FREEBSD_INSTALL failed with error 19 during booting installer

Ian Smith smithi at nimnet.asn.au
Sat Jun 29 16:09:47 UTC 2013


On Fri, 28 Jun 2013 11:26:15 -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
 > On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 08:22:29PM +0200, Marek Salwerowicz wrote:
 > > Hi list,
 > > 
 > > I am trying to install FreeBSD 9.1-Release amd64 on a Supermicro server:
 > > 
 > > SuperStorage Server 6027R-E1R12N
 > > 
 > > with Intel Xeon E5-2640 CPU and 32 GB (4 x 8 ) KVR16R11D4/8HC installed
 > > 
 > > Currently I have only 2 SSD Kingston  drives (working in mirror)
 > > installed on that server.
 > > 
 > > during booting installer from the ISO CD (amd64),  the boot process
 > > fails with message:
 > > 
 > > Mounting from cd9660:/dev/iso9660/FREEBSD_INSTALL failed with error 19.
 > > 
 > > As I found here: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=36579 ,
 > > probably this could be issue with ACPI, but setting option in
 > > loader:
 > > 
 > > # set debug.acpi.disabled ="hostres"
 > > # boot
 > > 
 > > made nothing for me.
 > > 
 > > 
 > > 
 > > Any ideas?
 > 
 > Try using a USB flash drive + memstick image instead of CD-based media.

Last time I tried - 9.1-release i386 - the memstick boot gave no option 
to drop to loader; I had to burn a disc1 CD so I could drop to loader to 
turn cam.ctl off to succeed installing in 128MB.  Did I miss something?

cheers, Ian


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