Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:58:41 +0200 From: Panagiotis Christias <p.christias@noc.ntua.gr> To: Erich Dollansky <erich@alogt.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD 9.1 amd64 on IBM x3550 M3 Message-ID: <51193151.2090204@noc.ntua.gr> In-Reply-To: <20130211191145.2b96ba8f@X220.ovitrap.com> References: <20130211112352.GA84742@noc.ntua.gr> <20130211191145.2b96ba8f@X220.ovitrap.com>
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On 11/2/2013 14:11, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:23:53 +0200 > Panagiotis Christias <p.christias@noc.ntua.gr> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I'm trying to install FreeBSD 9.1 amd64 on an IBM x3550 M3 server. >> Installation went smoothly, RAID controller and network cards were >> successfully recognised. >> >> But, after the installation, the server fails to boot from disk. >> There were some posts, about two years ago, in this list implying >> that the problem lies in UEFI but I couldn't find any clear >> solution. >> > I do not know if this is the same problem I face on my notebook but it > currently does not boot when I use GPT. Can you give a MBR partitioned > disk a try? > > My notebook was earlier booting from a GPT disk. I cannot remember why > I used MBR for the new disk. Hello, I suppose trying an 8.3 installation would be the easiest way to use MBR instead of GPT, right; Thanks, Panagiotis -- Panagiotis J. Christias Network Management Center p.christias@noc.ntua.gr National Technical Univ. of Athens, GREECE
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