Re: Is OpenBSD suited for old Dell Precision T5500 (Dual Xeon X5675, 72GB RAM)

2022-09-07 Thread Nick Holland
On 9/7/22 08:09, Jan Stary wrote: > > 1) On initial boot (with 7.1 release, on a usb stick) it more or less > > immediately panicked into ddb when I tried to pipe dmesg into a file on > > the usb stick. I took out the NVMe-card, and whether or not that was the > > problem the machine anyhow

Re: Is OpenBSD suited for old Dell Precision T5500 (Dual Xeon X5675, 72GB RAM)

2022-09-07 Thread Erling Westenvik
On Wed, Sep 07, 2022 at 01:16:50PM +0100, Tom Smyth wrote: > Hi Erling, > > it depends do you mean soft raid, that will be either AHCI using intel > driver or LSI Raid emulation (where you can onfigure the raid in the > option rom (after POST just before the OS Boots) it depneds on the >

Re: Is OpenBSD suited for old Dell Precision T5500 (Dual Xeon X5675, 72GB RAM)

2022-09-07 Thread Tom Smyth
Hi Jan, I have seen a number of cases where partitions on the fixed disks from other osses being on the system prevented some installers working / detecting free space to install to ... I have seen where usb writing software (on other operating systems) did not write the installiimage properly

Re: Is OpenBSD suited for old Dell Precision T5500 (Dual Xeon X5675, 72GB RAM)

2022-09-07 Thread Tom Smyth
Hi Erling, it depends do you mean soft raid, that will be either AHCI using intel driver or LSI Raid emulation (where you can onfigure the raid in the option rom (after POST just before the OS Boots) it depneds on the chipset setup ... Dell may put the LIS as a PERC, it also may be a

Re: Is OpenBSD suited for old Dell Precision T5500 (Dual Xeon X5675, 72GB RAM)

2022-09-07 Thread Jan Stary
> > > 1) On initial boot (with 7.1 release, on a usb stick) it more or less > > > immediately panicked into ddb when I tried to pipe dmesg into a file on > > > the usb stick. I took out the NVMe-card, and whether or not that was the > > > problem the machine anyhow behaved better long enough for

Re: Is OpenBSD suited for old Dell Precision T5500 (Dual Xeon X5675, 72GB RAM)

2022-09-07 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2022-09-07, Erling Westenvik wrote: > On Wed, Sep 07, 2022 at 11:41:49AM +0100, Tom Smyth wrote: >> hi >> >> i would check bios / firmware settings >> >> try disabling memory mapped i/o in bios >> >> check processor settings enable vt-d disable hyper threading ensure execute >> disable is

Re: Is OpenBSD suited for old Dell Precision T5500 (Dual Xeon X5675, 72GB RAM)

2022-09-07 Thread Erling Westenvik
On Wed, Sep 07, 2022 at 11:41:49AM +0100, Tom Smyth wrote: > hi > > i would check bios / firmware settings > > try disabling memory mapped i/o in bios > > check processor settings enable vt-d disable hyper threading ensure execute > disable is enabled > > update the bios as it will update cpu

Re: Is OpenBSD suited for old Dell Precision T5500 (Dual Xeon X5675, 72GB RAM)

2022-09-07 Thread Erling Westenvik
On Wed, Sep 07, 2022 at 09:08:32AM -, Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2022-09-07, Erling Westenvik wrote: > > Hello, > > > > A friend donated an old Dell Precision T5500 workstation, a heavy > > bastard with dual Xeon X5675 and 72GB RAM which still packs a punch I > > believe. At least it does

Re: Is OpenBSD suited for old Dell Precision T5500 (Dual Xeon X5675, 72GB RAM)

2022-09-07 Thread Tom Smyth
hi i would check bios / firmware settings try disabling memory mapped i/o in bios check processor settings enable vt-d disable hyper threading ensure execute disable is enabled update the bios as it will update cpu microcode ... dell alow you to select the emulation of sata ahci vs raid

Re: Is OpenBSD suited for old Dell Precision T5500 (Dual Xeon X5675, 72GB RAM)

2022-09-07 Thread Erling Westenvik
On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 11:19:12PM -0400, Nick Holland wrote: > On 9/6/22 21:52, Erling Westenvik wrote: > > Hello, > > > > A friend donated an old Dell Precision T5500 workstation, a heavy > > bastard with dual Xeon X5675 and 72GB RAM which still packs a punch I > > believe. At least it does for

Re: Is OpenBSD suited for old Dell Precision T5500 (Dual Xeon X5675, 72GB RAM)

2022-09-07 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2022-09-07, Erling Westenvik wrote: > Hello, > > A friend donated an old Dell Precision T5500 workstation, a heavy > bastard with dual Xeon X5675 and 72GB RAM which still packs a punch I > believe. At least it does for me. I would like it to replace my old i7 > 3770k. However, I'm starting to

Re: Is OpenBSD suited for old Dell Precision T5500 (Dual Xeon X5675, 72GB RAM)

2022-09-06 Thread Nick Holland
On 9/6/22 21:52, Erling Westenvik wrote: Hello, A friend donated an old Dell Precision T5500 workstation, a heavy bastard with dual Xeon X5675 and 72GB RAM which still packs a punch I believe. At least it does for me. I would like it to replace my old i7 3770k. However, I'm starting to have

Is OpenBSD suited for old Dell Precision T5500 (Dual Xeon X5675, 72GB RAM)

2022-09-06 Thread Erling Westenvik
Hello, A friend donated an old Dell Precision T5500 workstation, a heavy bastard with dual Xeon X5675 and 72GB RAM which still packs a punch I believe. At least it does for me. I would like it to replace my old i7 3770k. However, I'm starting to have doubts: 1) On initial boot (with 7.1 release,