Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:51:39 -0500 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: Ewald Jenisch <a@jenisch.at>, <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD9 fails to install on HP Proliant (crash) Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20120603154553.060973c0@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <20120531134134.GA60853@aurora.oekb.co.at> References: <20120531134134.GA60853@aurora.oekb.co.at>
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At 08:41 AM 5/31/2012, Ewald Jenisch wrote: >Hi, > >I'm trying to install FreeBSD9 (64bit) on a HP Proliant server >(ProLiant DL385 G1). Installation is done via remote-management >("iLO") basically by mounting the Installation-ISO. > >However a couple of seconds after booting the box crashes. > >Here's what I tried already: > >o) Re-download the installation ISO - same checksum - same result > >o) Instead of booting directly I issued the following two commands >on the loader prompt: > >set kern.eventtimer.periodic=1 >set kern.eventtimer.timer="LAPIC" > >followed by "boot" > >Neither of these helped. > >To cross-check I tried booting of a FreeBSD 8 installation media - no >problems at all (besides that the machine is running FreeBSD8 >currently without problems) > > >Any clue what could be wrong here and what I can do in order to make >this box boot from the installation media? > >Thanks much in advance for your help, >-ewald You can try the boot options on the boot menu to try with ACPI disabled. I have experienced some crashes and some hangs when trying to boot different hardware via an ISO virtually mounted and also booting via USB key. I believe the issues come down to timing issues, where in the boot process the kernel expects to have some required /tmp space on physical disk. You may need to create a RAID volume you plan to use for the filesystems first. Also check compatibility with your hardware. While it can be a pain, to debug something like this, I have booted systems at data centers where I have a console connected and using a CD or DVD drive (external USB if no internal device is installed.) -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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