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Date:      Fri, 23 Apr 2010 06:27:11 -0500
From:      Doug Poland <doug@polands.org>
To:        Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com>
Cc:        Ewald Jenisch <a@jenisch.at>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Installation on HP Proliant via iLO -> "Error mounting /dev/acd0 on /dist"
Message-ID:  <20100423112711.GA45036@polands.org>
In-Reply-To: <n2made45ae91004221736kec1b7a35j9e3a42e4b3fad255@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <20100422191943.GA59623@aurora.oekb.co.at> <n2made45ae91004221736kec1b7a35j9e3a42e4b3fad255@mail.gmail.com>

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On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 06:36:39PM -0600, Tim Judd wrote:
> On 4/22/10, Ewald Jenisch <a@jenisch.at> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm having a hard time trying to install FreeBSD 8.0 on an HP
> > Proliant server. To be specific I try to instal the amd64 variant of
> > FreeBSD 8.0 on a ProLiant DL385 G1.
> >
> > Since the server is remote installation is to be done via the
> > virtual CD/DVD of the iLO management.
> >
> > The install process runs smooth up to the point where the install
> > process finishes formatting then I get the following error:
> >
> > "Error mounting /dev/acd0 on /dist: Input/output error (5)"
> >
> > and installation can't proceed.
> >
> > Interestingly that the installation runs from CD up to this point
> > without any problem whatsoever. This can't be a problem with the
> > "CD/DVD" since I've mounted the ISO-image via a virtual drive.
> >
> > I've already tried downloading the ISO again - same result.
> >
> > Likewise I tried with the CD-image instead of the DVD-image - same result
> > :-(
> >
> > So here are my questions:
> >
> > o) has anybody seen symptoms like this on a HP proliant server when
> > installation is done via the "virtual CD/DVD"-drive?
> >
> > o) Any cure against this?
> >
Try a re-scan of the devices from the options menu.  If that doesn't
help, try connecting to an ISO image in iLO instead of an optical
device.  

-- 
Regards,
Doug
> 



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