Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 10:10:10 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: John Reynolds~ <jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com> Cc: qa@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New cdboot ISO available Message-ID: <XFMail.020111101010.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <15423.1927.369160.400912@chlx169.ch.intel.com>
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On 11-Jan-02 John Reynolds~ wrote: > > [ On Thursday, January 10, John Baldwin wrote: ] >> >> A new experimental CD bootstrap was recently added to -stable for the i386 >> architecture that allows the full contents of the CD to be used when >> booting. >> The method we currently uses relies on the BIOS emulating a floppy drive >> from a > > Here's some more test data John, > > SUCCESS: Asus P2B-DS (onboard AIC 7890) with the latest 1012B BIOS. I believe > the scsi bios is v2.20, but I'd have to read the boot-up messages again to be > sure. Worked like a charm from both CD-* devices hanging off the scsi bus. Thanks! > FAILURE: Dell Latitude CPx-J 650 laptop. The BIOS in this sucker I believe > was > the latest and is "A14" (going from memory--I don't have it in front of me, > but I will double check and correct myself on the list if wrong). When I put > this CD in the tray (and made sure that it was in the boot sequence) the > laptop just "sat there" with a blank screen for approx 20 seconds, then > proceed to give me my normal FreeBSD boot0 F1/F2 prompt for booting off the > HDD. No error messages, no diagnostic messages, no nothing. Ok, do you have a Windows ME, NT 4, 2000, or XP CD? If so, can you test and see if it will boot? I know that ME and NT4 are bootable at least, so if those fail to boot it's likely your BIOS doesn't support this style of CD-booting. Does the laptop havea Designed For Windows 2000 Professional or NT4 sticker on it? If so and it doesn't boot that CD, then time to go beat up on Dell. :) > I will do further testing with this laptop tonight to make sure I can boot > off > the 4.5-RC "regular" CD (to make sure my CD hasn't gone south). Ok. Making sure you can mount the CD and read it would be good as well. :) > UNTESTED: I have an Abit BP6 (with the latest BIOS) that I will also check at > lunch time. Ok, thanks! -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-qa" in the body of the message
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