netserver 5-133 lc boot warning

[himba]

i have hp netserver 5/133 lc with two scsi disks. both over 1Gb. after they are detected i get warnig like this:
****
!! WARNING !!

a drive larger than 1 Gb has been detected with 64head/32sector partitioning. this drive is not compatible with the 255 head/63 sector translation ... data could be corrupted. ...

Press any key to continue
****
but i can still access my linux RH7.0 partition after i keypress... i tried ECU and disable over 1Gb support for my scsi controller and i loose this warning but i can't boot!!!

will i be able to start the system without the warning i if install RH again (with the option "above 1gb" DISABLED)??

thank you

[Greg Carlson]

Himba,

What size hard drives do you have in your server and are the HP hdd's? The LC/LC plus supported three sizes of hdd's.
540MB D2386A
1GB D2076A and
2.1GB D2077A

Ciao,
Greg

[Theo Hill_1]

Are you using the latest ECU and BIOS?

http://h20004.www2.hp.com/keeper_rnotes/bsdmatrix/matrix50439.html

[himba]

i have 2gb and 4 gb disks. hp c3725 and st15230n. the fact is that i was able to boot normaly yesterday, but then i tried to enable ethernet under linux and had to use ECU and f*** something...

regarding newest ECU and bios. i downloaded the packages, but when i boot to BIOS update utility i get error - the update process has failed because the HPupaste utility could no find all the required EPROM components ... -
strange

[himba]

forgot the bios version..
PhoenixBIOS Version 4.04.31 PD Plug & Play

i probably need that upgrade, ha? ;-)

[Greg Carlson]

Himba,

I would try this step then. Unplug the server. Flip switch 3 to Off (Config Valid) then power server back on. Once you get the config has been cleared message then power back off and put switch 3 back to ON. Then boot to the ECU save and exit. Then try to flash the bios one more time. Otherwise you may have a bad Prom.

Ciao,
Greg

[Greg Carlson]

Himba,

I noticed you need the LC Plus Bios which is at this link. http://h20004.www2.hp.com/keeper_rnotes/bsdmatrix/matrix50442.html

You should be at 4.04.32PD

Ciao,
Greg

[himba]

do i have to flash my prom with the bios i downloaded with the previus link, afterwards?
i suspicius about a settings in my bios, do U think maybe i switched something?

[Greg Carlson]

Himba,

I would recommend Clearing the Config (which clears the eprom) then flash the bios from the second link to 4.06.32 (saving the ECU between clearing CMOS and then again after flashing bios to save and exit) Hopefully that will restore your BIOS to factory defaults for you. Should also take care of any corruption in your BIOS as well.

Ciao,
Greg

[himba]

i flashed bios with new update for lc plus. it worked. i also tried to clear CMOS, but i didn't the specific warnig that "CMOS was erased..." instead i got "System CMOS checksum bad" and "EIsA configuration NVRam bad" and later BIOS installed successfuly nad then: two error codes- 1919 0202

[Greg Carlson]

Himba,

If you've already booted to the ECU and saved and exited and your still getting the 1919 and 0202 errors you're looking at needing to replace both the system prom and the system board.

The 1919 error is: NVRAM Bad --> Boot to ECU, save and exit--> if no change then system board and eprom need replacement

The 0202 error is: Corrupt configuration--> Check the Config, flash bios, boot to ECU save and exit. Remove hdd's and repeat clear cmos and flash bios to make sure software isn't corrupting BIOS. If still no change replace system board and eprom.

Ciao,
Greg

[himba]

i don't really understand the procedure i should carry out in the last post you wrote.

sorry about my lousy english :-)

first i cleared the CMOS with the switch, booted, got those error messages, then turned off server again, enabled CMOS, booted with ECU diskette and saved ECU. no change regarding the primary problem, still first warning about >1Gb disk...

[himba]

for this post 19:43 PM GMT:
after i save in ECU i don't get no more errors, except the warning about the hdd size... my problem

[Greg Carlson]

Himba,

Check out this post for a possible solution:

http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/82/1997/2/100/267160/

Ciao,
Greg

[Greg Carlson]

Himba,

A couple more resources for you:

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&threadm=2.2.16.19960630030126.675f0de4%40panix.com&rnum=4&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3D%2522a%2Bdrive%2Blarger%2Bthan%2B1Gb%2Bhas%2Bbeen%2Bdetected%2Bwith%2B64%2Bhead%252F32%2Bsector%2Bpartitioning.%2Bthis%2Bdrive%2Bis%2Bnot%2Bcompatible%2Bwith%2Bthe%2B255%2Bhead%252F63%2Bsector%2522

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&threadm=743jb6%2481%242%40newsreader3.core.theplanet.net&rnum=3&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3D%2522a%2Bdrive%2Blarger%2Bthan%2B1Gb%2Bhas%2Bbeen%2Bdetected%2Bwith%2B64%2Bhead%252F32%2Bsector%2Bpartitioning.%2Bthis%2Bdrive%2Bis%2Bnot%2Bcompatible%2Bwith%2Bthe%2B255%2Bhead%252F63%2Bsector%2522

I hope that this helps:
Ciao,
Greg

[himba]

it is working now!!!
thank you for all your help
i did ffdisk under dos and then under linux and it is okay..

[Greg Carlson · Accepted solution]

Good to hear!!

Ciao,
Greg