Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:53:21 -0500 From: Mike A <mikea@mikea.ath.cx> To: Fabian Wenk <fabian@wenks.ch> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bug Report: IBM x3650M4 (32GB, 2x4-core Xeon E5-2600, IBM ServeRaid M5110e): fails in install with NMI Message-ID: <20120828155320.GF64344@mikea.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <503CE448.10300@wenks.ch> References: <20120827203817.GB44988@mikea.ath.cx> <201208280934.14161.jhb@freebsd.org> <20120828140507.GB64344@mikea.ath.cx> <503CD8B2.90306@wenks.ch> <20120828145015.GC64344@mikea.ath.cx> <503CE448.10300@wenks.ch>
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On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 05:31:20PM +0200, Fabian Wenk wrote: > Hello Mike > > On 28.08.2012 16:50, Mike A wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 04:41:54PM +0200, Fabian Wenk wrote: > >> On the installed system create, or edit, the file > >> /boot/loader.conf and add the line like this: > >> > >> hint.mpt.0.msi_enable="0" > >> > >> Then you need to reboot to test. > > > > I would happily do precisely that, if only I could get the system to > > install. The failure occurs during boot of the install CDROM, before > > bsdinstall ever gets started. > > OK, I did had to wade through the only documentation too, as I > did not see an installer recently. ;) > > During the FreeBSD boot menu (with the several options to > choose), use "2. Escape to loader prompt". There you need to type > the following lines: > > set hint.mpt.0.msi_enable="0" > boot > > Hopefully this should do the trick, but this needs to be done > again after the system is installed, until you have set the > option in the /boot/loader.conf. Very much obliged to you, Mike Meyer, and Gary Palmer. I will go up and lay hands on the hardware in a bit. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mikea@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
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