From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 9 05:11:24 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1FD3106564A for ; Sun, 9 Oct 2011 05:11:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B6F28FC12 for ; Sun, 9 Oct 2011 05:11:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkbzs8 with SMTP id zs8so8015143bkb.13 for ; Sat, 08 Oct 2011 22:11:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=IhQJoweTcIbnBAKPLRo6TcpaXfLZQIol7MZCSwJx6U4=; b=BIVsmEyY3841PAiOVRlMFSrGrOpvWOSG7z5azL9SDChLfxzwgniPRkrWYKJM8e69vg JJXZgtGUbDMQ+CtmUPKjq6k3MHMQcGiGhuvNaCel/KqBHa687kg+Az0G9rno1mfZqTwE ENqvoKtn0CNUuMxmkeTVWBVbVDq1HGBMotMm4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.7.18 with SMTP id b18mr3769788fab.31.1318137082904; Sat, 08 Oct 2011 22:11:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.124.197 with HTTP; Sat, 8 Oct 2011 22:11:22 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20111009015141.GA60380@hs1.VERBENA> References: <20111008235238.GB3136@hs1.VERBENA> <20111009015141.GA60380@hs1.VERBENA> Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2011 00:11:22 -0500 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: Colin Barnabas Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Michael Starr , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: New FreeBSD User | HP Doesn't Boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2011 05:11:25 -0000 On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 8:51 PM, Colin Barnabas wrote: > Are you able to boot from the usb you used to install? If yes, > then my first instinct would be to scrub the disk and > start over. Hopefully what ever is going on is just a freak anomaly. > > If you can boot the from the usb stick, go to the fixit shell and > run > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad0 bs=1k > Can you please not top-post while on this list as it's convention states? That command is suboptimal to put it kindly. First, it's not necessary to wipe the entire drive, simply destroying the first couple sectors will be sufficent for the cause. Second, in the rare case you do need to wipe the entire thing, don't use bs=1k unless you really enjoy sitting around waiting. Use either of the following if you really must: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad0 bs=1k count=1 dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad0 bs=512k but you can call me uncle Eddie if that somehow helps. I'm not sure how you think a bad burn would cause POST to fail. First, I'd check around and see if there were problems with system like this: http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-111507-hp-pavilion-dv6000-won-t-turn-on-black-screen Then I might look for BIOS updates to fix the problem. Teseting BIOS to defaults would be something I would try, followed by unplugging unnecessary peripherals. -- Adam Vande More