Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 20:50:17 +0000 From: John McDonnell <mcdonnjd@pcam.org> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: POS system trashing hard drives during install Message-ID: <BLUPR07MB3215DC6A24C81D223FD6EA3BAE40@BLUPR07MB321.namprd07.prod.outlook.com> In-Reply-To: <A09B69E6B9C91963.1-0f9df8ab-2681-4d43-8ca6-2b8a2979e123@mail.outlook.com> References: <BLUPR07MB321C9B805585AB5A6456D0ABAE00@BLUPR07MB321.namprd07.prod.outlook.com> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1512172208100.4409@wonkity.com>, <BLUPR07MB3216D5F435ACE02480752CBBAE40@BLUPR07MB321.namprd07.prod.outlook.com> <A09B69E6B9C91963.1-0f9df8ab-2681-4d43-8ca6-2b8a2979e123@mail.outlook.com>
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I had a thought and realized that the hard drives I had tried using on the = POS all were drives from Windows machines, and maybe one that was blank, an= d the POS had no trouble POSTing with those drives. It wasn't until after r= ebooting with FreeBSD installed on the drive that the machine will no longe= r POST. So, there couldn't be something specific to the drive in the system= itself as it has no trouble with other drives until FreeBSD is actually in= stalled. I took this to mean that there shouldn't be something specific on the drive= to prevent it from POSTing. For a test, I have a network bootable copy of = Xubuntu 12.0 sitting on my PXE server that I just installed to the POS syst= em. It made it through POST and booted from the drive with no problem. So, = I really don't think it is something to do with dpecial information stored = to the drive itself. About the only other thing I can think of trying in or= der to get FBSD working on the POS is doing an old "dangerously dedicated" = mode install and see if the machine likes that better. But I think I need t= o find an older install disk somewhere for that, or find instructions onlin= e somewhere on how to do it manually. I've never had an issue where I felt = the need to try that style of install. If nothing else, I should at least be able to get a version of Linux runnin= g on the machine, which will be an improvement over XP, but not as nice as = running FreeBSD. (Though if I can't get the touchscreen running, it'll be b= ack to XP. I'm betting it is fairly simple to get done, I was just surprise= d it didn't work out of the box since I believe it's an old serial connecte= d touchscreen. I'll look into it after I exhaust my options of getting Free= BSD installed.) --=20 John McDonnell Penn Cambria School District mcdonnjd@pcam.org
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