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Subject: Re: DELL SC 1420 Server, failed 5.4 installation
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Dmitry Mityugov wrote:

>On 7/27/05, luis <lramos3@satx.rr.com> wrote:
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>>    I recently bought a Dell SC 1420 server, single  Xeon 2.8GhZ CPU,
>>512MB memory, WD 40GB SATA drive, embedded dual channel SATA controller
>>and so far have failed to install FreeBSD.  I have tried 5.4, 5.3, 4.4
>>and after recognizing the drive installation has always stopped at
>>"Waiting 15 secs for scsi drives to settle".
>>    
>>
>...
>
>Try to disable ACPI during installation (option 2 in the boot menu).
>
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>
    Dmitry, just tried it and didn't work.  Still stops at "Waiting 
..... to settle".  I have tried starting in safe and won't work either.  
Thanks for your help.  Luis