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From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>
To: Len Conrad <lconrad@Go2France.com>
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Subject: Re: Dell 2900 invalid partition table
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On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 10:35:45PM +0100, Len Conrad wrote:

> freebsd 7.1
> 
> Dell 2900, perc 6/i controller with 4 SATA disks in RAID1.
> 
> We get all the through the disc1 install, reboot,
> 
> arrive up to 
> 
> "Press <ctrl-E> for remote access setup  within 5 secs ...."
> 
> then die with
> 
> "Invalid partition table"
> 
> We had RAID5, same problem, switch to RAID1.
> 
> suggestions?

Is your BIOS set to boot from the right device - the raid and
not the one of the disks in it???

////jerry


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> Len
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