At 08:41 AM 5/31/2012, Ewald Jenisch wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to install FreeBSD9 (64bit) on a HP Proliant server
(ProLiant DL385 G1). Installation is done via remote-management
("iLO") basically by mounting the Installation-ISO.
However a couple of seconds after booting the box crashes.
Here's what I tried already:
o) Re-download the installation ISO - same checksum - same result
o) Instead of booting directly I issued the following two commands
on the loader prompt:
set kern.eventtimer.periodic=1
set kern.eventtimer.timer="LAPIC"
followed by "boot"
Neither of these helped.
To cross-check I tried booting of a FreeBSD 8 installation media - no
problems at all (besides that the machine is running FreeBSD8
currently without problems)
Any clue what could be wrong here and what I can do in order to make
this box boot from the installation media?
Thanks much in advance for your help,
-ewald
You can try the boot options on the boot menu to try with ACPI disabled.
I have experienced some crashes and some hangs when trying to boot
different hardware via an ISO virtually mounted and also booting via USB key.
I believe the issues come down to timing issues, where in the boot process
the kernel expects to have some required /tmp space on physical disk. You
may need to create a RAID volume you plan to use for the filesystems
first. Also check compatibility with your hardware.
While it can be a pain, to debug something like this, I have booted systems
at data centers where I have a console connected and using a CD or DVD
drive (external USB if no internal device is installed.)
-Derek
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