It happens, most common is using non-compaq disk drives in these systems. Pull the disk set in the running system and put it in the non-running system and see if it boots, if it does, try putting the disks that came out of the non-running system into the running system and seeing if you can install on them.
Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh Endries" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 12:47 PM Subject: Problems booting on a Compaq DL360 (P21 version) > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello, > > I recently got two of these old machines used. One installed and runs > fine, but the other... I've been working on it for three days now and I > can't get it to boot. I can install just fine from the CD (using 6.1-R), > but upon reboot it goes past the RAID init and gets to a blank screen > with only _ in the top-left corner, beeps twice, and sits there. The > "good" machine does beeps also, but continues booting. This one sits > there for a few minutes and then gives me a "non-system disk" error; it > doesn't seem to find anything to boot from. > > I've tried resetting the dip switch for configuration and doing the > "system erase" and using the SmartStart CD to initialize it before > installing. It wants to know which OS when I do this and I've tried > Linux, Windows 2000 Server and Other, and none of them work... I haven't > gone through all the (dozens of) options. The RAID array seems to work, > no disk problems writing during install and nothing reported in the > SmartStart utility. > > I've read threads about ACPI problems with 6.0 but I don't think I'm > even getting that far. :( I tried taking the two disks from the working > machine and putting them into the non-working one and it didn't work, I > still get the _ screen and it doesn't move on from there. I'm installing > simply by using A for auto-slices and A for auto-filesystems and > installing the standard MBR. > > Has anyone seen this or successfully installed on a DL360 (g1 I think, > P21 BIOS)? If so, is there a certain setting, OS or otherwise, that I > might need to do? > > Thanks, > Josh > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (FreeBSD) > > iD8DBQFFOSfdV/+PyAj2L+IRApfRAKCG/sv2EHVF6/CqJ5m/qWp/N0S7hwCeLeqb > J8PyjnftvHo1dNXDwF1tBuc= > =BHT/ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"