Problem Installing freeBSD 8.1 on Dell Poweredge T110

[Adam Vande More]

On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Mike Overton <mikeo.veterantutors at gmail.com
> wrote:

>  (New Dell Poweredge T110, X3430 Xeon, 4GB 1333MHz ). Machine replaces
> operating freeBSD 8.1 Dell 686 machine with active Internet connection.
>
> When trying to load freeBSD 8.1 from a boot only i386 ISO disc, which
> installed with no problems on Dell 686 Pentium machine, new machine is not
> accepting network configuration loaded via Sysinstall and cannot find
> freeBSD download site.
>
> Dell Support refused help, stating "we do not support freeBSD".
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>

1.  Don't do a net install.

2.  If you must do a net install, use Passive FTP.


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Adam Vande More