Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2003 13:33:38 -0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> Cc: "Eichert, Diana" <deicher@sandia.gov>, "'freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: install on Dell Precision WorkStation 730 Message-ID: <20030208213338.8B95D2A89E@canning.wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <20030208203739.GA573@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net>
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Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 04:29:52AM -0700, Eichert, Diana wrote: > > I just inherited a Dell Precision WorkStation 730 at > > work, right before it goes to the junk pile. So I > > thought I'd try to get FreeBSD 5.0 running on it. > > First, I did all this from keyboard/vga monitor > > connected to the system. > > > > When I boot with the mini-inst CD in the drive it > > fails looking for a kernel. ls'ng the CD shows a > > kernel.gz and mfsroot.gz. more'ng the loader.rc > > under fs2a:/boot I see the list of commands the > > loader would walk through, except the files it > > references are not gzipped's files. > > > > Steps I follow (I'm typing this from memory): > > set currdev=fs2a: > > load kernel.gz > > load fails, are gzipp'd kernels supported? > > Yes, they are. You probably need to give a pathname. Try prefixing > a slash (load /kernel.gz). > > Probably the easiest way to install FreeBSD is to copy the files > from the EFI partition on the CD to the EFI partition on disk. > The loader has fs0: hardcoded for now, which messes things up when > you already have an EFI partition. > > BTW: A quick search on the Dell site does not give me anything > about the 730. Did they gave it an early retirement? It's a black case version of the BigSur. The only difference that I can see is that the power-on firmware beep is a different pitch and it boots a little quicker than the white BigSurs that I have. Oh, and the splash screen is different. The firmware is interchangeable though.... Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ia64" in the body of the message
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