Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:47:31 -0400 From: Mike Burrell <mike@wizardlike.ca> To: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Subject: Installing on zx6000 Message-ID: <4FE38863.9020303@wizardlike.ca>
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I'm trying to install FreeBSD on an HP zx6000 without much success. I've installed other operating systems on here before (such as Debian) without difficulty, but I can't get FreeBSD to install properly from the installation CDs. I tried this earlier in the year and people on the FreeBSD forums suggested that this was a known issue and that using old releases of FreeBSD might work better. Here's a link to the FreeBSD forum where I originally asked the question: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=28615 I've tried now: - FreeBSD 9.0-RC3 - FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE - FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE - FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE In each case, I've verified the hashes to ensure the discs were downloaded and burned correctly. I burned the FreeBSD-x.x-ia64-RELEASE-disc1.iso to CD and booted. What I get each time is: FreeBSD/ia64 EFI boot, Revision 3.1 Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf /boot/kernel/kernel data=0xfef1f8+0x82710 syms=[0x8+0x0xb1120+0x8+0xa62a9] \ Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel]... Entering /boot/kernel/kernel at 0x9ffc000000010500... At that point, it either hangs indefinitely or does a hard reset after a few seconds. No matter which version of FreeBSD I try to install, I've never been able to get past the "Entering /boot/kernel/kernel at ..." Has anyone come across this issue before? Any help would be appreciated. Cheers, Mike
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