Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:03:36 -0700 From: "Eichert, Diana" <deicher@sandia.gov> To: "'freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: FreeBSD ia64 install problems WAS: install on Dell Precision Work Station 730 Message-ID: <03781128C7B74B4DBC27C55859C9D7380B9DDB60@es06snlnt.sandia.gov>
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I am so glad that I've contributed to the mailing list archive search capability. :-) Once I bring the system back to life I will avoid setting up USB. thanks again for the assistance. > -----Original Message----- > From: Marcel Moolenaar [mailto:marcel@xcllnt.net] > Sent: February 10, 2003 1:35 PM > To: Eichert, Diana > Cc: 'freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org' > Subject: Re: FreeBSD ia64 install problems WAS: install on Dell > Precision Work Station 730 > > Some notes: > > 1. We cannot get the USB stack to work on the BigSur yet. It appears > that the moment we reset the 460GX, we reset the USB host controller > and it's dead from that moment on. Resetting the machine may or may > not fix this the first time around. I've had to reset the machine > twice before an USB keyboard started to work again (in EFI). > As such, we don't have support for the UHCI host controller in the > kernel by default. Please do not add support without making sure > you have a backup kernel that works :-) > 2. The installer does not know how to create GPT based partitions yet. > If a machine already has a GPT, it's probably a good idea to pre- > partition. The installer should be smart enough to detect and use > a GPT based FreeBSD partition. Note that the installer still insists > on having a disklabel, so the GPT partition type should then be: > 516e7cb4-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b > Don't worry if I'm not making sense to you :-) > 3. On an empty disk, you can use the installer to partition it, but > it will be a legacy (ie PC) MBR partition. You have to create an > EFI partition by hand and you have to give it a mount point so > that the installer will put the loader, kernel and modules on the > EFI partition. Failure to do so will result in an unformatted > (and thus useless) EFI partition and consequently an unbootable > disk. > > FYI, > > -- > Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ia64" in the body of the message
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