Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:06:56 +0200 From: Matteo Quintiliani <quintiliani@ingv.it> To: FreeBSD AMD64 <freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.4 on a Sun Fire v40z Message-ID: <E55C6FB0-359F-4F42-AD94-6A441DCE2F4B@ingv.it> In-Reply-To: <351D330E-EF9D-4326-B6E2-26FA622FB624@ingv.it> References: <351D330E-EF9D-4326-B6E2-26FA622FB624@ingv.it>
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On 20 Oct 2005, at 13:46, Matteo Quintiliani wrote: > Hi, > > yesterday I tried to install FreeBSD 5.4-amd64 on a Sun Fire v40z. > Installation works fine, it finds any hardware and I'm able to > configure any setting. > > The problem occurs when server is booting. I get a black screen and > the server reboot automatically. > Server has 4 processors AMD Opteron 850 and 2 scsi hard disk 73GB. > > I tried to: > - use only a disk, the problem is the same > - install both "Standard boot" and "FreeBSD Boot Manager", the > problem is the same. > > I noticed in FDisk that, after the installation, the freebsd slice > lost "bootable" property. > > Please, could someone help me? I've solved the problem booting FreeBSD from the CDROM and launching the following line commands: [FreeBSD Handbook pages 332-333] fdisk -B -b /boot/boot0 da0 disklabel -B da0s1 I don't know yet when I made mistakes during the installation. Matteo Quintiliani
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