From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Apr 22 16:42:14 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9E5AD4B360 for ; Sat, 22 Apr 2017 16:42:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca) Received: from inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [216.185.71.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca", Issuer "CA_HLL_ISSUER_2016" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 68A8DCD7 for ; Sat, 22 Apr 2017 16:42:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id E661361320 for ; Fri, 21 Apr 2017 10:55:11 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at harte-lyne.ca Received: from inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id VBfVkhimFSIe for ; Fri, 21 Apr 2017 10:55:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: from webmail.harte-lyne.ca (inet04.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [216.185.71.24]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 49AD4611F9 for ; Fri, 21 Apr 2017 10:55:10 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=harte-lyne.ca; s=dkim_hll; t=1492786510; bh=ZiQZkKqmtFPzOruG5Y5UJ/ckbQOLROqOvQdyhhfckuc=; h=Date:Subject:From:To:Reply-To; b=SvOWkfDau0m9kZVDeywnCzJYVR9PeCSuwdiYAO8xkdfrso7AAcwLcf9aqyUt7jddz BzqThIfsQ3sMy/ZFV2J+bKwVi1kxzKpNC5bm+2IXDZGdZkYT3gJBRGgCaqw9v1HXUH 2sBRVDsCRiW+69zMqvyUH/a/qpz3eFpT/GwbzZNdImGYZiK+Jf7tLKfce2s+RFrk4a j5UvUkCgRV5hVeyB+d2+nD6e8mt2SaZ9jYHtY5zcDUrZ69kk1rC7RM67mguprQRVBP gu+1ImsjtWYHS8mGBLRoJT/eG9SXl5sqvavhf5x8v6UPU3fJNA573aY+g+kDqvkxY2 ZxV7E9HAHsFbw== Received: from 216.185.71.44 (SquirrelMail authenticated user byrnejb_hll) by webmail.harte-lyne.ca with HTTP; Fri, 21 Apr 2017 10:55:10 -0400 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 10:55:10 -0400 Subject: Installing FreeBSD-11 on i386 From: "James B. Byrne" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Reply-To: byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.22-4.el6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2017 16:42:14 -0000 I am going to need some detailed guidance (i.e. hand-holding) on resolving this. The story so far: 1. Downloaded FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso and ran sha256sum which checked out OK. 2. Burnt a DVD from said .iso image. 3. Installed FreeBSD on an HP-Compaq DC7700S (2 Gb RAM, 500Gb SATA HDD) using the provided installer program. 4. System drops into a boot prompt during subsequent boots from disk. Can't find /boot/zfsloader FreeBSD/x86 boot Default: zroot/ROOT/default:/boot/kernel/kernel boot: \ { repeats all above once } boot: 5. Booting from CD into single user mode works. Gpart shows this: => 40 976773088 ada0 GPT (466G) 40 1024 1 freebsd-boot (512K) 1064 984 - free - (492K) 2048 4194304 2 freebsd-swap (2.0G) 4196352 972576768 3 freebsd-zfs (464G) 976773120 8 4 - free - (4.0K) How do I get this system to boot? Should I have gone the UFS root instead of ZFS? Is that the source of the problem? If so then how to I restart the installer? Please reply directly to me as well as to the list. I get the digest version of the list. -- *** e-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** Do NOT transmit sensitive data via e-Mail Do NOT open attachments nor follow links sent by e-Mail James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3 -- *** e-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** Do NOT transmit sensitive data via e-Mail Do NOT open attachments nor follow links sent by e-Mail James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3 -- *** e-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** Do NOT transmit sensitive data via e-Mail Do NOT open attachments nor follow links sent by e-Mail James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3