On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 07:01, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Vizion > >Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 4:21 PM > >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >Cc: Robert Slade > >Subject: Re: Proliant 5000 sever Fbsd 5.4 (re)boot problem > > > > > >Did you follow my suggestion and search the HP resources with > >freebsd and your > >model. I have had the same problem myself I am pretty certain > >it was fixed > >by changes using the Proliant Essrntial Foundation Pack.. but > >my memory may > >not be accurate. > > Yeah, what a awful design! You have to load an entire full-blown > Windows install just to update the microcode in the SCSI raid > controller. I saw they had done this the last time I setup a > Compaq server and nearly barfed. > > You can still firmware update the machines' BIOS with a bootable > floppy but that's it. To get anything else, helo Windows! > > At least you get the satisfaction of scratching it off once you've > done the update. > > Ted > --
Thanks Ted & David, The HP site does not turn up anything about FreeBSD and the Proliant. However I have found out that the Smart-2 family controllers do have an update. There is a Linux version of the flash utility so I'll try that first. Rob _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
