freebsd on sgi 1200

[Dean Hamstead]

the intel updates wouldnt go on for some reason, but i downloaded
the updates (slightly older) from sgi and the problem is resolved.
it was aok after the first update (FRU or something) - the bios
was the same version. not entirely sure what the two others were.
but hey, problem solved. freebsd now lives happily.

Dean

Samuel Clements wrote:
> Dean Hamstead wrote:
> 
>> just a quicky
>>
>> installing freebsd on some nice sgi 1200s
>> they are 2ru machines ,dual p3 800, mylex scsi raid
>> intel mainboard
>>
>> freebsd works a treat, except  the motherboard
>> has the strangest quirk that only on cold boots
>> does it detect both cpu's. warm reboots cause it
>> to disable the second cpu and thus freebsd doesnt
>> pick up the second cpu (annoying)
>>
>> the same bug is present in all three machines i have
>> im hoping i can just force freebsd to use two cpus
>>
>> oh, i rebuilt the kernel etc, and from a cold boot
>> the mboard picks up both cpu's and so does freebsd
>> and they both work nicely.
> 
> 
> 
> Good ole Intel hardware! Gotta love it. You'll want to make sure you're 
> running the latest production BIOS from Intel (of course, use at your 
> own risk!) available at:
> http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df-external/filter_results.aspx?strTypes=all&ProductID=311&OSFullName=OS+Independent&lang=eng&strOSs=38&submit=Go%21 
> 
> 
> Grab P14 of the BIOS and 59 of the BMC and give those a go. Also dont 
> forget the current bios for the Mylex cards. It can be kind of a bear to 
> find, but still important. What you're seeing is probably the result of 
> the FRB timer disabling the 2nd CPU on warm boot. On a machine of this 
> age, that tends to be a problem with flakey RAM, etc...
>   Good luck! I have one of these motherboards, and it runs very well!
>   -Sam
> 
> PS - Also check the MPS spec - It should be 1.4, not 1.1
> 
> 

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