From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 12 01:10:43 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 304D57E2 for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2013 01:10:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com) Received: from alogt.com (alogt.com [69.36.191.58]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC4C7AAE for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2013 01:10:42 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alogt.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:Mime-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date; bh=0NP/JfNkW24annfP4eBq5XGbyZjFENhMrScwhTOgTCo=; b=ca6zMiE+K6x4lYfMYmvE0VEbsxKWeRnHVIQeb6yy6McsKEruqB8+bkq1ecBBff+wek+/aCZJhxaMIb4gwBy4aWUPBXtjtl5LKF7U57n1ZbhecMyy0tnFfX67O4O0aNTi; Received: from [122.129.203.50] (port=41338 helo=X220.ovitrap.com) by sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net with esmtpsa (SSLv3:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1U54OP-000Zpq-1Z; Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:10:41 -0700 Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:10:37 +0700 From: Erich Dollansky To: Panagiotis Christias Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD 9.1 amd64 on IBM x3550 M3 Message-ID: <20130212081037.1c9a550a@X220.ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: <51193151.2090204@noc.ntua.gr> References: <20130211112352.GA84742@noc.ntua.gr> <20130211191145.2b96ba8f@X220.ovitrap.com> <51193151.2090204@noc.ntua.gr> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - alogt.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net: authenticated_id: erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 01:10:43 -0000 Hi, On Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:58:41 +0200 Panagiotis Christias wrote: > On 11/2/2013 14:11, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:23:53 +0200 > > Panagiotis Christias wrote: > > > >> Hello, > >> > >> I'm trying to install FreeBSD 9.1 amd64 on an IBM x3550 M3 server. > >> Installation went smoothly, RAID controller and network cards were > >> successfully recognised. > >> > >> But, after the installation, the server fails to boot from disk. > >> There were some posts, about two years ago, in this list implying > >> that the problem lies in UEFI but I couldn't find any clear > >> solution. > >> > > I do not know if this is the same problem I face on my notebook but > > it currently does not boot when I use GPT. Can you give a MBR > > partitioned disk a try? > > > > My notebook was earlier booting from a GPT disk. I cannot remember > > why I used MBR for the new disk. > > Hello, > > I suppose trying an 8.3 installation would be the easiest way to use > MBR instead of GPT, right; > I run 10 with MBR. It is only a matter of telling either the installation programm or gpart what to do. Erich