From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Apr 20 21:11:04 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F7A8D480DC for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2017 21:11:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca) Received: from inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [216.185.71.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca", Issuer "CA_HLL_ISSUER_2016" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 56DDA770 for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2017 21:11:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id E422C60F7C for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2017 17:11:01 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at harte-lyne.ca Received: from inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id xNSIP6SxBAjO for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2017 17:11:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from webmail.harte-lyne.ca (inet04.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [216.185.71.24]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 76308611F9 for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2017 17:11:00 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=harte-lyne.ca; s=dkim_hll; t=1492722660; bh=Yow3MdgnUK6EUOzFK3ggZMg5RnMwr4STqMwWnXKpGuc=; h=Date:Subject:From:To:Reply-To; b=KoA56V8hsSIJc6WnqthRRd6Uihrr1qg7f97LVzKUYS9t4Hlr+LGzqnZgYLUcp8yl5 WaIzxZPOASVXdgAufDmDuTZWuUUfC936PQQJlPmolLz25onT0NWT9fFA6Xtgk8s2Ei 1FAJPW5aA81e1kOR4ZxcVSPfsTNu560l4ZH1GaKaZGucSqEnmyD5LNZJPQ9VorYJWg 64nVWnVcN7d1Wqj7D9uW6x72JWfcnigVE37duF4BOdFOuybV9oUSjEDy2ZrvyTUS5s PxG49qV+4w1wpJm60CXsANw4kv53S2j1klBXqLnRzlOpnvAJJyeG+uqAuryKVz+AtK w6zveXl2TLhgw== Received: from 216.185.71.44 (SquirrelMail authenticated user byrnejb_hll) by webmail.harte-lyne.ca with HTTP; Thu, 20 Apr 2017 17:11:00 -0400 Message-ID: <57a5b556523a58a08e75e14f1485e8e2.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 17:11:00 -0400 Subject: Unable to install FreeBSD-11.0-i386 on a elderly desktop From: "James B. Byrne" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Reply-To: byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.22-4.el6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 21:11:04 -0000 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: -- *** e-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** Do NOT transmit sensitive data via e-Mail Do NOT open attachments nor follow links sent by e-Mail James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3