Installing FreeBSD 9.1 amd64 on IBM x3550 M3

[Erich Dollansky]

Hi,

On Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:58:41 +0200
Panagiotis Christias <p.christias at noc.ntua.gr> wrote:

> On 11/2/2013 14:11, Erich Dollansky wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:23:53 +0200
> > Panagiotis Christias <p.christias at noc.ntua.gr> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I'm trying to install FreeBSD 9.1 amd64 on an IBM x3550 M3 server.
> >> Installation went smoothly, RAID controller and network cards were
> >> successfully recognised.
> >>
> >> But, after the installation, the server fails to boot from disk.
> >> There were some posts, about two years ago, in this list implying
> >> that the problem lies in UEFI but I couldn't find any clear
> >> solution.
> >>
> > I do not know if this is the same problem I face on my notebook but
> > it currently does not boot when I use GPT. Can you give a MBR
> > partitioned disk a try?
> >
> > My notebook was earlier booting from a GPT disk. I cannot remember
> > why I used MBR for the new disk.
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I suppose trying an 8.3 installation would be the easiest way to use
> MBR instead of GPT, right;
> 
I run 10 with MBR. It is only a matter of telling either the
installation programm or gpart what to do.

Erich