On 6/27/05, Scott Neville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there > I have been trying to install FreeBSD 5.4 on a compaq proliant server model > 1850R, The server is correctly configured and will run all the operating > systems I have tried with the exception of FreeBSD. I have used the floppies > to install the system in the hope of using FTP. The installer asks for all > the disks as usual and gets to load the kernal but gets to the "waiting 15 > for SCSI devices to settle" and stays there forever. I have tried launching > the installer with option 6 and used set vm.old_contigmalloc=1 but this did > nothing. I tried the installation with FreeBSD 5.3 and the same thing > happened. Hope you can help me sort this out as I have a simmilar compaq > server which has it installed and works fine. Many thanks for your time.
Try to load the installer with ACPI disabled. -- Dmitry "We live less by imagination than despite it" - Rockwell Kent, "N by E" _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
