From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 3 20:51:59 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC7DE106564A for ; Sun, 3 Jun 2012 20:51:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (mail.computinginnovations.com [64.81.227.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8165F8FC14 for ; Sun, 3 Jun 2012 20:51:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from i7-quad-PC.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-142.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.142]) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.14.5/8.14.3) with ESMTP id q53Kpkbc015736; Sun, 3 Jun 2012 15:51:47 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20120603154553.060973c0@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:51:39 -0500 To: Ewald Jenisch , From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: <20120531134134.GA60853@aurora.oekb.co.at> References: <20120531134134.GA60853@aurora.oekb.co.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 120603-1, 06/03/2012), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-yoursite-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-yoursite-MailScanner-ID: q53Kpkbc015736 X-yoursite-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-yoursite-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: FreeBSD9 fails to install on HP Proliant (crash) 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: Sun, 03 Jun 2012 20:51:59 -0000 At 08:41 AM 5/31/2012, Ewald Jenisch wrote: >Hi, > >I'm trying to install FreeBSD9 (64bit) on a HP Proliant server >(ProLiant DL385 G1). Installation is done via remote-management >("iLO") basically by mounting the Installation-ISO. > >However a couple of seconds after booting the box crashes. > >Here's what I tried already: > >o) Re-download the installation ISO - same checksum - same result > >o) Instead of booting directly I issued the following two commands >on the loader prompt: > >set kern.eventtimer.periodic=1 >set kern.eventtimer.timer="LAPIC" > >followed by "boot" > >Neither of these helped. > >To cross-check I tried booting of a FreeBSD 8 installation media - no >problems at all (besides that the machine is running FreeBSD8 >currently without problems) > > >Any clue what could be wrong here and what I can do in order to make >this box boot from the installation media? > >Thanks much in advance for your help, >-ewald You can try the boot options on the boot menu to try with ACPI disabled. I have experienced some crashes and some hangs when trying to boot different hardware via an ISO virtually mounted and also booting via USB key. I believe the issues come down to timing issues, where in the boot process the kernel expects to have some required /tmp space on physical disk. You may need to create a RAID volume you plan to use for the filesystems first. Also check compatibility with your hardware. While it can be a pain, to debug something like this, I have booted systems at data centers where I have a console connected and using a CD or DVD drive (external USB if no internal device is installed.) -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.