From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 26 18:16:31 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 B948C16A40A for ; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:16:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhall@vandaliamo.net) Received: from trueband.net (trueband.net [216.163.120.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 620BC13C468 for ; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:16:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhall@vandaliamo.net) Received: (qmail 28532 invoked by uid 1006); 26 Apr 2007 18:16:30 -0000 Received: from jhall@vandaliamo.net by rs0 by uid 1003 with qmail-scanner-1.16 (spamassassin: 3.1.4. Clear:SA:0(1.0/100.0):. Processed in 0.906732 secs); 26 Apr 2007 18:16:30 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.0 required=100.0 X-Spam-Level: * Received: from unknown (HELO trueband.net) (172.16.0.21) by -v with SMTP; 26 Apr 2007 18:16:29 -0000 Received: (qmail 31374 invoked from network); 26 Apr 2007 18:16:28 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO admintool.trueband.net) (127.0.0.1) by -v with SMTP; 26 Apr 2007 18:16:28 -0000 Received: from 65.117.48.155 (SquirrelMail authenticated user jhall@vandaliamo.net) by admintool.trueband.net with HTTP; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:16:28 -0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <2566.65.117.48.155.1177611388.squirrel@admintool.trueband.net> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20070426125610.026c3ea0@mail.computinginnovations.com> References: <2172.65.117.48.155.1177602567.squirrel@admintool.trueband.net> <6.0.0.22.2.20070426112024.026c7ec0@mail.computinginnovations.com> <2534.65.117.48.155.1177609975.squirrel@admintool.trueband.net> <6.0.0.22.2.20070426125610.026c3ea0@mail.computinginnovations.com> Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:16:28 -0000 (GMT) From: jhall@vandaliamo.net To: "Derek Ragona" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: jhall@vandaliamo.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.2 Boot Issue 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, 26 Apr 2007 18:16:31 -0000 > At 12:52 PM 4/26/2007, jhall@vandaliamo.net wrote: >>Both of those checked OK. Is it possible I have specified the C/H/S >>incorrectly during setup? >> >>Thanks, > > What is your type and model hard drive? Did you specify the geometry when > you ran sysinstall? > > How did you partition and slice the hard drive? > > > -Derek > > Derek, In the server I currently have three 376595-001 drives (146 GB serial SCSI) and three 432146-001 drives (300 GB serial SCSI). These drives are configured as a single drive in a RAID 5 configuration. I did not specify any geometry during the installation. I have the hard drive configured as a single partition with the appropriate lables (/, /var, /usr, /tmp and a swap area). Thanks for your help. Jay >>Jay >> >> > At 10:49 AM 4/26/2007, jhall@vandaliamo.net wrote: >> >>I have installed FreeBSD 6.2 on an HP Proliant G5 server with an E200i >> >>Smart Controller installed. The installation was flawless. >> >> >> >>When I reboot the server after the installation, the boot loader >> screen >> >> is >> >>displayed. I press F1 and the system beeps and comes back to the boot >> >>loader prompt. >> >> >> >>What should I be looking at? I am at a loss since I usually end up >> with >> >>leftover hardware and this time I acutally got to purchase new >> hardware >> >>just for this project. >> >> >> >>Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. >> >> >> >>Thanks for your help. >> > >> > Check your BIOS that you are ALLOWING the boot sector to be written. >> > >> > If that is OK, try disabling hyperthreading if that is turned on in >> your >> > BIOS. >> > >> > -Derek >> > >> > -- >> > This message has been scanned for viruses and >> > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >> > believed to be clean. >> > MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. >> > >> > >> >> >> >>-- >>This message has been scanned for viruses and >>dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >>believed to be clean. >>MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. > >