FreeBSD 6.2 Boot Issue

[Derek Ragona]

At 12:52 PM 4/26/2007, jhall at vandaliamo.net wrote:
>Both of those checked OK.  Is it possible I have specified the C/H/S
>incorrectly during setup?
>
>Thanks,

What is your type and model hard drive?  Did you specify the geometry when 
you ran sysinstall?

How did you partition and slice the hard drive?


         -Derek


>Jay
>
> > At 10:49 AM 4/26/2007, jhall at vandaliamo.net wrote:
> >>I have installed FreeBSD 6.2 on an HP Proliant G5 server with an E200i
> >>Smart Controller installed.  The installation was flawless.
> >>
> >>When I reboot the server after the installation, the boot loader screen
> >> is
> >>displayed.  I press F1 and the system beeps and comes back to the boot
> >>loader prompt.
> >>
> >>What should I be looking at?  I am at a loss since I usually end up with
> >>leftover hardware and this time I acutally got to purchase new hardware
> >>just for this project.
> >>
> >>Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> >>
> >>Thanks for your help.
> >
> > Check your BIOS that you are ALLOWING the boot sector to be written.
> >
> > If that is OK, try disabling hyperthreading if that is turned on in your
> > BIOS.
> >
> >          -Derek
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