From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 6 23:52:31 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 688831065672 for ; Mon, 6 Dec 2010 23:52:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from petefrench@ticketswitch.com) Received: from constantine.ticketswitch.com (constantine.ticketswitch.com [IPv6:2002:57e0:1d4e:1::3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6B108FC22 for ; Mon, 6 Dec 2010 23:52:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dilbert.rattatosk ([10.64.50.6] helo=dilbert.ticketswitch.com) by constantine.ticketswitch.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1PPkr3-000IVE-Vd; Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:52:25 +0000 Received: from petefrench by dilbert.ticketswitch.com with local (Exim 4.72 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1PPkr3-000G1s-UC; Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:52:25 +0000 Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:52:25 +0000 Message-Id: To: freebsd@jdc.parodius.com In-Reply-To: <20101206232529.GA8235@icarus.home.lan> From: Pete French Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7 installs where FreeBSD 8 wont due to CD X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:52:31 -0000 > This problem has been reported many times in the past and almost > certainly has nothing to do with 8.x. Here's a thread about the matter > where a user states the same as you but about 7.1: > > http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/questions/2008-10/msg00307.html I found that - it appears to be a different problem because.... > I would question 1) the burning software you used, and 2) the physical > media you used. Also try burning the ISO to another disc (even if of ....I am not burning a CD or using any physical media. I am booting directly off the image file using iLO. Hence the stuff in that thread doesnt apply. It's defintely 8 specific - I can boot an mage from 7 it works fine, but 8 doesn't. I think this is to do with USB now - the machine has a physical drive as well (acd0) - is it possible that the installer sees that, but not the USB connected drive ? So it tries that drive instead, which would produce the error message in question, just as if there was corrupt physical media [Indeed, the physical drive may well contain an Audio CD - I have no idea what the guys in the data centre might have put in it] I can't really do this physically - I'm in London and the server is somewhere in Louisiana, USA. Makes it hard to diagnose things. -pete.