Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 08:19:30 -0800 (PST) From: G B <g_patrickb@yahoo.com> To: "current@freebsd.org" <current@freebsd.org> Subject: HP p2-1334 Message-ID: <1359303570.66711.YahooMailNeo@web162902.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
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Recently I purchased an HP p2-1334 with an Inetl Core i3 and 6GB or RAM.=A0= My sole reason for purchasing it is to use virtualization which needs VT-x= and EPT which the i3 has.=A0 However, my installations of FreeBSD 9.0-RELE= ASE-amd64, FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE-amd64, FreeeBSD 10-CURRENT-amd64 (2 snapshot= s; r245673 was one), and also an attempt with FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE-i386 all = fail to boot.=0A=0AWhat happens after a successful installation is it tries= to PXE boot and then fails to find a bootable disk.=A0 However, OpenBSD 5.= 2-i386/amd64, NetBSD 6.0-amd64, and OpenIndiana 151a7 all succesfully insta= ll and subsequently boot.=A0 =0A=0AI tried multiple drives with FreeBSD and= they all try a PXE boot and then fail to find a bootable drive.=A0 But eac= h of the OpenBSD/NetBSD/OpenIndiana installs/boot work on each of the drive= s tried with FreeBSD. From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 27 16:52:15 2013 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1D66921 for <current@freebsd.org>; Sun, 27 Jan 2013 16:52:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from agogare.doit.wisc.edu (agogare.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.211]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 806AAAE8 for <current@freebsd.org>; Sun, 27 Jan 2013 16:52:15 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from wanderer.tachypleus.net (adsl-76-208-68-53.dsl.mdsnwi.sbcglobal.net [76.208.68.53]) by smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0MHA00KXXMV08S10@smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for current@freebsd.org; Sun, 27 Jan 2013 10:52:15 -0600 (CST) X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-2, Version=5.6.1.2065439, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2013.1.27.163317, SenderIP=76.208.68.53 X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=76.208.68.53 X-Wisc-Sender: whitehorn@wisc.edu Message-id: <51055B3C.2030603@freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 10:52:12 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130112 Thunderbird/17.0.2 To: G B <g_patrickb@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: HP p2-1334 References: <1359303570.66711.YahooMailNeo@web162902.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> In-reply-to: <1359303570.66711.YahooMailNeo@web162902.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Cc: "current@freebsd.org" <current@freebsd.org> X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current <freebsd-current.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-current>, <mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current>; List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-current@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current>, <mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 16:52:15 -0000 On 01/27/13 10:19, G B wrote: > Recently I purchased an HP p2-1334 with an Inetl Core i3 and 6GB or > RAM. My sole reason for purchasing it is to use virtualization which > needs VT-x and EPT which the i3 has. However, my installations of > FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE-amd64, FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE-amd64, FreeeBSD > 10-CURRENT-amd64 (2 snapshots; r245673 was one), and also an attempt > with FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE-i386 all fail to boot. > > What happens after a successful installation is it tries to PXE boot > and then fails to find a bootable disk. However, OpenBSD > 5.2-i386/amd64, NetBSD 6.0-amd64, and OpenIndiana 151a7 all > succesfully install and subsequently boot. > > I tried multiple drives with FreeBSD and they all try a PXE boot and > then fail to find a bootable drive. But each of the > OpenBSD/NetBSD/OpenIndiana installs/boot work on each of the drives > tried with FreeBSD. _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To > unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > The default partitioning type in FreeBSD 9+ is GPT, which provides a number of benefits including the ability to use disks larger than 2 TB. Some very new machines, however, have broken BIOSes that assume GPT == EFI and won't do BIOS-type boots from GPT disks. If you choose "Manual" partitioning in the installer and choose either MBR or BSD for the partition type (press delete on the disk first to erase existing partitioning), does the problem go away? -Nathan
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