FreeBSD on Dell PE850

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The debug screen is blank. 

To verify I had a good download I went to a different mirror site and downloaded the boot-only cd and had the same problems.

Thron


Derek Ragona <derek at computinginnovations.com> wrote: What was on the debug screen?  alt+F4 gets you to that screen.

         -Derek



At 10:36 AM 8/22/2006, unixforums 1 wrote:
>I am having several problems loading 6.1 on a Dell PE 850 w/an Adaptec 
>39160 scsi card and a single scsi drive. When I install from the boot only 
>cd, I get the error "Unable to transfer the base distribution from acd0. 
>Do you want to retry again" and it won't go any further.
>
>When I install using the 6.1 disk one I get the error "Add of package 
>linux_base-8-8.01-14 aborted, error code 1 - Please check the debug screen 
>for info" and when the system boots I the kernel will not load. This 
>happens weather I install the linux compatible module or not.
>
>However I can install 6.0 without a problem and it seems to run like a champ.
>
>Any ideas?
>Thron
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org 
>[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Josh Paetzel
>Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 4:34 PM
>To: questions at freebsd.org
>Subject: FreeBSD on Dell PE850
>
>Does anybody have any experience running FBSD 6.x on a PE850?  I'm
>specifically wondering about support for their base-configuration
>onboard NIC and their CERC SATA RAID controller.
>
>--
>Thanks,
>
>Josh Paetzel
>
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