From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 30 22:03:15 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3919316A403 for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 22:03:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail31.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail31.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.102]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA20143D49 for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 22:02:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c220-239-19-236.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.19.236]) by mail31.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k5UM2vw4024734 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 1 Jul 2006 08:02:57 +1000 Received: from turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k5UM2uiV008776 for ; Sat, 1 Jul 2006 08:02:56 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k5UM2ujN008775 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sat, 1 Jul 2006 08:02:56 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 08:02:56 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060630220256.GB8447@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="XOIedfhf+7KOe/yw" Content-Disposition: inline X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Subject: 6.1-RELEASE won't boot on Compaq 1580 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 22:03:15 -0000 --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--