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Date:      Sun, 28 Dec 2008 10:25:17 -0500
From:      "Glen Barber" <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>
To:        Martin <nakal@web.de>
Cc:        freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 7.1-RC2 Available...
Message-ID:  <4ad871310812280725v77f44f87vf34d2eb8bb6fa6ca@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20081228161813.2ea1058b@zelda.local>
References:  <1230215875.3862.14.camel@neo.cse.buffalo.edu> <20081228161813.2ea1058b@zelda.local>

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On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 10:18 AM, Martin <nakal@web.de> wrote:
> Am Thu, 25 Dec 2008 09:37:55 -0500
> schrieb Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU>:
>
>>
>> FreeBSD 7.1-RC2 is now available, the second of the Release
>> Candidates. Unless an as yet undiscovered show-stopper comes along
>> the release itself will be anywhere from a week to two weeks from
>> now.
>
> Hi,
>
> the RC2 livefs CD still does not boot on my P2-350 machine. It works on
> my laptop though. Did something essential change after BETA2 in the boot
> sector? I can still boot a 8.0-CURRENT (december snapshot) livefs CD on
> this old box.
>
> With RC1 and RC2 I only get "Booting CD-ROM... failure." from my BIOS
> (Asus board P2B). Any ideas?
>

1.) Try disabling ACPI
2.) Try hw.ata.ata_dma=0 at the boot prompt.

-- 
Glen Barber

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I
learn." - Benjamin Franklin



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