I'm having an odd issue installing FreeBSD on a sunfire v880. The system configuration is as follows:
2x 1.2Ghz CPUs, 8GB RAM
1x 18.2GB SCSI HD on integrated controller
6x 146GB FC-AL HDs on backplane 0
When attempting an 8.0 install using keyboard/mouse/video, using a TechSource RAPTOR GFX-8P the system halts at "Jumping to Kernel Entry 0xc0088000". This is not such a problem, however, because everything seems to work fine over serial console.
When installing over serial console, the entire install goes through without a hitch, however, when installing the base system to the SCSI drive, I never get the option to install a bootloader, So the system won't boot.
When installing over serial console, and installing the base system to any of the six fiber channel drives, I DO get the option to install a bootloader, then I can continue to the openboot firmware and set it to autoboot from that drive and everything works perfectly.
However, the issue is I would like the system installed on the SCSI drive, so that the six fibre channel drives can be raided as a seperate partition.
So, my question is: Why do I get the option to install a bootloader when using the fiber drives, but not the SCSI? Is there any way to fix this so that I can install freebsd on the scsi drive and boot from it instead?
2x 1.2Ghz CPUs, 8GB RAM
1x 18.2GB SCSI HD on integrated controller
6x 146GB FC-AL HDs on backplane 0
When attempting an 8.0 install using keyboard/mouse/video, using a TechSource RAPTOR GFX-8P the system halts at "Jumping to Kernel Entry 0xc0088000". This is not such a problem, however, because everything seems to work fine over serial console.
When installing over serial console, the entire install goes through without a hitch, however, when installing the base system to the SCSI drive, I never get the option to install a bootloader, So the system won't boot.
When installing over serial console, and installing the base system to any of the six fiber channel drives, I DO get the option to install a bootloader, then I can continue to the openboot firmware and set it to autoboot from that drive and everything works perfectly.
However, the issue is I would like the system installed on the SCSI drive, so that the six fibre channel drives can be raided as a seperate partition.
So, my question is: Why do I get the option to install a bootloader when using the fiber drives, but not the SCSI? Is there any way to fix this so that I can install freebsd on the scsi drive and boot from it instead?