Fresh installed Freebsd 9 don't boot from hd

[Pavel Timofeev]

2011/10/21 Dennis Koegel <dk at neveragain.de>

> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 11:28:08AM +0400, Pavel Timofeev wrote:
> > I used FreeBSD 9 amd64 on my HP Proliant DL360 G5 (smart array p400i
> mirror)
> > as test. [...]
> > It was fresh install and I choose guided partitioning (GPT)
> > But after reboot my server don't boot from hd.
>
> We have the same issue on a DL580 G7. Install runs fine, but when it's
> time for the first boot, the bootcode emits a single '-' (where usually
> it would be "spinning" for a moment while loading), hangs for about two
> seconds, and then reboots.
>
> I've used the BETA3 bsdinstall on other (amd64) hardware with GPT and it
> worked fine. Also, manually adding the GPT label, partitions and
> bootcode using gpart, then rebooting, shows the exact same behaviour
> (this was done using the BETA3 "Live CD").
>
> I suspect it's something in the vicinity of "pmbr bootcode vs.  newer
> HP BIOS".
>
I don't know, but earlier snapshots, for example,
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/201105/FreeBSD-9.0-CURRENT-201105-amd64-dvd1.iso
doesn't have such problems.
Does anybody have BETA-2 iso?


> (BTW, not related to this issue: hw.memtest.tests=0 should be default.
> The kernel on a system with 128 GB of RAM needs about two minutes (!)
> before emitting a single line of output. At first we didn't know about
> this test and thought there was a serious problem.)
>
> - D.
>