Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 07:45:28 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 9.0-RELEASE amd64 Bricked My Hard Drive Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1201060739510.47888@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <1325819792.82542.YahooMailNeo@web36502.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <4F0517BA.1050405@mykitchentable.net> <1325819792.82542.YahooMailNeo@web36502.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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On Thu, 5 Jan 2012, Bill Tillman wrote: > Well the install finished and > then I attempted to reboot the system but nothing happened. And by that I > mean the computer's flash screen would come up and give me the choice > to enter the Bios Setup or Boot Menu and that's all. The BIOS on some systems expects a particular partition layout. In the old days, Compaq had a BIOS partition on the disk. Today, there are there are still weird things that can be vendor-specific. Or new standards like UEFI. So the problem could be specific to that particular computer model or brand. Attaching the drive to a USB to IDE adapter might avoid the problem, allowing a boot from another drive. Before rewriting the do-nothing drive, use 'gpart show' or fdisk to see the partition layout that is the problem.
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