Re: HP Compaq DL385 with Smart Array 6/i

[Mark Saad <nonesuch%bad-apples.org@localhost>]

Fredrik
 I have ran into this before, and I could not find a solution.
The only solution I have is to run FreeBSD on it. They run FreeBSD
4.x 6.x and 7.x very well.



chriswareham%chriswareham.demon.co.uk@localhost wrote:
> pettai%nordu.net@localhost wrote:
>   
> > On Oct 1, 2008, at 3:24 PM, chriswareham%chriswareham.demon.co.uk@localhost 
> > wrote:
> >
> >     
> > > pettai%nordu.net@localhost wrote:
> > >       
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > We've tried installing NetBSD 4.0 on 2 HP Compaq DL385 with single  
> > > > and
> > > > dual CPU configuration and the Smart Array 6/i controller. The  
> > > > obvious
> > > > problem that occur is that the I/O towards the controller/disk is
> > > > worthless.
> > > >
> > > > Even the installer writes -stalled- while installing/copying the
> > > > NetBSD base to the disk.
> > > >
> > > > We've tried both NetBSD 4.0 i386 and amd64, and we've even tried
> > > > NetBSD current amd64 (during the summer), but it's the same symptom  
> > > > on
> > > > all versions.
> > > >
> > > > Has anybody else seen this problem before? are there any fixes or
> > > > workarounds available?
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Fredrik
> > > >
> > > >         
> > > Hi Fredrik,
> > >
> > > The power management on many of the Compaq DL series is terrible -  
> > > to get
> > > NetBSD to boot you'll need to disable kernel support for ACPI. The  
> > > installer in
> > > -current allows you to select a non-ACPI kernel from a menu, but for  
> > > NetBSD 4.0
> > > I can't remember the magic incantation that boots with ACPI disabled.
> > >       
> > Oh...we haven't tried that one yet (though now that you mention it,  
> > it's something that has been suggested to solve other  problems then  
> > running NetBSD on specific H/W.)
> > Thanks for the pointer. I'll try that as soon as I get time over.
> >
> > Regards,
> > /P
> >
> >     
>
> I'll be interested to know if this solves your problem as I've got a DL385
> that's about to be decommissioned (it runs Linux at the moment, but I'd like to
> repurpose it as a development machine with NetBSD on it). I came across the
> ACPI issue when I installed NetBSD on the older DL360 series - the install
> kernel would boot, but I couldn't access the disks, which sounds exactly like
> the problem you've been having. With ACPI support disabled, everything works
> fine, including APM.
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris
>
>
>   


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