Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 06:21:21 -0800 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> To: Claus Guttesen <cguttesen@yahoo.dk> Cc: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installation on hp rx2600 Message-ID: <20031219142121.GA477@itanium.pn.xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <20031215185039.96276.qmail@web14107.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20031215185039.96276.qmail@web14107.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 07:50:39PM +0100, Claus Guttesen wrote: > >> Would a workaround be to install either 5.0 or 5.1 > and > >> then cvsup to 5.2? > > You can try it, but I would not try versions older > > than 5.1. Note however that nothing in that area has > > been changed deliberately. > > I grabbed the 5.1 ISO and was able to use the > ATA-CD-drive during installation. Partitioning > (slicing) and creating mount-points went fine, but I'm > unable to boot. Ah... I think this is related to having an MBR partitioning and not a GPT partitioning. The GPT partition support is only present in 5.2 (probably also the latest snapshot). > Reading the thread tells me that I need an > EFI-partition as type DOS. Do I have to format it > before I attempt the FreeBSD-install, and how would I > do that? The installer formats the EFI partition. > I must be missing something important, either before > or during the installation, but I seem to go in > circles. We currently have a combination of problems that result in this. There's not much I can do about it now, but I expect that it's better after 5.2. -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net
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