Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:28:58 +0100 From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: Mubeesh ali <mubeeshalivm@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, claudiu vasadi <claudiu.vasadi@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Laptop stuck at bios splash again :-( .(chunk 'ad1s4 ; ad1s2 ,ad1s3 does not start on a track boundary : install issue) Message-ID: <20100827072858.000072d4@unknown> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=s6j9fcP0-uwLsfpzbAfJR=BvSqB9f2MCVMA%2BF@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTi=s6j9fcP0-uwLsfpzbAfJR=BvSqB9f2MCVMA%2BF@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:13:22 +0530 Mubeesh ali <mubeeshalivm@gmail.com> wrote: > It seems like i am awfully unlucky :-( ,getting two bad HDDs in a row > or iam doing something terribly wrong. > > With my new HDD ;installed ubuntu and this time installed PC bsd not > freebsd ,in a separate partition. > > It booted up once into PC bsd,life was good and then from next reboot > .it is stuck at bios splash. > As Bruce from this list commented to an earlier mail(not booting after > freebsd install) ,i am assuming my bios (INSYDE bios) doesn't like > freebsd partitions or freebsd in combination with ubuntu ? It seems the INSYDE bios is rather poor: other people have had problems when trying to use TrueCrypt or PGP in Windows: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7hardware/thread/cc99bd9c-c65c-4ad1-a892-653be6102195 -- Bruce Cran
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