[nycbug-talk] FreeBSD 9 installation failure

[Jimmy B.]

* Matt Juszczak <matt at atopia.net> [2012-10-19 12:23]:
> Just a follow up on this thread --
> 
> The data center tried two different chasis, two different RAID cards, two 
> different ISOs including the boot only.  The install is still failing -- 
> once they add the basic user, the install restarts itself.
> 
> The box is a poweredge t110:
> 
> http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/poweredge-t110/pd
> 
> That should be compatible with the amd64 FreeBSD 9 image, right?


Hi Matt,

I don't know about the hardware.

One possibility you might try is to download and use the
PC-BSD installer.  It's a total rewrite of the install program
and you can use it to install a stock FreeBSD server with no
extra PC-BSD desktop bits.

The download page is here:
http://www.pcbsd.org/en/download.html

and the docs (written by Dru) are here:
http://wiki.pcbsd.org/index.php/PC-BSD_9_Handbook

Given all the issues surrounding the current project installer
you may find this a much more desirable option.

Cheers,
Jim B.