From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Jul 5 2:58:34 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mass.dis.org (dhcp44-21.dis.org [216.240.44.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95DB537B401 for ; Thu, 5 Jul 2001 02:58:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.dis.org) Received: from mass.dis.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.dis.org (8.11.4/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f65ABjx06759; Thu, 5 Jul 2001 03:11:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.dis.org) Message-Id: <200107051011.f65ABjx06759@mass.dis.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: "Rob" Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install fail on Dell PowerEdge 1550 In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 05 Jul 2001 10:53:45 BST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2001 03:11:44 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 4.3 from an ISO image I got from > ftp.uk.freebsd.org on a Dell PowerEdge 1550 server. > > I can't seem to get it to work... I've tried several different options in > the installation process, and everything installs 'ok', but then when it > reboots it doesnt work. > > If I did an install using a standard MBR rather than the bootmanager I just > get the message 'Missing Operating System', and it won't do anything... if I > install using the boot manager I get this: You're getting the geometry wrong; check the values in the sysinstall fdisk screen. Depending on the disk controller you're using, it'll probably be */255/63. -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message