From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 28 13:03:12 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52A471065674 for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:03:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tomaszd@paraklet.net) Received: from bxc133.internetdsl.tpnet.pl (bxc133.internetdsl.tpnet.pl [83.18.236.133]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 783E58FC25 for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:03:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tomaszd@paraklet.net) Received: (qmail 53485 invoked by uid 0); 28 Feb 2008 12:35:13 -0000 Received: from 213.129.64.4 (tomaszd@paraklet.net@213.129.64.4) by first.magraf.pl (envelope-from , uid 0) with qmail-scanner-2.01 (clamdscan: 0.92/6015. spamassassin: 3.2.4. Clear:RC:0(213.129.64.4):SA:0(-1.3/5.0):. Processed in 3.120011 secs); 28 Feb 2008 12:35:13 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 X-Spam-Level: Received: from gateway.ash.thebunker.net (HELO ?172.16.3.230?) (tomaszd@paraklet.net@213.129.64.4) by dns.magraf.pl with SMTP; 28 Feb 2008 12:35:10 -0000 Message-ID: <47C6AAF1.3000304@paraklet.net> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:37:05 +0000 From: tomasz dereszynski User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071217) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nicky Bulthuis References: <47C6A02E.9070900@valuecare.nl> In-Reply-To: <47C6A02E.9070900@valuecare.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Can't load kernel, trying to install on a Dell R900. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:03:12 -0000 Nicky Bulthuis wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm having 'a lot' of troubles installing FreeBSD on a new Dell R900 > from CD. Somehow it just doesn't seem to be able to load the kernel > from the CD. > > The machine is turned on with the CD is inserted. > It shows the message of the BTX Loader and then it stops with an error > message: > > can't load 'kernel' > > At first i figured my CD was broken, so i used a different image. > Still no dice, same error message. I've tried 6.2 (amd64), 6.3 (amd64) > and 7.0 (amd64), sadly none of them work. > > I've disabled the internal CDrom drive and used an external USB CDrom > drive. I figured, perhaps the internal cdrom drive is incompatible > with FreeBSD. Sadly that also didn't work. > > Output from lsdev: > > cd devices: > cd0: Device 0x0 > disk devices: > disk0: Bios drive C: > > I've tried install CD from VMWare ESX server, which does boot up and > can be installed. So the hardware does seem to work. > > Can anyone advice me on how to proceed in getting FreeBSD on the > machine. Perhaps an alternative install method, or perhaps the Loader > is not configured properly for the R900. > > Thanks in advance, > Nicky > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" hi there, i would check bios settings and will try to find something about system compatibility or somelike (not sure how is it called) -- bEsT rEgArDs | "Confidence is what you have before you tomasz dereszynski | understand the problem." -- Woody Allen | Spes confisa Deo | "In theory, theory and practice are much numquam confusa recedit | the same. In practice they are very | different." -- Albert Einstein