Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 00:16:53 -0800 From: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> To: freebsd general questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Server not booting Message-ID: <65427422-E170-49B9-9441-1CE3843422A6@lafn.org>
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I have been tasked with bringing up a "new" server. It appears to be = fairly old equipment though. I do know it was previously used. Its a = Arima NM46X with dual AMD Opteron processors. The unit appears to be = working since it has some form of Linux installed on the disks and that = boots and seems to run. However, I have tried booting from CD 8.2 and = 8.0. using Disk 1 and Repair disks (AMD64 and i386). They all die just = after the first stage loader. I get the system version line and then = the spinner stops dead. The CD is an external USB unit and its left = running. The motherboard doesn't recognize a USB stick for booting = unfortunately. The motherboard manual is dated 2006 so I think its just = too old for that. Any ideas on how this can be corrected?=
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