sysinstall: disk not found on zx6000

[Anton Shterenlikht]

On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 08:12:58PM +0000, B. Estrade wrote:
> I am trying to install FreeBSD on an HP zx6000, and sysinstall can't
> detect the disks when I attempt to partition the disk.
> 
> I have observed that while things boot towards sysinstall, the drive
> is detected and the appropriate driver is loaded (mpt).
> 
> I've tried 8.0 and 7.3, and neither detect the disk. I've also
> determined that the firmware is up to date, but here's the
> information:
> 
>    Firmware Revision: 2.31 [4411]
> 
>    PAL_A Revision: 7.31/5.37
>    PAL_B Revision: 5.65
> 
>    SAL Spec Revision: 3.01
>    SAL_A Revision: 2.00
>    SAL_B Revision: 2.31
> 
>    EFI Spec Revision: 1.10
>    EFI Intel Drop Revision: 14.61
>    EFI Build Revision: 1.22
> 
>    POSSE Revision: 0.10
> 
>    ACPI Revision: 7.00
> 
>    BMC Revision 1.52
>    IPMI Revision: 1.00
>    SMBIOS Revision: 2.3.2a
>    Management Processor Revision:
> 
> http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=82069&prodTypeId=12454&prodSeriesId=82067&swLang=13&taskId=135&swEnvOID=54
> 
> I've also tried wiping the disk with dd. Any suggestions would be
> appreciated. 

maybe try to boot Fixit CD and create a
partition with gpart(8). Then try to
boot the install CD again. I think
I've done this before.


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