From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Aug 7 5:40: 5 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A364337B83C for ; Mon, 7 Aug 2000 05:40:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id FAA66535; Mon, 7 Aug 2000 05:40:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 05:40:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200008071240.FAA66535@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Sheldon Hearn Subject: Re: misc/20408: Distribution CDs will not boot on IBM ThinkPad 600E Reply-To: Sheldon Hearn Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR misc/20408; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Sheldon Hearn To: jhb@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/20408: Distribution CDs will not boot on IBM ThinkPad 600E Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 14:36:03 +0200 Hi John, Any ideas how to work around this? > When attempting to boot a FreeBSD CD, the boot loads off of the disc, > but the bootboot reports: Can't work out which disc we are loading from. > Guessed BIOS device 0x8b not found by probes, defaulting to disk0: I realize that there's nothing the loader can do, so I'm just wondering whether there's any trick the originator might be able to pull in the BIOS. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message