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ProLiant 800 and hitting F1
Hello,
I inherited an old ProLiant 800 server, and wish to install FreeBSD on it. Unfortunately, it keeps giving me a boot-time prompt, where I must either hit F1 or F10. Unfortunately hitting F10 tells me that it can't find the utility, and we didn't inherit any of the setup disks. What software do I need to download from Compaq (HP) to solve this issue? Thank you for your help! --Steven |
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You need to use SmartStart to setup the server. Does this system have an
Array Controller? If so, which one? Also, you shouldnt be getting the F1,F10 message unless the system post is encountering a problem. Can you tell me what that says ? You can download an ISO of smartstart 5.3 which will support your server from me. hit me at: cpqiso at dnsplus dot net Thanks, - LC "Steven" wrote in message ... Hello, I inherited an old ProLiant 800 server, and wish to install FreeBSD on it. Unfortunately, it keeps giving me a boot-time prompt, where I must either hit F1 or F10. Unfortunately hitting F10 tells me that it can't find the utility, and we didn't inherit any of the setup disks. What software do I need to download from Compaq (HP) to solve this issue? Thank you for your help! --Steven |
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"Steven" wrote in message ...
Hello, I inherited an old ProLiant 800 server, and wish to install FreeBSD on it. Unfortunately, it keeps giving me a boot-time prompt, where I must either hit F1 or F10. Unfortunately hitting F10 tells me that it can't find the utility, and we didn't inherit any of the setup disks. What software do I need to download from Compaq (HP) to solve this issue? As Nutcracker pointed out a Smart Start CD can be your friend. I have found that you can download the individual utilities from the HP/compaq web site. You'll want the system erase utility, the array config utility, and the setup utility. The other gotcha that you will encounter installing freeBSD is that Compaq does not report memory "correctly" (this is a matter of debate) so you will have to specifiy it during install and add the information to your permanent config file. Rumor has it that the newer freeBSD install detects the right memeory amount. When I installed freeBSD it only detected 16meg of the 1 gig of available ram. The install process took a command line override at kernel boot. Look at the maxmem option. |
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"Steven" wrote in message ...
Hello, --Steven Here is a link to a google thread that describes how to overcome the memory detection issues with freeBSD. http://snipurl.com/8tk1 The original url was 230+ characters long VinceV |
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Nut Cracker wrote:
You need to use SmartStart to setup the server. Does this system have an Array Controller? If so, which one? Also, you shouldnt be getting the F1,F10 message unless the system post is encountering a problem. Can you tell me what that says ? Ok, the only message that amounts to an error relates to an Array Controller being present but no drives found. The system has both a SCSI and a 1221 Smart Array Controller, but I'm not currently using it. The system in question was present in a building we purchased, and didn't have any of the disks, cables, etc. that might have originally come with the system, and it came with three 10GB drives on the SCSI card, so I'm just using it that way, since I don't have cables to connect the drives the the Array controller. In any case, I would think I should be able to boot the system with an unused Array controller in the system??? Hmmm. You can download an ISO of smartstart 5.3 which will support your server from me. hit me at: cpqiso at dnsplus dot net I just sent you an email at this address, but now I'm not sure if you'll get this one, since your address may be mangled... We'll see. Thanks, - LC "Steven" wrote in message ... Hello, I inherited an old ProLiant 800 server, and wish to install FreeBSD on it. Unfortunately, it keeps giving me a boot-time prompt, where I must either hit F1 or F10. Unfortunately hitting F10 tells me that it can't find the utility, and we didn't inherit any of the setup disks. What software do I need to download from Compaq (HP) to solve this issue? Thank you for your help! --Steven |
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Yes, you would. provided that the SCSI controller and not the array
controller was set to be the first controller. You will need a SmartStart CD to boot from, and go into the system configuration utility. When you run that, you will be able see the controller "order". Make sure that the 221 is not listed as FIRST. You can get the iso from me. hit me cpqiso at dnsplus dot net for details. - LC "Steven Hodgen" wrote in message ... Nut Cracker wrote: You need to use SmartStart to setup the server. Does this system have an Array Controller? If so, which one? Also, you shouldnt be getting the F1,F10 message unless the system post is encountering a problem. Can you tell me what that says ? Ok, the only message that amounts to an error relates to an Array Controller being present but no drives found. The system has both a SCSI and a 1221 Smart Array Controller, but I'm not currently using it. The system in question was present in a building we purchased, and didn't have any of the disks, cables, etc. that might have originally come with the system, and it came with three 10GB drives on the SCSI card, so I'm just using it that way, since I don't have cables to connect the drives the the Array controller. In any case, I would think I should be able to boot the system with an unused Array controller in the system??? Hmmm. You can download an ISO of smartstart 5.3 which will support your server from me. hit me at: cpqiso at dnsplus dot net I just sent you an email at this address, but now I'm not sure if you'll get this one, since your address may be mangled... We'll see. Thanks, - LC "Steven" wrote in message ... Hello, I inherited an old ProLiant 800 server, and wish to install FreeBSD on it. Unfortunately, it keeps giving me a boot-time prompt, where I must either hit F1 or F10. Unfortunately hitting F10 tells me that it can't find the utility, and we didn't inherit any of the setup disks. What software do I need to download from Compaq (HP) to solve this issue? Thank you for your help! --Steven |
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