On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 10:58:51AM +0200, Dennis Koegel wrote: > On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 11:28:08AM +0400, Pavel Timofeev wrote: > > I used FreeBSD 9 amd64 on my HP Proliant DL360 G5 (smart array p400i mirror) > > as test. [...] > > It was fresh install and I choose guided partitioning (GPT) > > But after reboot my server don't boot from hd. > > We have the same issue on a DL580 G7. Install runs fine, but when it's > time for the first boot, the bootcode emits a single '-' (where usually > it would be "spinning" for a moment while loading), hangs for about two > seconds, and then reboots. > > I've used the BETA3 bsdinstall on other (amd64) hardware with GPT and it > worked fine. Also, manually adding the GPT label, partitions and > bootcode using gpart, then rebooting, shows the exact same behaviour > (this was done using the BETA3 "Live CD"). > > I suspect it's something in the vicinity of "pmbr bootcode vs. newer > HP BIOS". > > (BTW, not related to this issue: hw.memtest.tests=0 should be default. > The kernel on a system with 128 GB of RAM needs about two minutes (!) > before emitting a single line of output. At first we didn't know about > this test and thought there was a serious problem.) Or at least there should be a message that the memtest is running...
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