From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 6 17:22:52 2012 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 96AE8106566C for ; Fri, 6 Jan 2012 17:22:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mubeeshalivm@gmail.com) Received: from mail-we0-f182.google.com (mail-we0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 211EA8FC08 for ; Fri, 6 Jan 2012 17:22:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by werb13 with SMTP id b13so1845267wer.13 for ; Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:22:51 -0800 (PST) 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=ZrzYhhzHjrUnLhDKYTPgzwwq0m79gYqR03rWQRkvBxo=; b=njK7e6yrZD2dfPQ8Kv8PlqgE3GM6Iyc5iMn5ck5TrOylXMCb48K5T6ypAUTA0yVwjB /cTyd6dP4s93iKD5OX9gS0UcabaEV9Qw1pbDHXvSl8aT+IkC8AOq8r/eQ2vWbn5FiKxV S0D333AhXoEtzaxFjEvYJ57T46RmqEZA9WN0Q= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.139.25 with SMTP id b25mr3438374wej.41.1325868803001; Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:53:23 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.180.24.201 with HTTP; Fri, 6 Jan 2012 08:53:22 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20120106144616.GA28505@tinyCurrent> References: <4F0517BA.1050405@mykitchentable.net> <1325819792.82542.YahooMailNeo@web36502.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <1325848888.86578.YahooMailNeo@web36504.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20120106144616.GA28505@tinyCurrent> Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 22:23:22 +0530 Message-ID: From: Mubeesh ali To: Matthias Apitz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Bill Tillman , FreeBSD Questions , Waitman Gobble Subject: Re: 9.0-RELEASE amd64 Bricked My Hard Drive 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: Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:22:52 -0000 acer ?? i had this with acer.. remove hdd...acess bios change ahci mode and try installing again. On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Matthias Apitz wrote: > El d=EDa Friday, January 06, 2012 a las 06:37:02AM -0800, Waitman Gobble > escribi=F3: > > > On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 3:21 AM, Bill Tillman > wrote: > > > > > > > > I had been running a similar computer with Windows XP with it. The > > > drive was working fine a few moments before I did the install. I have > > > a utility to test hard drives which boots from CD but like I said, wh= en > > > this drive is on a cable connected to any machine, booting is a > > > non-option. I have an old IDE controller but it's ISA and I have > > > not ISA slots on this computer. Looks like I may have to try the USB > > > drive boot option to get on with this rescue. > > > > > It seems that there are BIOS features which need to have access to > certain sectors of the disk with additional (Winblows) software. Once > you format the entire disk for FreeBSD you will not enter the BIOS > dialogue, nor it will boot anymore; google for a thread of FreeBSD > installation on Acer laptops. > > HIH > > matthias > -- > Matthias Apitz > t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 > e - w http://www.unixarea.de/ > UNIX since V7 on PDP-11 | UNIX on mainframe since ESER 1055 (IBM /370) > UNIX on x86 since SVR4.2 UnixWare 2.1.2 | FreeBSD since 2.2.5 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > --=20 Best Regards, Mubeesh Ali.V.M