Thank you very much... that fixed it. This explains something else... when I first tested the machine it had only 2 processors and a 4.3gig and I am sure, in retrospect, that it had recognized both processors. When I put in all the rest of the hardware and re-installed, I ran the smart start and chose "Other" for the OS. - brian On Sat, 8 May 2004, Matt Dawson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > root_at_maxbaud.net wrote: > > > > Guess that means that it doesn't have ACPI :). With SMP and apic enabled, > > I get the message: > > > > cpu0 on motherboard > > > > And, when I run mptable, it dumps out a MP v1.4 table (I can send details > > if anyone has any ideas). I have trudged through a ton of messages on the > > mailing list site, and have found some messages from people using similar > > hardware (dual PPro 5500 boxen), none mention the failure to initialize > > the other processors. Anyone have any suggestions? Or at least have it > > working? It finds all the processors in the BIOS, mptable and Windoze2k. > > Quirk of old Proliants ;o) Here's the skinny: > > When installing BSD on one of these, you MUST select either Unixware 2.x or > Unixware 7 as the primary OS for the MPTable format to be recognized by the > OS. If you are doing the SmartStart thing, select one of these from the list > of OSes. If not, hit <F10> when the two beeps sound and set it in the "BIOS" > by running through the hardware configuration, selecting change settings and > scrolling through the configuration. Make sure you have the latest RomPAQ > installed (IIRC this will be a 1999 date, but I could be wrong). > > Also, don't forget that you will only see 16MB of memory in the dmesg until > you build a kernel with the options MAXMEM "(2048*1024)" (check the format of > this - I now have a 6500 that doesn't need it) line in the kernel config file > since Proliants of that era don't report the memory correctly, at least my > old 5000 doesn't. > > - -- > Matt Dawson. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) > > iD8DBQFAnEjWAmT9uY8euiIRAtfDAJ9JrQUYPnysAORHCq+E+OuQtehvlACeK/ZP > h9R6ppkoAn8moacbSO7Q9Vo= > =aUcD > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe_at_freebsd.org" > +-----------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ He rides a cycle of mighty days, and \ Wm Brian McCane represents the last great schizm among\ McCane Consulting the gods. Evil though he obviously is, \ root_at_mccons.net he is a mighty figure, this father of \ http://freenews.maxbaud.net/ my spirit, and I respect him as the sons \ http://www.sellit-here.com/ of old did the fathers of their bodies. \ http://recall.maxbaud.net/ Roger Zelazny - "Lord of Light" \ http://www.mccons.net/ \ http://pictures.maxbaud.net/ +--------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+Received on Sat May 08 2004 - 18:25:30 UTC
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