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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)
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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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