> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Brad > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 5:30 PM > To: 'Lowell Gilbert' > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: Proliant 5000 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Lowell Gilbert > Sent: January 31, 2005 8:13 AM > To: Brad > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Proliant 5000 > > > "Brad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hi, I have recently acquired a Proliant 800 and a Proliant 5000 > > server. The 800 installed quite cleanly and is currently running > > FreeBSD 5.3 The 800 is a dual processor machine. When I try > to install > > > FreeBSD 5.3 on the 5000 (it's a quad processor machine ) it panic's > > saying, > > > > panic: pmtimer_indentify > > > > Has anyone seen this > > before. As near as I can tell it involves the power > management of the > > computer. Only there isn't any in the bios. Doing a verbose > logging on > > > the system I noticed that it has just finished scanning the ISA bus > > and found nothing. Then it panic's. I would appreciate any thoughts > > that the community might have. > > Have you tried turning off ACPI in the install? > > Ok, when I boot the menu has default and then the second choice is to > install with ACPI turned on... > > Tried that one and it progresses just a tad further. It reports: > > Orm0: <ISA Option ROMs> at iomem > 0xe8000-0xedfff,0xc8000-0xcbfff,0xc0000-0xc7fff on isa0 > Pmtimer0 on isa0 > > Then the computer freezes at that point. > > What else could I tell you about this machine? > > 4 X 200MHz processors. > 512Mb RAM > Scsi hardware raid controller.
That may be your problem. If the system has an EISA raid array card you cannot install FreeBSD on it. There is a bug in the compaq raid driver it won't work on eisa. Ted _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"