From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 12 14:49:36 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CE4316A40F for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:49:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from crussell_1969@yahoo.com) Received: from web34114.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web34114.mail.mud.yahoo.com [66.163.178.112]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 46F0513C4C7 for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:49:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from crussell_1969@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 91566 invoked by uid 60001); 12 Apr 2007 14:21:33 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=kTR1SrCvNPTmODXEaxLg5ml6JnvWH0zGlPHto05KOpS+Fico77N34ZGDgKQjuIas2ZUmZRAUsYQDLnOzPafsDcJezorLyrIHERIDkHkifWEsubq7v7FzYd0gwgJCN1AYwL0ENpf9c9MNq5J5Fao7LcTIujQxIVuaFA0/GKs0qm8= ; Message-ID: <20070412142133.91564.qmail@web34114.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: k2av8H0VM1nF8HDAIOpDJAmccjvJWUudaCxEoi8NI9MrSo17Z2fuluC8346p2ebNag-- Received: from [208.71.248.172] by web34114.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 07:21:33 PDT Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 07:21:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Craig Russell To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Cant boot fresh install of freebsd 6.2 or dell poweredge 6650 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, 12 Apr 2007 14:49:36 -0000 I am a newbie using freebsd and have run into a problem on a new install on a dell poweredge 6650. I am installing to a hardeware raid 1 on an LSI Logic raid controller. The installation appears to go well but after a reboot the freebsd boot manager comes up with F1 to boot Freebsd (or default) and then it complains of no boot loader followed by a "no /boot/kernel/kernel" error. The default boot parameter is 0:ad(0,d)/boot/kernel/kernel I've tried different slices with the same results. I have tried using the MBR instead of the freebsd boot manager. I have tried different bios settings on the raid card (LSI logic in the poweredge 6650). I'm not really sure what to try next. I've even tried to install it on a different machine on a single sata drive with the same result. I am obviously doing something wrong but I can't for the life of me figure out what it is. Thank you for any help or direction you can provide. Craig Russell