From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 16 18:24:52 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: Freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40FBF1065672 for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:24:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mubeeshalivm@gmail.com) Received: from mail-px0-f182.google.com (mail-px0-f182.google.com [209.85.212.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AD5C8FC14 for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:24:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pxi17 with SMTP id 17so2468972pxi.13 for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:24:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=3lHTSf1xvUFZvXfqLG7w2v2KJXQrHHs8uv1CTttLm9k=; b=eZRnQqlgATs8lVyUA6+hwy2yRVYRBkXHHOpsflBeC0UPprOVDq/WfgfAqPp0MObxWg oRAsGiLwUA9jv1ccH9PWmfh/0oIUjWGK6pd6iTB47eN9B2A6lfO96dRQYIwqd/9R62K1 JCsK06Aa1WCRJHVE/rKTs13sln06y70fpdi/c= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=A0oFGIFIb5rSqBTgnS0OHHh99BCyKw5fYR3GGK1IvCHqpbhLwpc9Na9a0DFPHPdoqB i9hTKKEZngRiQN7m3vhbNtaGR62GCacGPFVrp9k5pnYztix8CxbgWeTNXhALJ9H7+tLn i33Q6K70d1JO5xuxHq+60SFBmYAwMmVtxO0S8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.143.17.1 with SMTP id u1mr3574705wfi.288.1281983091539; Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:24:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.166.141 with HTTP; Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:24:51 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:54:51 +0530 Message-ID: From: Mubeesh ali To: Freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Subject: Not booting after freebsd install X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:24:52 -0000 Hi, i have an acer 5745 which had ubuntu running not booting after an attempted freebsd install .i understand that i might have wiped by choosing auto partition :-( and had not written mbr so that we could manage all from grub .now the laptop is stuck at bios splash screen.it refuses to go even to bios setup. please advice how i can recover and start over Thanks mubeesh -- Best Regards, Mubeesh Ali.V.M