FreeBSD on Dell PE850

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I am having several problems loading 6.1 on a Dell PE 850 w/an Adaptec 39160 scsi card and a single scsi drive. When I install from the boot only cd, I get the error "Unable to transfer the base distribution from acd0. Do you want to retry again" and it won't go any further. 

When I install using the 6.1 disk one I get the error "Add of package linux_base-8-8.01-14 aborted, error code 1 - Please check the debug screen for info" and when the system boots I the kernel will not load. This happens weather I install the linux compatible module or not. 

However I can install 6.0 without a problem and it seems to run like a champ.

Any ideas?
Thron


 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Josh Paetzel
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 4:34 PM
To: questions at freebsd.org
Subject: FreeBSD on Dell PE850

Does anybody have any experience running FBSD 6.x on a PE850?  I'm 
specifically wondering about support for their base-configuration 
onboard NIC and their CERC SATA RAID controller.

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Thanks,

Josh Paetzel


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