Re: problem booting a new server on FreeBSD

2011-01-11 Thread FRLinux
On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Robert Bonomi bon...@mail.r-bonomi.com wrote: Try booting _with_ a disk in the CD drive. Well, I was at least for the first install since I booted from CD, time was the same about 1m to 1m30 before it boots. Also, assuming these are parallel ATA drives, check

Re: problem booting a new server on FreeBSD

2011-01-11 Thread Amitabh Kant
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 2:03 AM, FRLinux frli...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Robert Bonomi bon...@mail.r-bonomi.com wrote: Try booting _with_ a disk in the CD drive. Well, I was at least for the first install since I booted from CD, time was the same about 1m to 1m30

Re: problem booting a new server on FreeBSD

2011-01-10 Thread FRLinux
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 3:37 PM, FRLinux frli...@gmail.com wrote: When booting, i get to the screen where I can select which boot process i want for FreeBSD (normal, without ACPI, debug, single, etc...). Regardless of the option I select, it starts flickering the rotating cursor (\|/-) then

Re: problem booting a new server on FreeBSD

2011-01-10 Thread Chris Brennan
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 5:21 PM, FRLinux frli...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 3:37 PM, FRLinux frli...@gmail.com wrote: When booting, i get to the screen where I can select which boot process i want for FreeBSD (normal, without ACPI, debug, single, etc...). Regardless of the

Re: problem booting a new server on FreeBSD

2011-01-10 Thread FRLinux
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:29 PM, Chris Brennan xa...@xaerolimit.net wrote: Where during the boot process does this happeb? As soon as you select any of the options of the boot (normal boot, boot without ACPI, boot single mode, etc...). It sits there for about 1mn to 1mn30 and then boots fine.

Re: problem booting a new server on FreeBSD

2011-01-10 Thread Chris Brennan
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 6:41 PM, FRLinux frli...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:29 PM, Chris Brennan xa...@xaerolimit.net wrote: Where during the boot process does this happeb? As soon as you select any of the options of the boot (normal boot, boot without ACPI, boot single

Re: problem booting a new server on FreeBSD

2011-01-10 Thread FRLinux
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:55 PM, Chris Brennan xa...@xaerolimit.net wrote: A stab in the dark here tells me a slow device ... but what, I do not know. Yes, apparently, could well be the CDROM drive, it's a laptop format one (slim). Someone responded to me off-list mentioning the same problem

problem booting a new server on FreeBSD

2011-01-07 Thread FRLinux
Hello, We have purchased a brand new server running an Intel Motherboard which boots fine on Linux but not on FreeBSD, I have tried FreeBSD 8.1 and 8.2-RC1 without success. The motherboard is a S5500HCV (Version: E40912-455). It has 2 SATA drives connected in compatible mode in the BIOS (also