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 [email protected] Tired old sysadmin _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-amd64 To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
