the intel updates wouldnt go on for some reason, but i downloaded
the updates (slightly older) from sgi and the problem is resolved.
it was aok after the first update (FRU or something) - the bios
was the same version. not entirely sure what the two others were.
but hey, problem solved. freebsd now lives happily.
Dean
Samuel Clements wrote:
Dean Hamstead wrote:
just a quicky
installing freebsd on some nice sgi 1200s
they are 2ru machines ,dual p3 800, mylex scsi raid
intel mainboard
freebsd works a treat, except the motherboard
has the strangest quirk that only on cold boots
does it detect both cpu's. warm reboots cause it
to disable the second cpu and thus freebsd doesnt
pick up the second cpu (annoying)
the same bug is present in all three machines i have
im hoping i can just force freebsd to use two cpus
oh, i rebuilt the kernel etc, and from a cold boot
the mboard picks up both cpu's and so does freebsd
and they both work nicely.
Good ole Intel hardware! Gotta love it. You'll want to make sure you're
running the latest production BIOS from Intel (of course, use at your
own risk!) available at:
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df-external/filter_results.aspx?strTypes=all&ProductID=311&OSFullName=OS+Independent&lang=eng&strOSs=38&submit=Go%21
Grab P14 of the BIOS and 59 of the BMC and give those a go. Also dont
forget the current bios for the Mylex cards. It can be kind of a bear to
find, but still important. What you're seeing is probably the result of
the FRB timer disabling the 2nd CPU on warm boot. On a machine of this
age, that tends to be a problem with flakey RAM, etc...
Good luck! I have one of these motherboards, and it runs very well!
-Sam
PS - Also check the MPS spec - It should be 1.4, not 1.1
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