Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 17:11:00 -0400 From: "James B. Byrne" <byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Unable to install FreeBSD-11.0-i386 on a elderly desktop Message-ID: <57a5b556523a58a08e75e14f1485e8e2.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca>
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I am trying to install FreeBSD-11.0 on a older model HP Compaq DC7700S
desktop. I downloaded FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso, ran
sha256sum and verified the image and then created a bootable DVD from
the downloaded iso.
I put this into the DVD drive of the unit and booted. it initially
brought up the boot menu and I proceeded through the install process
selecting guided zfs for the filesystem. However, half way through the
transfer of kernel.txz I began to receive media errors. I also began
to see the message cdrom error 5 unretryable.
After several retries with new media I now cannot get the cdrom boot
menu to display at all. What i get instead is a message on the
console that 'Can't find boot/zfsloader' followed by:
FreeBSD/x86 boot
Default: zroot/ROOT/default:/boot/kernel/kernel
boot:
\
Can't find /boot/kernel/kernel
FreeBSD/x86 boot
Default: zroot/ROOT/default:/boot/kernel/kernel
boot:
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