From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 1 07:43:12 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 DE52716A403 for ; Sat, 1 Jul 2006 07:43:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail20.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail20.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.201]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 360CE43F42 for ; Sat, 1 Jul 2006 07:43:12 +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 mail20.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k617hAKB009215 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 1 Jul 2006 17:43:11 +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 k617hAfD010243 for ; Sat, 1 Jul 2006 17:43:10 +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 k617hALU010242 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sat, 1 Jul 2006 17:43:10 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 17:43:10 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060701074310.GA10220@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <20060630220256.GB8447@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="+HP7ph2BbKc20aGI" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060630220256.GB8447@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Subject: Re: 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: Sat, 01 Jul 2006 07:43:12 -0000 --+HP7ph2BbKc20aGI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2006-Jul-01 08:02:56 +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote: >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. For the archives: Rebuilding (and re-installing) boot0 from the sources on the 6.1-RELEASE CD using the default options (no /etc/make.conf) fixes the problem. I have no idea why the boot0 on the CD doesn't work for me (though the two boot0's are definitely different). --=20 Peter Jeremy --+HP7ph2BbKc20aGI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEpieM/opHv/APuIcRAk+cAJ9nVVOYD2bQYT/j2MmPLVk7VKTwYACffiuw 20DuQmj2tsGWmgA4wHKuIfY= =Vxy6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --+HP7ph2BbKc20aGI--