Re: Installing FreeBSD 6.0 on IBM BladeCenter HS20 - IT WORKS!

2006-03-29 Thread Vivek Khera
On Mar 28, 2006, at 4:38 PM, Tom Samplonius wrote: 1. Disabling acpi. What happens for you if acpi is not disabled? I never tried this, and I'm not sure if this fixes anything or not. What did it do for you? Try disabling just the ACPI timer. At boot, break to the loader prompt and e

Re: Installing FreeBSD 6.0 on IBM BladeCenter HS20 - IT WORKS!

2006-03-28 Thread Tom Samplonius
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006, Guy Helmer wrote: Tom Samplonius wrote: Axel, Hi, I was reading your post in regards to installing FreeBSD on the BladeCenter that you made to freebsd-stable. I've also been trying installing FreeBSD on the BladeCenter. During my installs, it hangs during the SCSI d

Re: Installing FreeBSD 6.0 on IBM BladeCenter HS20 - IT WORKS!

2006-03-28 Thread Guy Helmer
Tom Samplonius wrote: Axel, Hi, I was reading your post in regards to installing FreeBSD on the BladeCenter that you made to freebsd-stable. I've also been trying installing FreeBSD on the BladeCenter. During my installs, it hangs during the SCSI disk probes (Waiting for SCSI disks to sett

Installing FreeBSD 6.0 on IBM BladeCenter HS20 - IT WORKS!

2006-03-28 Thread Tom Samplonius
Axel, Hi, I was reading your post in regards to installing FreeBSD on the BladeCenter that you made to freebsd-stable. I've also been trying installing FreeBSD on the BladeCenter. During my installs, it hangs during the SCSI disk probes (Waiting for SCSI disks to settle). That should onl

Re: Installing FreeBSD 6.0 on IBM BladeCenter HS20

2006-03-11 Thread Damian Gerow
Thus spake [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [11/03/06 03:51]: : >I have yet to get it working, but I've been focusing explicitly on an : >Opteron blade using an amd64 install. It seems as though you may have luck : >by using an Intel blade (these are by far more common), and doing the : >inst

Re: Installing FreeBSD 6.0 on IBM BladeCenter HS20

2006-03-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Damian Gerow wrote: Thus spake fbsd_user ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [10/03/06 08:59]: : I see you both have Bladecenters. : Have you had any luck with getting FreeBSD to install on it yet. : : What is the status of your efforts. : : Been offered contract to do this for client, : but need to know if

Re: Installing FreeBSD 6.0 on IBM BladeCenter HS20

2006-03-10 Thread Damian Gerow
Thus spake fbsd_user ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [10/03/06 08:59]: : I see you both have Bladecenters. : Have you had any luck with getting FreeBSD to install on it yet. : : What is the status of your efforts. : : Been offered contract to do this for client, : but need to know if it can be done before

RE: Installing FreeBSD 6.0 on IBM BladeCenter HS20

2006-03-10 Thread fbsd_user
I see you both have Bladecenters. Have you had any luck with getting FreeBSD to install on it yet. What is the status of your efforts. Been offered contract to do this for client, but need to know if it can be done before I accept the job. ___ freeb

Re: Installing FreeBSD 6.0 on IBM BladeCenter HS20 - IT WORKS!

2006-03-01 Thread Axel S. Gruner
Hi, Am Mittwoch, 1. März 2006 07:48 schrieb Damian Gerow: > Thus spake Stacey Roberts ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [01/03/06 01:48]: > : Sorry for asking the obvious here, but exactly what type (make / > : protocols) of keyboard are you using for the installation? > > Generic PS/2 keyboard. But it's wired

Re: Installing FreeBSD 6.0 on IBM BladeCenter HS20

2006-02-28 Thread Damian Gerow
Thus spake Stacey Roberts ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [01/03/06 02:24]: : > Generic PS/2 keyboard. But it's wired in to the blade via USB1.1. : : I see. : : Is it possible to try a genuine USB keyboard to see if that makes a difference? You'll want to also include the : procedure for USB keyboard insta

Re: Installing FreeBSD 6.0 on IBM BladeCenter HS20

2006-02-28 Thread Stacey Roberts
Hi Damian! On Wed, 01 Mar 2006, Damian Gerow wrote: > Thus spake Stacey Roberts ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [01/03/06 01:48]: > : Sorry for asking the obvious here, but exactly what type (make / protocols) > of keyboard are you using for the > : installation? > > Generic PS/2 keyboard. But it's wired

Re: Installing FreeBSD 6.0 on IBM BladeCenter HS20

2006-02-28 Thread Damian Gerow
Thus spake Stacey Roberts ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [01/03/06 01:48]: : Sorry for asking the obvious here, but exactly what type (make / protocols) of keyboard are you using for the : installation? Generic PS/2 keyboard. But it's wired in to the blade via USB1.1. - Damian __

Re: Installing FreeBSD 6.0 on IBM BladeCenter HS20

2006-02-28 Thread Stacey Roberts
Hi Damian! On Wed, 01 Mar 2006, Damian Gerow wrote: > Thus spake Stacey Roberts ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [28/02/06 14:00]: > : > Thus spake Axel S. Gruner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [28/02/06 05:22]: > : > : go to boot loader prompt and type: > : > : > : > : unset acpi_load > : > : load ispfw > : > : load i

Re: Installing FreeBSD 6.0 on IBM BladeCenter HS20

2006-02-28 Thread Damian Gerow
Thus spake Stacey Roberts ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [28/02/06 14:00]: : > Thus spake Axel S. Gruner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [28/02/06 05:22]: : > : go to boot loader prompt and type: : > : : > : unset acpi_load : > : load ispfw : > : load isp : > : set hint.atkbd.0.disabled="1" : > : boot : > : : > : With

Re: Installing FreeBSD 6.0 on IBM BladeCenter HS20

2006-02-28 Thread Damian Gerow
Thus spake Michael Proto ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [28/02/06 08:17]: : > Do isp/ispfw do any funkiness with the keyboard? Even when booting with : > hint.atkbd.0.disabled="1", my keyboard still doesn't work. : > : > - Damian : : Try this at the loader prompt: : : hint.atkbd.0.flags="0x1" I've trie

Re: Installing FreeBSD 6.0 on IBM BladeCenter HS20

2006-02-28 Thread Stacey Roberts
Hi Damian! Good to see you on the list., On Tue, 28 Feb 2006, Damian Gerow wrote: > Thus spake Axel S. Gruner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [28/02/06 05:22]: > : go to boot loader prompt and type: > : > : unset acpi_load > : load ispfw > : load isp > : set hint.atkbd.0.disabled="1" > : boot > :

Re: Installing FreeBSD 6.0 on IBM BladeCenter HS20

2006-02-28 Thread Michael Proto
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Damian Gerow wrote: > > Do isp/ispfw do any funkiness with the keyboard? Even when booting with > hint.atkbd.0.disabled="1", my keyboard still doesn't work. > > - Damian Try this at the loader prompt: hint.atkbd.0.flags="0x1" - -Proto -BE

Re: Installing FreeBSD 6.0 on IBM BladeCenter HS20

2006-02-28 Thread Damian Gerow
Thus spake Axel S. Gruner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [28/02/06 05:22]: : go to boot loader prompt and type: : : unset acpi_load : load ispfw : load isp : set hint.atkbd.0.disabled="1" : boot : : With these options i am able to boot the installation cd, also the keyboard is : working and, surprise surp

Re: Installing FreeBSD 6.0 on IBM BladeCenter HS20

2006-02-28 Thread Axel S. Gruner
Hi, Am Dienstag, 28. Februar 2006 09:49 schrieb Riv Octovahriz: > Is there anyway to install FreeBSD 6.0 on IBM BladeCenter HS20 ? > hint.atkbd.0.disabled="1" allow me to bypass the atkbd check, but my > keyboard just drop dead on sysinstall go to boot loader prompt and type: unset acpi_load loa

Re: Installing FreeBSD 6.0 on IBM BladeCenter HS20

2006-02-28 Thread Damian Gerow
Thus spake Riv Octovahriz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [28/02/06 03:58]: : Is there anyway to install FreeBSD 6.0 on IBM BladeCenter HS20 ? Not that I've been able to figure out. I asked the same question not too long ago:

Installing FreeBSD 6.0 on IBM BladeCenter HS20

2006-02-28 Thread Riv Octovahriz
Is there anyway to install FreeBSD 6.0 on IBM BladeCenter HS20 ? hint.atkbd.0.disabled="1" allow me to bypass the atkbd check, but my keyboard just drop dead on sysinstall ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listi