On 5 Jul 2013, at 00:01, "bw.mail.lists" <bw.mail.li...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 7/4/2013 4:59 PM, Emre Çamalan wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I'm trying to install FreeBSD with an HP ILO 4 advanced, web interface. I 
>> tried to install FreeBSD 8.2, FreeBSD 8.3 and FreeBSD 8.4. I tried to use 
>> acd0 and cd0 as media. I got the same result.
>> 
>> 
>> ERROR: I'm trying to add freebsd8.3iso from ILO such as virtual drive not 
>> from cd or dvd.
> 
> We had a similar experience with Dell's DRAC and FreeBSD 9.1, after initial 
> boot and kernel load it wasn't able to mount / from (virtual) cd. We ended up 
> using an mfsBSD iso ( http://mfsbsd.vx.sk/ ), which doesn't mount from cd, 
> but uses an .img loaded as memory disk. Didn't try the official bootonly iso 
> or the USB image.
> 
Same here, boot from MFS, gpart manually, install manually, works like a charm.

I actually do it for all our installs now, the procedure is quite scriptable.
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