL diagniostic CD with FreeDOS
> and it did full system test. If you can get KVM over IP, have someone to
> put in the CD and 2 hours downtime is acceptable, it is good idea to run
> that CD on your machine.
>   
Well it is possible - but what information it can give me?
Could you explain - just to know if this 2 hours is acceptable for this.

-- 
Best regards,
Proskurin Kirill



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