Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:47:39 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Len Conrad <lconrad@Go2France.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell 2900 invalid partition table Message-ID: <20090123154739.GC70889@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <200901222350.AA121766028@mail.Go2France.com> References: <200901222350.AA121766028@mail.Go2France.com>
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On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 11:50:41PM +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??? > > > > Boot sequence says "1. drive c:" > Hmmm. That could be the problem. Do any of the other choices look interesting? > controller disk setup shows RAID1 ready. > > I've looked everywhere to see if I can point the boot at RAID1. I don't have a machine handy right now so I can look and see how I set the BIOS (which was almost 2 years ago, so my memory of foggy). They are a 9 hour drive away. But, I did manage to get it. There was a difference. The drives in the raid were SAS. It doesn't seem like that should matter, but... ////jerry > > Thanks, > Len > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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