From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 29 13:59:01 2010 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 44DCE1065679 for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:59:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yw0-f54.google.com (mail-yw0-f54.google.com [209.85.213.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05AFB8FC12 for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:59:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywf9 with SMTP id 9so130349ywf.13 for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:59:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=cnqp327ATM45UTaV8F5orlsIjo+o4s+Oi3/mQxOdygM=; b=ONMnR/Y5fdL+YGvjzxVMg9Y3QE0rkrYH2CkpQ9kuo/CRvA/BIO1U8Jn7kMrSF6r9QC 3mZdaHa/RVlE4wqBvTgiuzaA/mLipkXVkfFJAzH3Ci7onqItwW34iYfpiMiSiT/I7dYj VTdrl44FQ5hsYcYifZb7DYnSfdF41TMR5WYKY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=d0PlpnH2TfiU+vkgzYpn8lgVl9rGTua61RTayIwkCJ/N+mfQAEAGH90is/+oiu2wng U7XCV88JkDDFSYNZLwCggjpzf7wm/5P2QpeSbHVRiIPomMTYCUE/8Q9W7n/OCuKGYgld 7zJmID5EOlAuw3aK+zzRlYbBz16xhwCtYUylE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.54.19 with SMTP id c19mr203540ana.71.1280411937313; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:58:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.15.73 with HTTP; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:58:57 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:58:57 -0500 Message-ID: From: Andrew Gould To: FreeBSD Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: booting install DVD while hard drive is in RAID mode 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: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:59:01 -0000 I purchased an HP Pavilion p6510f. I cannot boot either FreeBSD 8.1 (amd64) or OpenSUSE 11.3 Gnome Live CD unless I change the hard drive mode from RAID to IDE. Unfortunately, that damages my Windows 7 installation. (The computer is currently being restored to factory state.) Is there an option I can pass to the kernel to bootup the FreeBSD installation DVD while the hard drive is in RAID mode? Thanks, Andrew