Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 08:02:56 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: 6.1-RELEASE won't boot on Compaq 1580 Message-ID: <20060630220256.GB8447@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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--XOIedfhf+7KOe/yw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I've just acquired a couple of old Compaq Armada laptops. I can successfully install 6.1-RELEASE but the system won't boot from the HDD: The MBR menu displays but pressing F1 (the FreeBSD partition) just beeps. Pressing F3 (the Compaq configuration partition) works. I've checked that the CHS parameters in the MBR match those reported by the "BIOS". I've tried using boot0cfg (on the fixit CD) to switch between packet and non-packet mode, as well as trying a 4.9-RELEASE MBR. I've checked that the boot sectors look sane (and in the correct sectors) using dd. I've previously used similar models with 4.11 so I wasn't expecting any problems. Before I start re-writing boot0.S, does anyone have any suggestions on how to debug this or what I've missed? --=20 Peter Jeremy --XOIedfhf+7KOe/yw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEpZ+P/opHv/APuIcRArV7AJ4sqCWbkIOACGJaqB+I3JX1nKbIrQCfSQ8u dqdXqDCChIp2c3NjWwhYhT8= =oo68 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --XOIedfhf+7KOe/yw--
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