Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 10:57:24 +0100 From: Oliver Fuckner <oliver.fuckner@rebootking.de> To: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD on HP i2000 BigSur Message-ID: <3F9B9A84.1000502@rebootking.de> In-Reply-To: <20031025182330.GB593@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> References: <3F9A9475.30808@rebootking.de> <20031025182330.GB593@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net>
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Hi, > > sysinstall does not yet create GPT partitions. Partitions will be MBR > partitions. To create an EFI partition, create a partition of type 0xEF. Aaah... > > Our kernel and modules are installed in the EFI partition. Since you > didn't create partitions with sysinstall (they were inherited), you're > missing the efi mount point and the link /boot -> /efi/boot. As such > you're not installing new kernels in the EFI partition. Now I got FreeBSD installed. I now created an MBR-layout. And more important, i newfs-ed the newly created efi-dos-partition ! Now everything ist working fine. > > Oh: do not enable SMP. Is this a general or just a problem with pluto-machines ? > > Note that most of the above is due to bugs or incompleteness. It > will eventually be resolved. > I see, it is still a long way to tier-1. Thanks a lot, Oliver Fuckner
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