Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:17:24 -0500 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: cannot get FreeBSD 7.X to load on HP z400 Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20090428180900.026d7900@mail.computinginnovations.com>
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I cannot get FreeBSD 7.X to load on an HP z400. I have tried 7.1 i386=20
release, 7.1 amd64 release, 7.2 amd64 RC2, 8.0 amd64 current.
In all versions the loader stops just after the message:
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/md0
I have tried to simplify the setup of this unit to a single SATA drive, and=
=20
a single SATA CD/DVD drive.
I have tried various BIOS settings, turning on and off cores in the CPU,=20
changing other IO setting, but still the install hangs.
The z400 has the Intel=AE X58 Express chipset and a 4 core W3520 Xeon=20
CPU. This particular unit has 4GB RAM. If I can get the amd64 version to=
=20
load on it, I'd like to run it with more RAM. But obviously the first=20
hurdle is getting the OS to boot to sysinstall.
Any help would be appreciated.
-Derek
derek at computinginnovations.com
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