From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Jul 5 5:48:39 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mrynet.com (mrynet.com [63.228.57.57]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A71137B401 for ; Thu, 5 Jul 2001 05:48:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from staylor@mrynet.com) Received: (from root@localhost) by mrynet.com (8.11.4/8.11.3) id f65CmO306539; Thu, 5 Jul 2001 07:48:24 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from staylor) Message-Id: <200107051248.f65CmO306539@mrynet.com> From: staylor@mrynet.com (Scott G. Akmentins-Taylor) Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 07:48:24 -0500 X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.6 beta(3) 11/17/96) To: "Rob" Subject: Re: Install fail on Dell PowerEdge 1550 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org 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: > > F1 FreeBSD > Default: F1 _ (the cursor) > > The cursor flashes, but if I press enter or F1 or anything like that it just > beeps at me... I had this identical problem on a PowerEdge 5166. I am booting my PowerEdge from a disk on the on-board Adaptec controller. It was necessary for me to disable ">1gb disk" support in the Adaptec BIOS. After I disabled that, the machine booted right up. -scott To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message