Re: Dell 2900 invalid partition table
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 11:50:41PM +0100, Len Conrad wrote: > >> freebsd 7.1 > >> > >> Dell 2900, perc 6/i controller with 4 SATA disks in RAID1. > >> > >> We get all the through the disc1 install, reboot, > >> > >> arrive up to > >> > >> "Press for remote access setup within 5 secs " > >> > >> then die with > >> > >> "Invalid partition table" > >> > >> We had RAID5, same problem, switch to RAID1. > >> > >> suggestions? > > > >Is your BIOS set to boot from the right device - the raid and > >not the one of the disks in it??? > > > > Boot sequence says "1. drive c:" > Hmmm. That could be the problem. Do any of the other choices look interesting? > controller disk setup shows RAID1 ready. > > I've looked everywhere to see if I can point the boot at RAID1. I don't have a machine handy right now so I can look and see how I set the BIOS (which was almost 2 years ago, so my memory of foggy). They are a 9 hour drive away. But, I did manage to get it. There was a difference. The drives in the raid were SAS.It doesn't seem like that should matter, but... jerry > > Thanks, > Len > > > > > > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Dell 2900 invalid partition table
>> freebsd 7.1 >> >> Dell 2900, perc 6/i controller with 4 SATA disks in RAID1. >> >> We get all the through the disc1 install, reboot, >> >> arrive up to >> >> "Press for remote access setup within 5 secs " >> >> then die with >> >> "Invalid partition table" >> >> We had RAID5, same problem, switch to RAID1. >> >> suggestions? > >Is your BIOS set to boot from the right device - the raid and >not the one of the disks in it??? > Boot sequence says "1. drive c:" controller disk setup shows RAID1 ready. I've looked everywhere to see if I can point the boot at RAID1. Thanks, Len ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Dell 2900 invalid partition table
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 10:35:45PM +0100, Len Conrad wrote: > freebsd 7.1 > > Dell 2900, perc 6/i controller with 4 SATA disks in RAID1. > > We get all the through the disc1 install, reboot, > > arrive up to > > "Press for remote access setup within 5 secs " > > then die with > > "Invalid partition table" > > We had RAID5, same problem, switch to RAID1. > > suggestions? Is your BIOS set to boot from the right device - the raid and not the one of the disks in it??? jerry > > Len > > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"