Re: Screen display problem during installation
Hornet wrote: Ahh, but awkwardness and upgrading is almost always synonymous. Awkwardness was one of the words I used, there have been some others ;-). Maybe you can get a USB floppy drive and try to console that way? You may want to also look at the BIOS and see if there is an update or tweak on the video card or AGP. Thanks again. I had checked the BIOS settings and hadn't seen anything that would help but I didn't consider a BIOS upgrade, so I'll check this. I know you said you tested it on another PC, but did you test it on another server of the same EXACT spec's (BIOS version included)? No it wasn't the same system at all I just wanted to see if it was a problem with the CDs or the system. I tried on a different spec system again and an install is currently underway (i.e. out of three different systems one doesn't seem to work). So I think it is the one server type I have a problem with. Also if this video card shares mem with the system mem, you could try giving the card like 32M to start on, then take that back down once its up and working. I'll look into the BIOS setting again. Thanks, Jim ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Screen display problem during installation
Jim Mozley wrote: I'm trying to install 5.4 on a system that currently has 4.10 on it. My problem is that when the system boots from the install disk 1 I cannot see the initial menu due to a display problem. I see the initial boot information then the box that should have the selection options in, but without the content of the box. The box just overwrites the display information, leaves the boot information on the screen and I see BSD Daemon to the right of it. I don't have a floppy drive on the system to attempt a console install so I cannot use that solution. From memory I didn't have any problems with the 4.10 install, so I tried on another PC with the same CD and this displayed the initial menu OK. Any ideas on what I could do to resolve this? Sorry for the repost but I didn't receive any replies on this, I couldn't see that I'd asked a FAQ! Any help appreciated, Jim ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Screen display problem during installation
Hornet wrote: Can you swap out the video card as a temp solution? Thanks for the response. This would not really be practical, I have several servers that may need upgrading on different sites. They are 1U rack mount servers in different data centres and it would make upgrading very awkward, assuming I can find a card that will fit within the case. Jim ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Screen display problem during installation
I'm trying to install 5.4 on a system that currently has 4.10 on it. My problem is that when the system boots from the install disk 1 I cannot see the initial menu due to a display problem. I see the initial boot information then the box that should have the selection options in, but without the content of the box. The box just overwrites the display information, leaves the boot information on the screen and I see BSD Daemon to the right of it. I don't have a floppy drive on the system to attempt a console install so I cannot use that solution. From memory I didn't have any problems with the 4.10 install, so I tried on another PC with the same CD and this displayed the initial menu OK. Any ideas on what I could do to resolve this? Thanks, Jim ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: support for ICH6R controller and Broadcom ethernet
Steve Bertrand wrote: I have a box with the same chipset. I have 2 160GB SATA drives in a RAID1 config, which FBSD 5.4 sees 2 disks, as opposed to the single RAID subsystem. I install on one of the disks. However, when I reboot the box, I get a flashing cursor in the top left corner of the screen as if it's going to boot, but it stays there. No errors nothing. I'll be trying this out again tomorrow, so I'll let you know if I find anything. Thanks, it would be appreciated. Jim ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
support for ICH6R controller and Broadcom ethernet
I have asked this on freebsd-hardware but didn't hear anything so I hoped someone here could help... I am potentially buying a server with a Tyan Tomcat i7221 motherboard. I am unsure of the support in FreeBSD for the following: - ICH6R disk controller - Broadcom BCM5721 ethernet Ideally I would put FreeBSD 4.10 on the systems as we are already using this on several systems (these new servers unfortunately have to be different to the previous ones). FreeBSD 4.11 hardware compatibility says there is support for intel ICH5 as does the ata man page for FreeBSD 4.10. I've also checked the man page for ata on FreeBSD 5.4 and it says up to ICH5. I am aware that there is Broadcom support via the bge driver, the man page says provides support for various NICs based on the Broadcom BCM570x. Haven't found any mention of what I assume is the later controller and the broadcom website doesn't have any mention of a Freebsd driver. Can anyone advise on support for these in version 4.10, if I need 5.4 or whether they will work at all? Thanks, Jim ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
support for ICH6R controller and Broadcom ethernet
I have asked this on freebsd-hardware but didn't hear anything so I hoped someone here could help... I am potentially buying a server with a Tyan Tomcat i7221 motherboard. I am unsure of the support in FreeBSD for the following: - ICH6R disk controller - Broadcom BCM5721 ethernet Ideally I would put FreeBSD 4.10 on the systems as we are already using this on several systems (these new servers unfortunately have to be different to the previous ones). FreeBSD 4.11 hardware compatibility says there is support for intel ICH5 as does the ata man page for FreeBSD 4.10. I've also checked the man page for ata on FreeBSD 5.4 and it says up to ICH5. I am aware that there is Broadcom support via the bge driver, the man page says provides support for various NICs based on the Broadcom BCM570x. Haven't found any mention of what I assume is the later controller and the broadcom website doesn't have any mention of a Freebsd driver. Can anyone advise on support for these in version 4.10, if I need 5.4 or whether they will work at all? Thanks, Jim ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: support for ICH6R controller and Broadcom ethernet
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Jim, I think it's not a answer to you but here is my recent experience. I've installed FBSD 5.4 in a box with Intel ICH5R chipset. It's working, no hangs, no panics, but the disk performance on the second IDE disk (I'm not using RAID, just simple master/slave setup), is terrible. It's like the DMA was not correctly set on the second disk. I read somewhere, that FreeBSD has full support to ICH5 chipset but NOT for ICH5R. Even when running in compatibility mode set on BIOS, the performance is the same. Someone told me the follwing on the performance list: I remember a commit to the ata driver to fix misprogramming of DMA timing on an Intel chipset for devices and/or channels other than the first. I'm not sure if 5.4 has the bug or the fix. To me it still has the bug. OK thanks for that help. If anyone knows anything more definitive I'd be grateful (no criticism of the helpful reply intended). Thanks, Jim ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is there a reverse Network Address Translation???
stheg olloydson wrote: It was said: I wan't to access my pc at work from home through freebsd's sshd. Is it possible?, knowing that it doesn't have a public ip address? That workstation of mine is only gaining internet access through LAN servers and routers. Will it help if I know the gateway ip where my workstation passes through and the proxy as well as dns server's ip's? I know its possible but I can't imagine the process, perhaps something like a reverse network address translation... Any idea? Hello, Yes, this is possible. From home, you would ssh to your work's external IP address. You don't specify the setup you have at work, but at a minimum you need to have fowarding rules setup in the company's firewall to direct your ssh connection to your workstation. Obviously, if you can ssh in, so can anyone else. Be sure you use a _very_ good password. Would using a public/private key not be better? Any password would still be guessable. Jim Mozley ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Support for Promise pdc20378 SATA controller
I am inquiring about support for the promise pdc20378 SATA RAID controller on a Tyan Tomcat S5012G3NR motherboard. I am about to take delivery of a server with this hardware and wanted to mirror two disks. The supplier is preloading FreeBSD (I'm a new to this OS) but says there are problems supporting the RAID controller. I have seen this in a recent previous post... ...the RAID support is great using the Promise PDC20378 SATA150 controller for FreeBSD. Can anyone give some pointers as to how this support for RAID is achieved? I've started to look at the vinum and atacontrol documentation but am getting buried under a wealth of new information. Any clues would be helpful. Thanks, Jim Mozley ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
